Klipsch Heresy, Forte, RB-75's

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marcb

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Klipsch Heresy, Forte, RB-75's, Polk Monitors

Need to replace my old Cerwin Vega D5's down the road (just ordered a re-edge kit from Orange Co. Speakers).

I like the old sound, but my wife prefers I get rid of the big old speakers. However, I may be able (hopefully) to convince her the sound is better in the old stuff.

I've read some posts on the Heresy and Forte series, and would like to know the difference between these two greats?

Also, if I have to go with a smaller speaker, I'm looking at the RB-75's, and would like to know how they stack up to the Heresy & Forte.

As an added question, how do the vintage Klispch Hersey's and Forte's, compare to the vintage Polk Monitor's (5, 7, 10)?

One of my concerns with the older speakers is parts availability; Are parts readily available?

Thak you,
marc
Onkyo Ds-747, 1998
Cerwin Vega D5's, Fronts, 80's
PSB 300IB Rear's, 1998
 
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RLA

RLA

Audioholic Chief
Hello,
The RB-75 and the Heresy are both great speakers The RB-75 is a little more forgiving, The RB-75 is very dynamic and uses a 1.75" titanium compression 90x60 degree Tractrix tweeter and a ceramitallic woofer in a two way bass reflex configuration. The woofer is crossed over at a higher frequency and does double duty as a mid range/mid bass and low frequency transducer. Many horn purists scoff at this configuration, but Klipsch has done a very good job with the crossover and the driver components to make it all work.

The RB-75 has a lower effective FS and is a more compact contemporary looking speaker. The RB-75 would be easier to build a HT around using the RC-7 center and RS-7 or RB-75's as the surrounds. This configuration will give you seamless transitions and pans that are perfectly voice matched.

The Heresy is old school it uses a dedicated horn tweeter and horn midrange with a 12" pulp paper woofer. This speaker just received an update
the new Heresy III uses a titanium based tweeter and midrange this replaces the older phenolic type. The old Heresy was less forgiving and often sounded hooty, spitty, simbalant and forward/bright depending on the front end and the source material.

I have been told that the new Heresy is much smoother. The Heresy is placement sensitive and less tolerant in non-acoustically treated rooms. If you are building a home theater system around the Heresy You should be looking at using 5 Heresy's or 3 Heresy's up front and the KPT-100 for surround duty.

Both the RB-75 and the Heresy will require a subwoofer with the ability to keep up with the speakers. The effective cross over point for the RB-75 is
about 55Hz and about 65-70 for the Heresy. Disregard what the lititure states, as the advertised numbers are not realistic.

I am curious about the new Heresy III and will be ordering 5 of them I have the RF-7 based system that I will be comparing them to. I really like the Heritage speakers. Many people love horn speakers and many hate them. You
really should take the time to demo the RB-75 Most likely you will not find a dealer demoing the Heresy so you will need to make a leap of faith with this speaker. I don’t think that the Heresy III is shipping yet I will have more info
next week.

I really like horn speakers I love the revealing, aggressive and dynamic sound that they produce. For home theater applications they are a tough act to follow but you must decide if they will fulfill you musical needs.

Hope this helps
Ray
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Daz3d&Confus3d

Daz3d&Confus3d

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Ray......I'll be adding a sub in a month or two (prob. svs pb12) and was wondering what would be a good crossover point matched with my rf-35's?
 
Daz3d&Confus3d

Daz3d&Confus3d

Full Audioholic
Oh by the way marcb.....both you (sound) and your wife (appearance) would prob. like those rb-75's!:)
 
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