To those running Klipsch Forte IIIs...

I'm a little late to this thread, but have some info.

I started with a Croft Micro 25 pre > Croft Series 7 amp > Harbeth P3ESR speakers.

The Harbeth's were accurate, but just... boring. Since I'm in the Dallas area I started working from home in March because of Covid and I bought a vintage McIntosh MR71 Tuner because we have an awesome station here that is listener funded, no news, music only and is better than any streaming - all in FM! KKXT Dallas...

And this is my analog only room - which by the way is 12' x. 12' 10' high. I was researching more McIntosh vintage stuff and thats how I got on to the Klipsch Heritage Forte III. I always thought of Klipsch as small generic speakers. I got the Forte's and was just blown away. The best way I can say it is with the Harbeth's you hear the music, with the Forte's you feel the music.

I screwed around with some other Amps and phono amps and settled on a VAC Avatar integrated. It has it's own phono stage and just sounds magic with the Forte's. NOTE: the Croft stuff is great but it is SS/Tube hybrid. I really like how the VAC sounds with it. Much wider and 3d. Really seems to work well with the Forte's. Most people say that tube amps work best and I think I have a winning combination now.

My last system upgrade will be a new tricked out Garrard 401 turntable and I should be good to go!

As a follow up to previous message, I did experiment with speaker placement - more like I adjusted my seating area to be 8-10 feet away, and I turned them a little inward based on some suggestions I saw. And I have them about a foot from the back wall. So after moving around I found that to be the best sounding set up. It's crazy, I hear things that sound to the left and right of the speakers sometimes.

One thing I do need some guidance on is speaker cables. I know they say just crank down bare generic speaker wire, but I'd like to go for something not quite so primitive. I don't like the banana jacks, and would like to go to the spade connectors and crank them down. Any suggestions?