Well guys, I'm still working on the
Autoranger amplifier test system looking at standardization of the measurement technique and settings which is a pretty big job still, so this week I thought I'd show you some data I grabbed a few months back while working on the speaker impedance measurements series (
Part 1,
Part 2).
Every once awhile, I'll drag up an old device for a quick measure. Previously it was stuff like my
old Sony SACD player, or the
old laser disk player. This time, I went over to my dad's place to have a listen and measure his main speakers - the
Klipsch Forté (original first version) made back in the 1980's until the early 90's I think.
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| Front and Rear of Klipsch Forté from the 1980's. Note the large 12" rear passive radiator. |
I thought it was good to have a look at this device since there's been buzz lately about the latest model
Forte III (
Stereophile review,
Darko review,
Darko bought a pair). Also, a couple years back I ran into this
Stereo Review article by Julian Hirsch on these speakers from 1986 as an example of what
SR tests looked like back in the day:
