AaronB123

I did not know that, thank's for the heads up!

LoL Ya it's got my TV on top if it but don't worry it's got rubber mats so no damage. I have a feeling that La Scala (both of them)will be with me forever. Still the most beautiful pair I've ever seen. Hey did you ever end up picking up those K-horns you were telling me about? If so, what are your thoughts?

It's funny you should mention Mogami. When I got the Jubilee's I noticed the XIlica only took XLR cables and thank god my processor and amp have those so I just switched all my cables from RCA to XLR and Mogami seemed to be the one with the best reviews so that's the brand I chose for all my new wires. Orbital shifter even has XLR inputs!

I've actually had really old speaker wire cause that, replaced the speaker wire and I was fine.

I completely agree with you on this! In fact it's funny because when I had to rewire all my speakers because I had my Emotiva switched to a 7 channel I remembered reading that if the speaker wire is at all oxidized all you need to do is cut the part off and strip it to a clean part and it is good as new. So I saw that the wire going to my center was like that and I fixed it. Not even really giving it any thought, I popped in some Sons of Anarchy that night and WOW what a difference, the dialogue was so much stronger and more detailed. It honestly sounded like I had went to a stronger amp. This brings me to my next question, what kind of speaker wire do you guys use or recommend? Right now I am using some RCA stuff I picked up at radio shack years ago.

I absolutely LOVE the active crossover, honestly I will never go passive again! I am definitely one that loves customization and I love the fact that I can get these to sound just the way I want.

It's amazing that you brought that up about the piano and female vocals because I'm not sure if you remember me saying when I switched to the jub's the higher keys on a piano were definitely not as present as with the K-horns, it's been MUCH improved since our (your) tweaking but it's still not as exaggerated as it is with the K-horns, when listening to piano on the K-s the higher notes are almost too piercing to take. It's amazing to see that wasn't just something I was imagining and is actually the case. I don't have any plans to try and bi amp those though or even set them up again any time soon. All my equipment is tied up with the Jub's and hooking those up again would require me moving the Jub's out of my theater room and putting the K's back in which I really don't wanna do. I unfortunately already damaged one of the K-s when moving it. I put them in a little hand truck to move them from one room to the other so I didn't have to push them and when I took the hand truck away the lip got caught on the bottom and tore a piece of wood right off. It's about an inch in size but I was very upset when I saw that I did that.

I actually just heard back from him, they are sold

Well, lets just say it all started when I was younger and first heard a pair of Klipsch Pro media 2.1's. Before buying those I had just wasted money on a pair of Bose Mediamates. (this was when I still lived at home with my parents and couldn't have a huge sound system like I do now. Well when I first hooked up the Bose mediamates and listened to them my heart dropped, I was soo dissapointed. I packaged them up right on the spot and sent them back. I did tons of research and eventually landed on the Pro Media's. When I heard them I was absolutely blown away. Years later when I was ready to build my own theater I remembered that sound of those Pro Media's and just kept thinking if there little computer speakers can sound that good I can't imagine how there big speakers must sound. I looked on Craigslist and found a pair of Chorus's, bought them, hooked them up and was pretty much moved to tears by what I was hearing. Before buying those I actually went to bestbuy though just to hear what they had and of course the guy told me to stay away from Klipsch and tried to push some B&W and Martin Logan and all this stuff on me. Honestly I auditioned it, and really was not impressed. After hearing the Chorus's I thanked God that I stuck to my guns and bought them instead of anything at best buy. That was when I joined the forum and posted my pictures of the Chorus's and and started really learning more about the brand. After seeing all the other heritage gear they had to offer I wanted to try something even higher up on the food chain, so I considered K-horns but knew I didn't have perfect corners so I settled upon La Scala's, found a beautiful pair and absolutely loved them. I found them to have an even bigger soundstage than the chorus's and they seem to play louder with less effort. I had those for a while and of course was extremely happy with them (still am as I am still using one as a center). By this time I really wanted to try the K-horns and had heard how you can build false walls if you don't have perfect corners but I also noticed that the 70th anniversary ones come with closed backs so I ended up purchasing those. I do love the K-horns don't get me wrong but I was a little dissapointed with the soundstage, I thought it would be bigger. I feel the La Scala has a bigger soundstage but this could be due to my room, I've heard they really do need a LOT of space to get the full potential. All was not lost with the K-horns though, there pro's are they have a tremendous amount of detail and an extremely refined sound with much more bass than the La Scala's. This brings me to the final speaker that I had purchased which was the Jubilee. After tons of research and reading I decided this was the speaker I had to have! I ordered a pair, and 2 weeks later they were sitting in my house and let me tell you these are the ones I have been looking for. They've got the pure detail and refinement of the K-horn with the monster soundstage I was looking for, and they don't require corner placement so that right there was a win. I personally think they also look just pure badass but I have heard some say they think they are ugly. During my research with the Jubilee's I read one thing that basically sealed the deal which was that the jubilee started out as something PWK was working on as a Klipschorn 2 but he felt the product was so much better than the K-horn that it deserved a whole new name. It's funny because when I was discussing purchasing K-horns on this forum many people told me since I was spending so much money I should just buy Jubilee's but unfortunately I just dismissed the thought and went with K-horns instead but it's all good, you live and you learn. Well, that's my speaker story and just a little disclaimer I did love every Klipsch speaker I bought and still have pretty much all of them. When I kept moving up the Heritage chain it was in no way that I was not satisfied, it was more like I just wanted to see how much better it could possibly get from here, and not to mention Klipsch speakers are a work of art and look like fine furniture in ones home.

Oh wow, thank you that's very good to know. That actually makes me much more confident in the purchase. I just hope they are still available. It looks like those are pretty hard to find.

LOL ya I'm just playing I didn't order them I am trying to but the guy hasn't answered in days. Maybe he already sold them.

Ya, I would definitely agree my suggestion was gonna be sub next too. Welcome to the forums!

Damn you! Well, there on there way to my house now.

Wow, sounds like fun I'm not too far from there.

Yup I was actually just coming to post my results as well. I cannot thank @Chris A enough he completely went out of his way to help me. It sounds absolutely phenominal, now this is the sound I've been looking for this whole time. It's got the magic and detail of the K-horns with the huge soundstage I was looking for! Anyone else that is looking for help with this I highly suggest taking Chris up on his offer, he's a pure genius! Lol Now i'm actually considering selling the K-horns because of how good these sound!

The K-691 is the driver I got from Klipsch, so far I really love it! I don't think it's the stock one that comes with it though I think it's an upgrade from the stock.

Is it bad to have the xilica sitting right on top of my AVP like that? I've monitored temps nothing really even gets warm.

Lol Arent those the things PWK absolutely detested?

From what I understand that's one of their better offerings isn't it? Also out of curiosity I see you've got the real high end driver that everyone raves about. Where do you buy that?

K-691

It really is amazing to find a speaker that makes the La Scala's seem like they have a small soundstage! As I said the bass on these things is absoutely insane! The more I hear them and dial in the sound. Then I had the settings on the active all wrong and I was only getting one channel of audio which thanks to @Chris A I've fixed. It sounds much fuller and more balanced now.

They sound great, much bigger soundstage than the Klipschorns which is what I was looking for and another thing I noticed is with the Jubilee's it's amazing how everything sounds like it's right in front of you. With the K-horns (this did get better with my Emotiva processor as opposed to the marantz but was still a little apparant) you can tell which speaker is playing which instrument. I do think though with more adjustment I can probably get them sounding better. I still haven't even ran the room correction software yet because I am waiting on the wires to hook up all the rest of the channels which are scheduled for delivery today. I just prefer to wait so I don't need to run it all again. I am curious though, I have heard a lot of people say they prefer 2 way over 3 way because it integrates more seamlessly. The way I mentioned that it just really makes everything seem in front of you so much more and you can't tell what instrument is coming from which speaker, is that what they mean?

Ya, those are XLR connectors. My processor has them as well as my amp. If you don't have them on your processor to be honest I'm not exactly sure how to go about it but there's gotta be adapters.

Lol I had ordered those before I ordered the jubilee's. They are currently being built.

If that wasn't what you were referring to, let me know and I'll try to help you the best I can.