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Dave Harris built a speaker system he named the Yield. Its an open baffle full ranger with two 15 inch open baffle drivers mounted behind an 6 inch hole. The results are amazing. I have owned the speakers for 12 years but now have to get rid of them,
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I have largely abandoned the Klipsch forums these last few years due to personal bandwidth issues so I feel like a newbie again.
My subject is the excellent Yield speakers that I acquired from Justin Weber (justinsweber) in a trade for a pair of Jubilee knockoffs almost ten years ago. The depth of knowledge and experience on this forum enabled me to enjoy a terrific hobby that I hope to give some more time to soon. I learned of the Yields on this forum from posts by Dave Harris (gothover) and by chance I caught the opportunity to snag them from Justin while trading with him. They have been interesting but I am ready to move on.
Does anyone know anyone else who has the Yields?
Thanks
Brad 615-406-7052
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It's about time we all understand that food critics and audio gear critics are much the same. Subjective taste is personal and a good reviewer need only give the important contextual elements within the review for it to be useful.
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I will speculate thus:
Klipsch is a big company that struggles(as all companies do) to show sales and earnings growth. Heritage operations in Hope have added to sales and earnings growth with the improvements to the old classic products driven by the team in Hope led by RD. With the credibility gained by that success and probably some help with other non-Heritage designs RD probably had the 75th anniversary in mind quite some time ago. It's a well timed launch point for all the improvements contemplated for the Jubilee from the time RD and PWK worked together through the work the RD led Heritage team has done with the design. After watching the video interviews of RD I sense a "life's work" level of excitement from RD. And corporate probably couldn't be happier with the credibility of Heritage and the history of PWK supporting the all important financial performance of the Klipsch brand of products. Well played RD.
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As a previous owner of a set of Jubilee knockoffs I will be very interested in the new Jubilees. If they shore up the last half octave at the bottom this bass lover could get very excited. I had to run mine in the corners of the room to get my bass fix.
Does anyone here remember the guy who had six jubillees in a media room setup with massive passive crossovers mounted on the wall? Been trying to find the old posts about his setup.
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Bob took my call some 12 years ago when I was refurbishing a pair of Forte IIs. I didn't know anything but he was so patient and helpful. Even after several calls where I am sure the same questions were answered again he was always gracious.
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Thanks to all who chimed in on this thread. I decided not to buy these as the estate was wise to what they would bring in Japan and I wasnt willing to spend that much on speakers.
Brad
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On 9/27/2015 at 1:05 AM, garyrc said:
What vintage Hartsfield did you have? Did it use the 154C woofer, or a LE15 (LE15A?), or some other? Did they add the 075 in later years? I heard they did, but I never had that confirmed. Did you happen to use it with a JBL Energizer with frequency response and damping individualizing? How did it sound?
A lot has happened since I posted this thread. My mother passed away in Memphis summer of 2016 and I got to hear the Hartsfield speakers. They were positioned in the corners of the room and had pretty good bass. I brought a jazz album I knew well to play and the mids were very pleasing to my ear.
In any case the speakers are not a matched set. One is a '53 and one is a '57 but they appear identical with same crossovers and drivers. Now I have to decide whether to go down that rabbit hole of buying them as they are just now available.Brad
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It is with great dread that Coffee Day comes every year and I think I can do what I did in my 30s which is drink coffee all day with abandon. By 1 o'clock I was non functional with the shakes and unable to focus on anything complicated. So I then just wasted away the rest of the afternoon listening to jazz. So really it wasn't that bad a day after all. But I do so love coffee.
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11 hours ago, CECAA850 said:
Looks like I'll be paying in beer.
Would settle for Jack. Can't blame a guy for shooting high.
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12 hours ago, muel said:
Ahhh... you need a box of screws for EACH speaker wire!
Sheeesh
Tried that. Went back to one box for better perceived results.
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11 hours ago, dtel said:
Maby a little difference but if you use the cable lifters and a few magic pebbles that improvement will be greatly enhanced. Only then will the huge improvements of a audio grade wall receptacle and "special" power cable differences be noticed, one step at a time.
Was that the new phillips head screws or the old time analog flat head screws ? You do realize there is a big difference between the two !
The only criteria was they had to be Phillips head screws.
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8 hours ago, codewritinfool said:
If you run a green sharpie around the perimeter of each screw it improves the spectral imaging.
I am having some difficulty visualizing what that would look like.
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12 hours ago, CECAA850 said:
What kind of bourbon?
1812 single barrel or Pappy van Winkels
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I discovered something that honest to goodness really makes a difference in speaker cables. I had a box of random screws laying around and for some odd reason I decided to see what would happen if I buried my speaker cables in the screws.
Well lo and behold the improvement that was perceived was real! The scattering of signal fields cancelling out radiation has changed how I perceive the music coming from my speakers. Hoping to patent soon and make available for sale by Christmas.
If interested please PM me and I will look into starting a kickstarter fund to help me offset development costs that include bourbon and beer.
Man who knew? I'm a convert now. Let the fun begin.
Brad
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On 4/22/2017 at 2:43 PM, Thaddeus Smith said:
he should not be regarded as any sort of expert in my opinion.
Maybe I am an audiofool, but his explanations make sense to me. I have learned a long time ago that in matters of politics, media and art a great deal of opinion is involved and those should be taken with a grain of salt.
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6 minutes ago, derrickdj1 said:
I just like my system and what I hear.
But do you obsess about it?
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12 minutes ago, jjptkd said:
I liked the article and agree with most of it except that in my mind there isn't just "A" (audiophile) and "B" (music lover) but a continuum where I'd say the majority of people are somewhere in the middle or leaning towards one side.
Well said. It's like adjusting the contrast.
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2 minutes ago, mike stehr said:
I'm a registered stereo molester...
LOL But I do get the point. Music first, speakers/room then equipment.
Brad
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34 minutes ago, Thaddeus Smith said:
ken rockwell is an ad-bating hack promoting himself as an expert of photography and audio. take his thoughts with a heavy dose of skepticism.
Thanks for the reply.
Ok. I'll bite. On what basis do you think so lowly of him? I have read several of his reviews and he strikes me as well grounded. Granted he is trying to make money from his web site but there is nothing intrinsically wrong with asking for donations, especially after you have read the material.Brad
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http://kenrockwell.com/audio/audiophile.htm
I have always suspected that being a xxxphile of anything really wasn't good.
Brad
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On 4/20/2017 at 7:54 AM, totalcomfort said:
Love my RTR also, come to the gathering I am bringing mine to demo on the jubilee speaker set up. Mine is not as fancy as some but I think it sounds pretty good.
At first I didn't like the noise but discovered that the Phase Linear autocorrelator NR really dampens the noise between tracks quite well.
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On 4/20/2017 at 7:07 AM, dirtmudd said:
I saw that a while ago. Now that is conspicuous consumption
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On 4/20/2017 at 7:22 AM, Full Range said:
I love Reel2Reel
And I have a Revox B77 in the end stages of a recondition
But I still have 2 cassette players
I also had one of late B77s. Its what led me to Studer.
Open Baffle Speakers
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As I understand it, the Enclosure serves to capture the sound energy coming off the back of the driver. The Yield is very flat and has wonderful bass sound but cannot go very loud. The room and placement is also important to the how the Yield sounds. Enclosed speakers are more flexible.
Who is Helmholtz?