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Thanks to the piano movers I can finally listen to these bad boys. The move in went smoothly. After assessing the situation, this is what the three men did. First thing they did was set up a metal ramp that reached from my front walk, over the front stoop and up the additional step to the door. They unboxed the bass bins in the garage. For each one, they tipped it forward onto a rubber-topped moving dolly with a furniture blanket over it to get it off the pallet and get the foam off the bottom. They stood it up to get the dolly out from under the front and then tipped it backward a bit to get the dolly underneath the bottom. They then carefully rolled it up the ramp, through the front door, and put them in place in their respective corners. They just carried in the HF sections in and set them on top of the bass bins. I didn’t get to take many pictures or videos because I was helping, moving boxes/packing out of the way, opening doors, etc. (I took two short videos of one bass bin rolling around, but they are too big to upload here.) I had wired in the DSP ahead of time. I’m glad I color coded my interconnects and speaker wires to make sure my connections were correct. So, once I hooked up the HF drivers to the binding posts and plugged in the speaker wires, we were ready to hear something. I asked the piano movers if they wanted to hear anything. The company owner said Pink Floyd. 😊 So, I grabbed my old Mobile Fidelity CD of Dark Side of the Moon. At first, we heard nothing and boy, was I worried. Turns out that I had set the DSP to Auto On but apparently that wasn’t working the way I expected. Once I manually turned it on, then we had music. I started with both DSP gain knobs at the middle (12 o’clock or 5 out of 10) position as Roy suggested. The bass was a bit much that way. I slowly increased the HF gain and settled at just less than one additional marking higher (like 5.8 out of 10). The piano movers were amazed. After listening to that for a while, the piano movers left to go to another job. I then started a re-listen of the playlist I used to evaluate the Jubilee at JubFest last October (https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/dd125d8dc60b40389c79ee7faf583094sune?ref=dm_sh_cdb4-5933-bdcd-794b-eb995). Man, @Chief bonehead was right. These behemoths sound awesome in my smallish living room. I guess smaller rooms do need bigger horns. 😊 This isn’t the first time I’ve heard these speakers and they are as great here in my house as I remember them being in the Klipsch lab listening room at JubFest. If I had to describe the sound it a few words it would be dynamics, detail, imaging, and integration. I have never heard a speaker with greater dynamic range than these. Everything is so percussive and life-like that you feel like you could touch it. The amount of detail I’m hearing for the first time in some very familiar recordings is extraordinary. The imaging is also unbelievable. The first cut off Jazz at the Pawnshop made me feel like I was sitting in the Jazzpuben Stampen in Stockholm where the album was recorded. I could close my eyes and “see” the clinking dinner plates and people talking in the background. Finally, the integration or “oneness” on the sound is fantastic. I thought I had good integration of my P-39F with the three subs in that system, but that’s got nothing on hearing the entire frequency range coming out of two speakers. I’m overjoyed with what I’m hearing. I can’t believe this is finally a reality.

Here's a shot of my pinstriped interconnects. Speaker wires are done as well. That way I can easily tell L (black), R (red), HF (green), and LF (blue).

I'm retired. 😁

Took an artsy night shot.

This morning I finally took the time to rearrange my Heresy speakers: I put them on the floor, tilted with diy risers I bought in a diy store. (before, they were placed higher with the tweeters at ear height) I had never thought they would sound so different! The high and low frequencies are much better balanced. Thank you to those who nudged me to do this. It was a small effort, quick, and cost no money at all!

That's an acoustic blanket covering the fireplace that I never use to approximate a smooth front wall.

I forgot to update my profile picture yesterday. Out with the Palladium and in with the Jubilee. (Both commissioned with https://www.instagram.com/p.laz.tattoo/.)

SPECIFICATIONS FREQUENCY RESPONSE (+1.75 dB/- 3 dB) 18Hz – 20kHz SENSITIVITY1 Avg. Sensitivity of HF - 110dB Avg. Sensitivity of LF - 107dB POWER HANDLING (CONT/PEAK) LF - 300W / 1200W HF - 100W / 400W MAXIMUM SPL 125 dB/1m (Using DSP) NOMINAL IMPEDANCE LF - 8 ohms, minimum 3.5 ohms at 160Hz HF - 16 ohms, miminum 7.6 ohms at 4.3kHz CROSSOVER FREQUENCY 340 Hz HIGH FREQUENCY DRIVER K-693 7” Titanium Diaphragm Compression Driver with 5” Voice Coil LOW FREQUENCY DRIVER Dual K-283 12” Fiber-Composite cone woofers ENCLOSURE MATERIAL MDF INPUTS 5 way binding post HEIGHT 69.5” (175.26 cm) WIDTH 50.25” (127 cm) DEPTH 30.25” (76.2 cm) WEIGHT LF - 330 lbs (149.68 kg) HF - 78 lbs (35.38 kg) FINISH Black Ash, American Walnut GRILLE Salt and Pepper Cloth

Yes, just off to the left in the bay window area.

I am truly happy for you... I can hear it in your writings, the excitement is intoxicating.

Well…..mark was wrong. Al5 belongs to the new la scala because of the celestion tweeter. The AK6 belongs to the new khorn because of the new celestion tweeter.

I don't think it's overkill. The ideal front stage would be three identical speakers. The only reason we have smaller horizontal center speakers is because most people don't have the space to accommodate three identical speakers up front. They are not made that way because that is the ideal design. MTM speakers (or variants of that) oriented horizontally are a compromise for space. Also, I have to disagree with the statement that "timbre matching is overrated". This will depend on your sensitivity to mismatches and how much it bothers you. I can't stand mismatches across the front stage. I find it constantly distracting when the sound changes as sound effects pans happen across the front. Also, it not just "timbre" that can be mismatched. Differences in the levels of distortion can also be distracting. For example, I could never live with a RP center with Heritage mains. In the Klipsch consumer lines of speakers, most of the 2-way speakers like Reference and RP hand off from horns to cones in the range of 1200 Hz to as high as 2500 Hz. In contrast, the consumer line 3-way speakers (that are not fully horn-loaded) like Heritage or 3-way Legend series transition from horns to cones in a range of like 500 Hz to 850 Hz. This means that the consumer 3-way and fully horn-loaded speakers (whether 3-way or 2-way like the Jubilee) will have less distortion in the critical lower and middle region of the mid-range frequencies where the bulk of the musical and vocal action is. The fully horn-loaded speakers will also have much lower distortion in their bass operating range. These differences in the distortion levels are plainly audible to me. That's why I recommended the largest Heritage speaker you could accommodate as a center. While the Cornwall, Hersey, or Forte will never have the low bass distortion levels of a La Scala or Belle, their timbre and distortion profile will be a closer match than RP. You have to figure out if you are one of those people who are bothered by mismatches or aren't. I found this out the hard way when I was buying my first center speaker to go with my Forte mains in the 90's. At first, I tried going as inexpensive as I thought I could reasonably go and purchased a KG 2.2V. This speaker was totally inadequate to match the Fortes. It sounded nothing like them and could not “keep up” due to much lower sensitivity/max output. So, I traded that in for an Academy. I did not find it to be a sonic match for the Fortes either (despite Klipsch marketing it as such). It was a much better center than the KG 2.2V but still didn’t work for me. It sounded more like a match for the original kg series, not the Forte family. From the moment I started using it, I was aware of the sound character change in the center as sounds panned across the front. It was very disconcerting and was a constant distraction. Soon after I got the Academy I went back to the dealer and made a deal to trade it in for a single Heresy II. The 3-way design was a much better match for the 3-way Fortes. I was very happy with that decision, but I lost money on each trade in to learn this lesson.

my '75 heresys are sitting flat on the floor on the ~2" non-tilted factory risers from that period. i tried tilting them back, but quickly put them back. i found tilted back a bit too much "in your face". sounds best like this to me (see below). current positioning is more toed in than this, crossing a couple of feet in front of the sitting position.

Depends on how much and how far. As far as good, Klipsch did not make bad speakers @RocketFoot... thanks.

you have the last pair of UJ ..you should have the latest drivers , so , no need to change anything .

I retired in February 2020, just in time for a global pandemic to kick into high gear. Great timing. 😁

It’s a multi-purpose system, mainly music which is 2.1, La Scalas, with a Table Tuba Subwoofer; Movies, TV & Gaming is 5.1.2 with the La Scalas, three Heresys, the TT Sub, and RB-61iis for presence/height speakers. Currently the Yamaha RXA-1070 is running the Heresys and RB61IIs. I honestly had no idea that Carver still existed.

Yes, they used a 1/4 inch gasket (may have actually been 2 thiner gaskets stacked on each other)

Congratulations, I don't think I would be able to go back to work until I've gone through my complete music collection and then some.

Outstanding!!! I did get a kick out of the first picture. Almost looks like a picture of your daughters playhouse with toy speakers in it (the way they fill the room). It's easy to see how someone might say/think they're too big for the room......until you hear them.

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Whatever you do, don't skimp on your center. In a home theater environment, nothing is overkill in regard to a center speaker. I tried several different traditional center speakers and wasn't 100% happy until I added another Heresy to match my mains. I would absolutely go without a center (which I did for a long time until I found a 3rd Heresy) than put something in the mix that was massively outperformed by your LaScalas.

Yes they are almost unnoticeable. NOT!

Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy !!!! There is always a funny grin that we get when listening to astounding speakers. No, you can't wipe it off. You will have to live with it. Congratulations

The speakers or movers? 😁

Simply WOW! I'm happy for you and think that... the more I see them in real rooms, the nicer they look. Congratulations!

The Jubilee are in and setup. I started a new thread: .

Not true.

Yes it does. The k771

@JohnJ I have that song on the 2 LP of the Steve Wilson mix https://www.discogs.com/release/14338110-King-Crimson-In-The-Court-Of-The-Crimson-King-An-Observation-By-King-Crimson

Last one for today:

Here is the dude, Benjamin Clementine.

deep driver diver

Estate auction with lots of electronics. Looks like some nice things to be had. The description mentions Cornwall IV, but pics show CWO's from 1984? Willington Estate Electronics Sale | Willington, CT 06279 | EstateSales.org

Welcome tomas! You can start at the beginning of these 60 plus pages. Chris no longer posts on here, but still has an account and may answer if you message him. He's moved to the diyaudio forums, in the multiway section. His username is Cask05.

I’m pretty sure we’re senile.

Not anymore...Rolling Rock sold out to Anheuser-Busch and is brewed in several different cities other than Latrobe, PA! The brewery is still here but it is City Brewing Co. now...they brew Twisted Tea and Truly Hard Seltzer water.

definitely a very nice pair of Klipsch KP301II speakers ,

The basic premise of mixing the output from one of finest performing Klipsch speakers with that of a lesser performing speaker should really just be rejected. The center speaker contributes at least as much to the front stage as do the mains , so a degraded sound and capability compared to the mains will result . If that’s acceptable to you then alright ,good , but from my own experience trying several different center channels between my Khorns , I was just never satisfied until I went Lascala . I had my reasons for wanting to use a lesser center , the big Lascala was too tall for my tv arrangement. Ultimately the solution for me was to go projector and transparent screen, but there are other solutions that will also work. If there is a way to do it go Lascala .🤓

All that picture needs is some action figures rappelling down the front of one of your speakers. They look that massive. So are your electronics off to one side?

No. It’s adaptor.

Not a Super AA, which has a third order tweeter section. Not a VTK-400, which has a second order tweeter section and no bandpass coil. The other end of the litz coil gets soldered to Tap 5. Leave room for a disconnect to be attached. You need two wires for the squawker on the terminal strip with disconnects crimped on the ends. What you really have there is a Super A. I built quite a few of these about 10 years ago. I basically stole @JohnA's DHA and changed up the wiring a bit. The chart is for the Universal. You will have to invert polarity since you have a first order midrange.

Do you have a link to the sale? Thanks

Had my schedule turned around a bit lately too. Up at 6:15 was late for me today, but having my coffee ready ten minutes later was right on time. Had no dishes in the sink to wash and I always force myself to do them first if they are there. The trick works for me cause I will get it done quickly to get my coffee/breakfast!

I picked up a really cool Pantera album...2 disc set but only 3 sides! The B side of disc 2 is blank with a photo disc of the band! Pretty cool!

I have experience with every type of wood finish currently available and I could not disagree more strenuously with the advice given in this thread. Even with my experience, I would not attempt to "repair" this almost undetectable flaw. For the purpose of this discussion, it would be reasonable to equate the lacquer finish on one's speakers to the clear coat on an automobile. I would not use any product or technique that would not be appropriate to subject your Mercedes to. If I was to do anything it would be to apply a quality carnuba wax. This may result in an acceptable improvement and is least likely to do harm in the hands of an amateur. Having said that, it is up to the OP which internet stranger he is willing to trust with potentially damaging his sizable investment.

Certainly getting used to it is a thing Sunfire was / is the next level in performance over most of the older Carver line costing nearly twice as much new. I was a huge Carver amp fan until I heard Sunfire then that was pretty much it for me, hard to go back after that. Also the M-1.0t is honestly my least favorite sounding amplifier of that line plenty of power just kind of dry believe I commented it would probably make a great sub amp. The M-1.5t is my personal favorite sounding out of the earlier amps.

You do remember that we’re in the House of Klipsch, so to speak, don’t you? Comments like that are really out of place.