Travis In Austin
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1 hour ago, reyerbrandt said:
Thanks again 001. If that's the case, I imagine that the speaker covers are from 1979 too.
Some last questions if I may...
What do the letters DL mean exactly, and what is the purpose of etching the horn and woofer with your name and SSN? I mean is that a common practice. Also, anybody have an idea what type of wood is the cabinet?
Back in the day it was common practice to etch everything from of value with your DL, driver’s license number, so that if it was stolen you had a chance of it being recovered.
Police departments recommended this and would give talks at about it at different clubs and events.
Travis
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@reyerbrandt I removed the photos with the SSN/DL info. for you.
The N in the stamps in the mood make them made in 1975. Sorry about the formatting.
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE (1955 THROUGH 1983 ONLY)
A = 1955-63* F = 1968 L = 1973 S = 1978
B = 1963-64* G = 1969 M = 1974 T = 1979
C = 1965 H = 1970 N = 1975 U = 1980
D = 1966 J = 1971 P = 1976 W = 1981
E = 1967 K = 1972 R = 1977 X = 1982
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1 hour ago, JohnA said:
@reyerbrandt Please delete the pics with the previous owners name and SS number. Identity fraud is rampant. Having been a victim, that is a horror to me.
I will take care of it thank you for pointing out.
So N is the year.
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On 11/3/2023 at 11:38 AM, henry4841 said:
Capacitor talk in a thread on this forum seldom ends well.
Your a good egg Henry.
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23 hours ago, Deang said:
Well, everyone knows Roy and Klipsch could care less about support for vintage Heritage. They will lie, mislead and do whatever it takes to get you folks to drag them to the curb and buy new speakers. Klipsch also has an incompetent engineering department that’s afraid of being shown up by third party vendors, where the super smart people work - that’s why they don’t want us talking about them here!
All of them networks look just like Klipsch so they must still be Klipsch! Yes yes I know the parts are all different and it sounds different but prove to me it’s different! It’s a factory spec upgrade! 🤪
lmao. Some of you have lost your damn minds.
You got me there brother.
Satire, a very powerful form of communication, more so when the reveal isn’t until the last line.
However, I did in fact think it would be cool if they used rare earth magnets to affix grilles. (Luther did that on my UG Jubilees). Three years after I had that thought, Klipsch started doing just that. Clearly they are stealing my thoughts. Note to self, write strongly worded letter to Mr. Jacobs insisting on 50 cents per unit royalty on behalf of Luther, and a letter to Luther suggesting 10% finders fee would be appropriate. Place order for new Jubilees on credit card, pay credit card bill with royalties that will soon be rolling in. End note.
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10 hours ago, soundbound said:
What don’t you like about the crossovers?
They don’t sound like Klipsch speakers anymore is the top reason I have seen from those who switched one out and did an A/B.
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8 hours ago, Bubo said:
Customers haven't received valuable free tech support on the forum ?
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Crites wasn't high value keeping the installed base alive waiting 2 decades for happier times ?
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The tinkers on the forum didn't move the ball on mods and new product while providing thousands of hours of free tech support ?
All of the above, especially the last one. Simply pure myth, hatched in the minds of those who believe that their intuition is equivalent to factual reality and not understanding that correlation doesn’t equal causation.
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On 10/31/2023 at 6:21 PM, OO1 said:
sure you can a 4 channel single amp will work , 2 pairs , 8 channel amp etc
I suppose that’s true. 4 mono blocks, two stereo amps, or a single 4 ch. amp.
4 channels of amplification is what you have to have.
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On 10/30/2023 at 3:56 PM, MMurg said:
After looking at the Jubilee setup in the picture and your comments about them fiddling with the DSP bass/treble gain controls, I'm fairly confident in saying that you probably did not hear Jubilee as they should sound. Unfortunately, I think some of the blame rests with Klipsch for not providing adequate detailed guidance for properly setting the Jubilee up. The manual is definitely inadequate for the task. After having them in my relatively small living room for a year and a half now, I have some of my own "lessons learned" that I'm hoping will make it into a future version of the manual or at least a Klipsch blog post linked to the product page.
The first is to have speakers positioned such that main listening position is as close to on-axis of the K-402 horn as is practical, both horizontally (i.e., via proper toe in) and vertically (i.e., tilt the horn down as necessary). The manual gets the toe in part mostly correct but does not mention anything about possibly tilting the horn down when needed.
Next is getting the in-room bass response correct. This is where Klipsch really needs to provide guidance as what I'm about to say I only know because of my own experience or from information that came directly from @Chief bonehead. Unlike the Klipschorn or the Underground Jubilee, the new Jubilee does not need to be near a corner for full bass response. Roy has said on this forum that the Heritage Jubilee is designed to curve flat in half-space (on the floor away from the room walls). This is not mentioned in the manual. So, once the new Jubilee are placed near walls or corners (as they will likely be in most normal-sized rooms), there will be room gain that will cause a departure from flat response. They can start to sound boomy. In my room most of this gain was in the very low end (20 - 30 Hz range), so it wasn't apparent when listening to a lot of pop/rock material. However, once I put on material that had significant content in that range (e.g., certain orchestral music), things became unlistenable. This cannot be corrected with the gain knobs on the DSP as that's not what they are for. Some other form of bass room correction is needed to fix this. Unfortunately, the Jubilee DSP cannot be used for this as the end user cannot modify the settings. I feel that this is a mistake on Klipsch's part. They should open up the DSP for those who know what they are doing. This forces the user to use an additional level of processing for bass correction, either automatic room correction systems like Audyssey, Dirac, etc. or manually with another DSP or parametric EQ. Luckily, my processor has a multichannel parametric EQ built-in that is compatible with REW. So, at least I didn't need any other external gear to do this correction manually in my room.
I have a feeling that the people running the demo at that show weren't aware of any of this. Therefore, they were constantly fiddling with the bass in the hope of getting it right and failing.
Michael,
Any chance you can have rough draft of your suggest manual language/primer on setup by early next week?
Shoot me an email or PM please, thanks.
Travis
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On 10/31/2023 at 10:52 AM, OilyBoy said:
I have 3way jubs but i turned them in to 2way as advised by most of the forum members. I never heard the 3way fully dialed in since i was on my own at that time and did not have the know how about DSP and REW. So i used them whith a 3way passive xover from Werner Jagush and also with a DSP with the factory settings from klipsch. but all the magic was missing offcourse due to the lack of REW and tuning. By the time that Craig came over to do the REW/Xilica magic i allready turned them into 2way.
offcourse i kept all the parts and stored them. so i can turn them back into 3way anytime.
but i have to say that at this moment they sound magical and the soundstage is bigger than big so i dont see any reason to do that. and the upside is that they are a bit smaller (lower) now (not that size is a problem in my room).
if i could name one thing i like the least (or love a little less) about my current setup it would be the lack of real deep bass which by now i tackled by installing the THTLP subs and sometimes i miss a little agression in the form of bass punch from the jube LF bins. they dont move much air. everybody says the bass is the big difference with the Herritage jubes (no subs needed etc.) so i am very curious on that issue)
but i do have to say that my room is quite big, has a very high ceiling and i also have not done anything about soundproofing yet so i m not sure how good my acoustics are at the moment.
But Craig told me they sound awesome and come close to his system (which is a fully tuned sound proofed room)
sorry for my bad english. speaking is always easyer than typing.
Post was perfect, better than some native English speakers.
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The 2nd Edition is ready for purchase just in time for the holidays.
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Where dem photos and impressions?
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7 hours ago, munozoga22 said:
Hello.
First time posting, so apologies if I mess up. I have a pair of Klipsch rp-8000F that I bought brand new in March 2023. I only use them for music and are connected to an Emotiva XPA-200. I have been noticing since May(ish) that when I play music at high volume, the sound fluctuates. It get louder or lower randomly. This is pretty annoying to me and I am at a loss as to what the issue may be. I contacted Klipsch and they said the Emotiva does not have enough power to handle these speakers. Is this possible? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you very much.
Welcome to the Forum
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22 hours ago, Bill W. said:
All signed up! Sooo looking forward to this
Glad to hear it, looking forward to seeing you.
Travis
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@Invidiosulus thank you, watching.
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Agree with the comments above. If you can move to the Forte IV you will never look back.
Travis
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2 hours ago, Invidiosulus said:
Rat fur sounds like a good way to hide speakers made out of sawdust.
Ha!
Actually it’s OSB
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@justinsweber look above, I think they need your address
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On 9/26/2023 at 6:47 PM, Marvel said:
So... head over/down to the Lounge area and join the Guitars and more... section. We could probably get Travis to move some of these posts over to it.
@Marvel Bruce and @Kevin cornette Kevin,
You are over here now.
P.S. Bruce, I had a chance to talk to Roy about Rat Fur covered Professional Speakers finally. Can’t find our email/pm where you asked me to ask him and what the specific question were. Can you shoot me a PM, or post in Pro “Rat Fur” Professional with your question(s) and I will answer them?
Travis
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23 hours ago, RealMarkDeneen said:
Is that permissible? I didn't know if that was ok. I'll put something up tomorrow morning.
Um, technically iffy, It says “audio related” in TOS I believe. Someone put a car in their once and I had to draw the line.
Guitar, Audio????
Close enough.
post away.
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How is Texas No. 3? Went to opener. They are playing high schools. When does strength of schedule become a factor?
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15 hours ago, Schu said:
Not very scientific but, My ears... that's how.
Take the train to Austin, I will pick you up and your ears can be the judge
2023 Subfest (A Bonehead Class) November 10th and 11th In Hope - REGISTRATION INFORMATION
in Klipsch Museum: News & Announcements
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Randy, that man was in Hope for the 2 day class, taught by the man who holds the patent and designed all 4. He sat and he listened to all four of them. He probably felt his eyeballs vibrate when they played the music that had a 16 hZ fundamental. (Music had to be specially composed for this event, fortunately, KGI has a Renaissance Man working for them and this was done).
In other words, he knows what he is talking about, respectfully, you don't. You misunderstanding is that there are 4 sizes that are on the drawing board, and that sub is the next to the largest size. So that's the "large" and there is a size up from there. Whatever photos/video is out there are months old, Roy and his team have been moving forward, tweaking, dialing in, adjusting, and if this is like everything else that will continue right up until production. Any of these may end up looking like the prototypes that were brought to Klipsch meetings, and other A/V shows, or they could look completely different.