Vandersteen 3A Sigs vs Klipsch Forte III

Gdnrbob, nuts is right !!!  Those are the ones. Damn be it all. I coulda been a contender....should a pulled the trigger. And they were clean newer ones. There'll be more

Vandersteen 3A Sigs vs Klipsch Forte III

The Vandie’s are more musically correct, the Klipsch Forte III are the best musical speaker Klipsch made, not as good as the Vandie’s, but the Forte III can be powered almost by rubbing two sticks together.

Cheers George

Georgehifi, Classic.....we could do beers together!!

Well you can achieve image depth and plenty of it less than 3’ out
the 3a is not a deep speaker at all but the significant and imo crucial soundanchor stand does project back a bit. The will sound good with the anchor almost touching the wall and you will get a ton of bass. Out another 6-12” will tame that.
the physics and hearing say to minimize time smear you want something like 5’
but with 6 dB slopes and a low diffraction design you are already ahead, finally treating ( but not overtreating ) the back wall can help.
my Brother has my old 3asig, 120 wpc PS Audio amp, ARC tube pre, anticables....
they rock
but go listen, we are so blessed to have much to choose from
the Forte were in black ash - they looked lovely :-)

georgehifi,
The Forte is certainly a good speaker, but I will have to argue that the Epic CF-4 has it beat.