jbhiller
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| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised Oldschoolsound, For streaming, I use the Bluesound Node2, feeding and NAD M22 DAC. If I were you, I would try the Bluesound. It's internal DAC is really splendid and there's nothing wrong with it. I'm not aware (it may exist) of a product that d... | |
| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised To update, I have now engaged in tube rolling to tune my tube amp and the Forte IIIs. I moved out Tung Sol 7581a's and put in KT150s. Strangely, the KT150s do not sound bright or harsh. They have really upped the bass--tighter and glowing. My ... | |
| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised @oldschoolsound, Vinyl is unquestionably smoother and more ethereal regardless of solid state v tubes. But, my sense (and I'm not sure) is that my phono preamp is doing a great job. It's also tube based and of any upgrade I've done it made the mo... | |
| Can you shoot me 2 VINYL albums that cost Great, great recs everyone. Thanks for keeping me busy!I mistakenly forgot to finish my post on cost—I was hoping for $40 or less. | |
| Can you shoot me 2 VINYL albums that cost Great one jperry! PP&M's production and engineering were superb. Their talents and music were always top notch. I appreciate this one. | |
| The 70’s are back I just bought a pair of Klipsch Forte IIIs. I was considering JBL. I’d long ago (1996) ditched such old fashioned speakers. Well, 25 years later and multiple tube amps and the rest is history. I’ve heard a ton of loudspeakers over the years. There... | |
| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised @maccamera,Your experience is similar to mine. I was using PSB Imagine T2s. I loved them in my old house (just moved this past spring), but I couldn’t get them to sound as good in a much larger room. I tried upping watts, moving from tube to solid... | |
| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised After about 36 hours of break in I've noticed the bass has come alive. The midrange and treble haven't changed to what I can tell. I was thinking that I was going to be contemplating a sub-bass addition--e.g. REL unit--until Sunday night. I kept... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. Does Jimi Hendrix "Hey Joe" qualify? I've never been able to ensure, though, that I've heard the actual original by Billy Roberts(?). | |
| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised The Forte iiis sound every bit detailed, image well and have smoothness top to Bottom-with my tube amp. With the NAD masters amp they sounded super dry and clean They almost sound like different speakers with the two different amps. | |
| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised I thought that I’d drop a note about my first weekend with these guys. Vinyl sounded better than Tidal/MQA. I have a great phono pre in the Manley Chinook. My DAC is no slouch. I’m not sure if a better DAC would help narrow the gap, but vinyl had ... | |
| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised @drumnman2, Placement affects imaging with these speakers less than average in my opinion. While I don't think they image as good as other speakers, they do image well. I'd say a B+. When stuff is mixed with something hard left or hard right, t... | |
| Klipsch Forte III--Pleasantly Surprised @mapman , as always, you are spot on. | |
| Should I adjust my NAD M51 DAC volume north of 0 dB with this setup? I agree they blew it by not putting a volume control on such a killer DAC. I’d pay extra for it and my dream would be one set of line level RCA inputs. I could then run my phono pre to it and not need a main preamp. | |
| Should I adjust my NAD M51 DAC volume north of 0 dB with this setup? Thank you oddiofyl! |