Klipsch Heresy IV

I'm waiting for the Ken Rockwell review.  Well, no, not really.  

@stevehuff In your photos (which are great by the way) you have the speakers pushed right up against the wall.  Is that how you're listening to them?  I would think that wouldn't be the best placement, especially now that they are ported.  Just curious.  

Thanks for clearing that up Steve.  I've been forced to put some of my speakers in less than ideal positions, but whenever possible I get them out into the room.  I had some Klipsch KLF-30s that got moved into my bedroom for a while and were right up against the wall and just a couple of feet from the foot of my bed.  Far from ideal, but I wasn't playing them at high volumes in there and they actually sounded quite good.  I sold them recently to free up the space.  That was one of the few times when I struggled to let some of my gear go, they were great speakers (at their price point).

I have some Heresy I speakers from the mid-80's that I've upgraded with Crites crossovers, tweeters, and woofers.  They are fun speakers and easy to listen to.  They don't have the detail, soundstage, or imaging of my Harbeth speakers, but they are really good.  I've heard some of the newer Klipsch Heritage speakers, but not the newer Heresy.  I wondered if adding ports to them would be a good thing or not, sounds like it's a good move on the part of Klipsch.

Consider separate amplification for home theater and stereo listening.  A two channel integrated with home theater bypass or an amp/preamp combo with HTBP.

Anthem is high quality gear, but maybe not exactly what I was suggesting. 

In my system, I have a Marantz AV7704 for home theater.  I have a five channel amp that powers the center and four surround speakers.

I also have monoblocks that drive my 2 main speakers and a separate preamp for two channel listening.  For two channel listening, the home theater processor is not in use.  The preamp has a home theater bypass function that sends the signal from the pre pro to the main speakers while using the monoblocks to power them for home theater use.

Hope that helps.