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JBL 100 Classic or Klipsch Heresy III?

Looking for any opinions on these two options being driven by a PrimaLuna Prologue Classic integrated in a smallish listening environment (approx. 13” x 14.5” end of an open floor plan space which goes right into a kitchen/minuscule dining area...Speakers have to go on the long wall and can have the benefit of close wall boundaries but not corners.). Listening tastes are all over the map with emphasis on mainstream Rock/Pop and Jazz/Blues but, on any given day, Stravinsky or Steeleye Span might be on the turntable. Thanks in advance.
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jsqt
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Crazy, I am looking at the same 2 speakers today. I haven't found anywhere to hear the L100 Classics, but I am very familiar with the Heresy IIIs having owned a pair and upgraded to La Scala IIs in my main system. I'm now looking for speakers to power my vintage Luxman office system (C1010 and M2000) and was about to pull the trigger on a pair of 70th anniversary Indian Rosewood Heresy IIIs, but got the vintage itch looking at the L100 Classics with the orange grills. 

Sounds like the Heresy IIIs are going to be the way to go (and save a bit of coin). 
contuzzi
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I’d never want either, but you are doing yourself a disservice to not listen to the Forte III instead of either.  
jtgofish
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Well the original L100s were probably the worst sounding speakers I have ever heard.The new ones would want to be a lot better.
mrdecibel
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The Forte 3s are wonderful. They need to be at least 8 inches off the back wall to allow the 15 in. passives to breath, and they are a much larger box. No subs needed. So yes, recommended.
mickeyb
534 posts
 
Fortes all day. Those speakers love tubes, go very low and will crush those jbl’s. You won’t be able to turn it past 11 o’clock without ear protection. 
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