"...the Klipsch Heresy IV delivered an incredibly rich sound. We were able to hear a plethora of details that we hadn’t before noticed with this album, even though we had listened to it many times. The various notes played on the acoustic guitar were delivered in a very natural manner and with great clarity."
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I did some brief comparitive measurements of my Linton's in another thread here:Or Wharfedale Linton:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/wharfedale-linton-heritage-loudspeaker-measurements
Higher sensitivity and better measuring than the Harbeth:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/harbeth-super-hl5plus-loudspeaker-measurements
And I like the looks a lot more (lots like a modern version of a vintage speaker, rather than truly looking vintage).
In Germany... one of the 3 most common and established Hifi Magazins had rated the Heresy IV (in March) extremely good with nice 98 points.
Which is quite high, compared to a few chosen examples here below :
- B&W 800 d3 109 points
- KII Audio Three (top in class "compact") 104 points
- Revel Performa F-206 97 points
- B&W 805 d3 96 points
- Genelec 8240 apm 90 points
- KEF LS50 Wireless 87 points
In Germany... one of the 3 most common and established Hifi Magazins had rated the Heresy IV (in March) extremely good with nice 98 points.
Which is quite high, compared to a few chosen examples here below :
- B&W 800 d3 109 points
- KII Audio Three (top in class "compact") 104 points
- Revel Performa F-206 97 points
- B&W 805 d3 96 points
- Genelec 8240 apm 90 points
- KEF LS50 Wireless 87 points
I love how these magazines give speakers these extremely specific numerical ratings based entirely upon a single, sighted, subjective review. Like: "Revel Performa F206, precisely 1/109th better than B&W 805D. Exactly!"
Hello and thank you for all this helpful and detailed work,
While I only understand a very few of the measurements, I am quite a bit disappointed by the results.
I was seriously considering those with maybe a pair of subs to be driven by my Line Magnetic 845 tube amp.
Now, I am seriously reconsidering
In Germany... one of the 3 most common and established Hifi Magazins had rated the Heresy IV (in March) extremely good with nice 98 points.
Which is quite high, compared to a few chosen examples here below :
- B&W 800 d3 109 points
- KII Audio Three (top in class "compact") 104 points
- Revel Performa F-206 97 points
- B&W 805 d3 96 points
- Genelec 8240 apm 90 points
- KEF LS50 Wireless 87 points
Would you say that most of the flaws could be smoothed by a little EQ, as I am using room correction anyway (Dirac Studio Live) and/or the EQ of the RME ADI DAC? Would it make then a decent Hifi speaker then?
Would you guess that the Forte 3 could measure a slightly better or basically the same with a bit lower bass?
Thanks in advance.
Please excuse me for being blunt.
The measurements describe a tragedy of speaker design that should not exist beyond 1975--especially not at this price point.
Not in any anechoic sense.
Please do measure them, as you state those as good horn speakers, so it would be great to see how they compare to Heresy IVs.![]()