ClaudeJ1

he's Picky about Video quality too!

and the WINNER is.......................

Claude Jodoin standing next to his future 10.2 speaker of choice from Audio Nirvana.

Who is Jay?

Well, it was my first time attending one of these. I brought along my friend Jack, whose truck we used to pick up my brand new Klipschorns..........30 years ago this year. He brought some really good test music from various artists (not just sound effects or heavy metal). When I walked into the room at the Holiday Inn, the 510 Jubilees were playing at a robust level. I was amazed at how good the smallish looking horns sounded. I never felt it needed a tweeter.....but then they switched to the full magilla..........the 402 Jubilees.......ah, even better, smoother, without any apparent discontinuitites. Great party speakers to say the least. Good brainstrom, there Trey. As to the following morning, I couldn't wait to hear all the other stuff. We all got a shotgun start on the tour and when I got to the Jim Hunter's room, I was amazed at the in-wall speakers. I was even more amazed at the 60th Anniversary Khorns. Great detail, punch, etc. which means MY room will be the next upgrade for sure. My memory from the Jubilees the night before had not yet faded and I must admit the K-horns sounded a bit better because of the room. But let's not forget it took 60 years to get the tweaked like that. The Jubs are just babies in comparison in a bad room. BUT, that being said, I give credit to the excellent job done by Auralex with their acoustic treatment of the room. The room at the hotel and all the conversation didn't help the Jubillees. It would have been great to see the 402 Jubs vs. the 60th Khorns in the same room. This would have been the only thing I would have changed. When I met Roy at the mixer, he and I spoke of fondly of the warmth of PWK., who treated him like a son. So methinks that Roy probably didn't want his Jubs directly compared to the 60th K's (I could be wrong). There wasn't anything I heard that I didn't like since everyone there works hard to make "best in class" of any product. I always love being a kid in a candy store and learning so much from people who continue to grow and improve this great company. Roy and Trey even tested my "big tweeter" in the anechoic chamber, even though it's an old non-Klipsch (EV) product. Thanks to all who a part of this. I'm looking forward to next year, which promises to be bigger and better yet.

Paul never had any children. I met his stepson briefly (Valerie's son), but if you read his biography, he sure did a lot for kids. The man who bought the company, Fred Klipsch, is his cousin. I did send PWK these photos the same year, so I assume his wife still has them.

Here's PWK talking to my wife. You can see CP Boner's Polycylindrical surfaces in the original sound room (museum). Not the Plexiglas K-horn in the foregroud. It took 1,300 man-hours to build.

Those who met me at the pilgrimage heard me tell of the day I spent with PWK in 1985. There are a few photos there from 22 years ago when I was younger, slimmer and had a mustache. Claude

My wife took this shot of PWK and I almost 22 years ago. I spent the entire day from 9-5 with him. He played me some of his own recordings in his home. The best 3-channel I ever heard!! This was taken in front of the museum, which was his original development room (25 x 16 x10). He had all kinds of horns, prototype speakers, etc. inside. A real treasure trove of history. Claude

I made this portrait on the porch of the Pioneer Kitchen almost 22 years ago, where PWK and his wife Valerie took Suzy and I to dinner (the lady opened the restaurant just for the 4 of us). Please note the converging lines from the corner of the porch emnating towards him............a happy coincidence for sure. I shall never forget that day. Claude

You should probably change the wording to "Custom Corner Horn Speakers Built With Klipsch Components." They aren't really "Klipsch" speakers unless they came from the Klipsch factory. I'll bet they sound amazing though! I assume they come apart? If I were you, I'd disassemble them and take interior pics. You're asking price is huge and folks will want to know EXACTLY what they are getting. You can get TWO fabulous pairs of Klipschorns for that price on the used market! No you can get 4 Klipschorns and a LaScala on the used market for that price and have an amazing surround sound system. This thing might be worth 3 grand at the most since it's an odd duck.

Bob Moers, former President of Klipsch and associates, told me back in 1976 (I was 22, one year before I got my Khorns) that the time dealay between the woofer and midrange in the Khorn was 2 Milliseconds, which, by all indications at the period in Klipsch history, was deemed insignificant for speech and music. Seems I has also read that below that figure of 2 ms., time delay was inaudible. So the 3.5 Millisecond time delay cited above for the k402 on the Jubilee would then be audible?? Seems I read on other posts by Roy, that the preferred configuration was an ACTIVE network with the appropriate group delay compensation on the Jub, and NOT passive, like everyone here seems to be doing.

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It warms my heart to hear some little guy in the back room break out in a huge way like that. Incredible voice. The difference between his first audition in a T-shirt to the final Tuxedo perfomance says they knew they had a winner built in. Look at the crowd reaction the second time....what anticipation. Not as bad as the Beatles live with screaming girls where you coudn't hear the music, but similar in a way. We shall see if he wins the finals and if he does, how they will "package him for profit."

Thanks for doing that. I didn't immediately find that category and I really didn't know where else to put it. I was home with the flu in high school the day that album was released, so I had my tuner/amp/home mad speakers on the whole day while I was in bed with a fever. They played the whole side 1 of the album on FM. At the end the DJ said, WOW, what an album, especially that last song, Stairway to Heaven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuSihWz7LlQ&mode=related&search=

Heck I'm bringing a friend and 2 sleeping bags. How about a split 4 ways. I only need to crash Sat nite, as I'm driving from Detroit Sat. AM and leaving early Sun. AM to be at a family gathering. Claude Jodoin ClaudeJ1.

What did you do exactly?? Claude

Would you please Email me those cut sheet Jepegs you are referring to? Sorry for the delayed response..............claudej1@aol.com

You bet I do. Your system appears to be awesome as well!

I talked a friend into buying an RF-82 system today, but with 4 towers instead of the wall rears. After hearing all the systems there, with high end Elite electronics, etc. nothing even comes close to my system in sonic impact and low distortion with my lowly Onkyo 501. Plus having twin subs with a 12" woofer, 15" woofer, 15" passive in a large ported enclosure with 400 watts of power on the subs doesn't hurt my chances either. I head good sound but not as good a mine. It's the horns, not the watts.

On the issue of the Flat Black Heresy not being actually Black: I visited the Klipsch factory in Hope to meet with PWK in 1985. PWK told his VP of Marketing Woody Jackson to take my wife and I for a plant tour (about 1 hours) and to bring us back to his office. Mr. Jackson said that whenever a fine Walnut or Oak veneer with the solid Poplar core was used to make a Klipsch speaker, it was subject to rigourous visual inspection. Anyone working downline could reject a speaker if the box had ANY sort of flaw on the fine veneers. When that happened, rather than burn the boxes out back (which they did on the severely damaged ones), they would simply use black paint over the veneers and sell it as Black. So if you look at the grain structure of any Black Klipsch Heritage speaker, you should be able to tell if it was Oak, Walnut, or Birch. Those lucky enough to get Walnut or Oak can just strip off the Black and refinish the fine wood veneers underneath. Whatever minor flaws may exist, will be no worse than normal wear and tear on a 20+ year old speaker anyhow and should still look gorgeous.

I really like my Onkyo 501 (it's a few years old, so it's only a 6.1). It decodes all the DVD's with any Doly or DTS signal, plays all my CD's with the "Neo:6" Matrix. In stereo mode, it only puts signals into the Corner horns, but maintains the LFE sub-woofer channell for bass down to 23 Hz. The micro detail and thunderous bass is amazing and it cost me less than $200 as a refurb. My next receiver will be an Onkyo for sure as they now include HDMI connectors and uprezzing to HD. I'm going to wait until late this year or next year as HDTV prices are dropping like a rock.

Not since 1999. Shooting digitally since 1995 to replace polaroid. Helped develop the original Foveon, sold all Hasselblads in 2000, not shot film since then. On a per square inch basis of format, modern SS sensors blow film away. the best backs with their 39 megapixel sensors have the equivalent of 5x7 film resolution. Pretty much been proven over time that the lenses are the weak point now. I said goodbye to grain a long time ago. Modern Canon CMOS SLR's pretty much have dynamic range and smoothness equivalent of ISO 50 Velvia at ISO 800. Have a 128 Megapixel Scanback that outresolves all my view camera lenses and makes film look fuzzy in comparison. I'm have been Tech. Editor of 4 Pro Photo Mags. since 1994 and I'm on my 46th digital camera in 12 years. I do this for a living. Kodak used to pay my AOL bill on the Wedding Board as the resident technical expert. I also judge internationl print competition. I shoot an average of 100,000 images a year and sell 80% of them. But I honestly don't want to argue with anyone about it. It doesn't matter what the front end is, it's the output that counts. I don't care how it is made as long as it's a good print.

That's easy. I would take the 2-way Jubilees with the big top horn (402). Passive X-over. When do they ship? LOL Claude