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I am considering getting a TC sounds driver for it. I use a 15" powered sub (DIY) crossed over at 30hz. I am impressed that with a variety of (clean) front ends, the forte's are very balanced. I think the bigger heritage speakers would be pushing it. Right now, my main/Ht rig works best in the space I have with the forte II's. In a more ideal situation, I'd love to build a 2 channel system around some "cornscalas" and a pushpull 300b. I think Forte IIs with the BEC upgrades (can't speak of the midrange diaphragms) are the best bargain speakers for all types of music reproduction. Now he's moving forward with upgrading his Forte Is with Bob Crites' kits. One of the guys owns stock Forte Is and he just couldn't believe how much better my Forte IIs sounded. I had a bunch of guys over for a get together and we tried a variety of tube amps with my upgraded Forte IIs and everyone was extremely impressed. The improvements were subtle, but worth it with a greater level of transparency. I also replaced the cheap stock binding posts with some Pomona 3770 Gold-plated Tellurium Copper 5-way binding posts. I had to solder the other ends to the crossover PCBs which took some work. He cut them to length and crimped on the quick-connect connectors.
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After a while, I decided to replace the stock speaker wire with some really nice Copper zip cord from Bob Crites.
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I performed the same mods on my Forte IIs as well and love them more since.
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(Again, the reference series proved that). Klipsch reference tweeters sound much more detailed than my KG4's original tweeters.Ĥ) While the forte II might have been considered "done" by 1986 standards, it can be vastly (and measurably) improved with 21st century components. Again, this is measurable.ģ) I also know that modern tweeters (titanium, etc) have a wider dynamic range and simply work better than phenolic tweeters. The difference was just that great.Ģ) While a good portion of the sound improvement is due to replacing worn out 20+ year old caps, I also believe that audio has a cleaner path through a cap with a tighter tolerance and almost nonexistant ESR. The before and after difference was like placing a notebook between you and one of the speakers tweeter and midrange. I really like ti that a few bucks in parts can make such a pronounced, real-world difference.Īll due respect to Klipsch & associates.but:ġ) I know that these mods are fully measurable, and can be heard by anyone with normal hearing. It feels as though there should be a new term for modded KG4/Forte: "B.C. The titanium diaphragms are an awesome product for the money. I have ordered titanium diaphragms to bring the performance up another notch.can't wait!īob's kits definitely bring the performance back to factory specs and then some. These kits were well worth it because this experiance has shown me the combination of caps just plain works! The old stock caps were obviously worn, but even new, I have no doubt sonicaps are superior. It seemed to be more at ease at higher volumes and much more open and clean.
#KLIPSCH KG 4.2 REVIEWS MOD#
Much like the Forte II mod, this mod extracted more from the speaker. I completed each speaker in just a few minutes. The circuit board had adequate space to modify.Ģ 8uf Sonicaps, 2 3uf ", 2 33uf NP, and 2. However, it was a pain because of the cramped board. I was quite pleased.well worth the money. It was very appearent to me that these caps were neutral, and let more of the signal through than the tired, old stock caps. Finishing the second, I played a variety of music, and listend to choral works. The result on the right, was obviously more open, cleaner and more detailed without any added harshness. I plugged one modded speaker in on the right and ran the left speaker stock.
I had to run the 100+10 "stacked" because the stock electrolytic was a beer-can style. Bob stated that there have been at least 3 different cards used.I got a small card, lucky me. It barely accomadates the stock smaller components. Instructions read to use the 100 +10 in parallell (piggyback) I piggy back them and soldered them with Cardas quad eutectic solder.Īfter seeing the forte II circuit board I knew this would not be fun. The stock forte II caps are 110uf, 1.5uf, and a pair of 2uf. Schematic with written instructions, - 2- 1.5 uF Sonicaps, - 4 2uf ", 2 100pf non nonpolarized, 2 10uf NP. Instead of mix and match, or guessing/experimenting what brand to use or flocking to the latest high end "magic" cap, I ordered Bob Crites kits.įor the forte II: I received the following: I just completed mods on my 1993 forte II's and 1990 KG4's.