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    Journey to Jubilation

    in Klipsch Pro Audio

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    6 hours ago, Coytee said:

    Congrats.  Question if I may.....  had you (ever) heard them prior to purchase?  I'm intrigued if  you are a "heard" or not...

    I had not heard them. 

     

    I used the Cornscala build as a lesson in hearing and tuning along with paying attention at live concert venues.  I attended Mark Knopfler at the State theatre in Minneapolis last year and have been using that concert as my guide. The sound was outstanding.   I bought the concert download as well.

     

    I tend to jump in with both feet on these sorts of things.  Haven't had too many failures.  Plus I probably read every thread on the net before jumping in.  Also ChrisA's threads gave me the confidence to go forward knowing he is willing to help if/when needed.

     

    I think my favorite part so far are all of the various percussion thwacks that I can hear.  

    Journey to Jubilation

    in Klipsch Pro Audio

    Posted

    Tom,

    The top and sides of the cabinet are rounded over.  The vertical edge of the veneer is square.  The mouths of the cabinet have a slight bend in them.  I'll post up some close ups.  I'm considering grill cloth to keep dust out, but am unsure how to best go about mounting it.

    Journey to Jubilation

    in Klipsch Pro Audio

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    So far I only have about 4 hours on the system.  I am very impressed, the sound stage is amazing.  The pics above are from the MLP which is about 15' from them.  The sound stage says correct as you move back and forth across it.  The main thing I didn't like about the Cornscala set up was it was pretty directional.  Bass is no problem for these, I had to knock off a couple of db to tone it down a bit.  I intend to listen for awhile and then begin the process of the last 5% using REW to dial them into the room.  The factory settings are very good.

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    Journey to Jubilation

    in Klipsch Pro Audio

    Posted

    So I was finally able to earn the money to purchase a system,  called up Cory ant Paducah and placed the order.  Many cudos to Cory and Mark, the transaction was simple and the communication excellent.  2 weeks or so later, the UPS truck pulls up and drops 2 very large pallets at the end of the driveway.  Fortunately my skid steer came with forks, so it was easy to move them into the shop.  My neighbor and fellow Klipsch audio nut and wood worker came over on a Saturday morning and we modified the counter tops in the shop to accommodate the Jubilees.  After about 3 hours of measuring(twice), cutting, fastening, and cleaning up the room was ready.  So how do a couple of 60 year old guys unbox and move 250 lb LF cabinets?  Well, you open the box, hold the flaps open, roll it on its side and then to the top leaving the packaging in place.  Pull off the box and there is the speaker on its feet on the packing(the speakers are placed in the box upside down).  I happen to have large long plastic furniture glides, so we put them under the cabinet and pulled/pushed the cabinets in to place.   The placed the horns on top and cabled them up, the cables were already there.  Then some quick reconfiguration to get the Xilica 4080 DSP (pre programmed thankfully) connected to the rest of the components in the head end.

    Audio Head End Small.jpg

    Jubilee Small.jpg

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    Journey to Jubilation

    in Klipsch Pro Audio

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    I have been into audio for as long as I can remember.  My first LP was Deep Purple Machine Head played on my Dad's tube based system in the living room many, many years ago.  Over the years I have been through many lo, mid, and hi-fi systems and components.  Started with LP's, had cassettes and a 8 track in the car, traded all of that and moved into CD's.  Went with Carver separates for 2 channel and 5.1 with AL-III speakers.  Moved out of the city to a home that had a shop. 

    I began to play with some pro audio since I needed some power to project out of the shop to the fire pit.  Used some JBL and QSC equipment and has some fun.  After 12 years the city encroached on the country and we sold out to a developer and moved to our current location much further from the city. 

    Fast forward to 7 years ago in found some Klipsch Heresey's on a auction site and got them for $80.00.  Back then I was only just aware of the Klipsch brand.  The new home and shop allowed me to expand my horizons a bit.  It has a Man Cave Loft where I've installed the Carver AL-III speakers and upgrades to Sunfire Cinema Grand Pre/Pro and power.  Sounds nice up there with the aliveness of the 4' ribbons. 

    I also really began like the horn sound of the Heresey's and did the research and re-capped the crossovers and put in Crites tweeters that I installed in the "Assembly Hall" portion of the building.  So after doing more research I found and ordered the Crites Cornscala D hardware and started down the path of DIY audio.  Build a VTA ST-70 tube and and a  PH-16 phono pre and combined those with some various QSC power amps, Sunfire Subs and a MiniDSP DDRC 88A and began to learn about active DSP systems.  Along the way I tried various setups and configurations using REW to get the performance of the drivers, and got the system sounding very good.  I also restored a Klipsch KP-320/480 system bought for $200.00 that was in a church with a blown 18" woofer and 12" passive, replaced the cones and ran them active as well, just for fun.  As I was learning I found this web site and of course I started reading threads about the various Klipsch Heritage speaker systems and that of course lead me to the Jubilees... 

     

     

     

     

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    Heresey and Sub Small.jpg

    Interesting new 1.4" Eminence horn driver

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    I installed them last night.  So far I hear more of the room in some recordings and cymbals, tambourine, and brushes are clearer.  Not sure if they need some break in time or not.  I will start some measuring with REW this weekend.

     

     

    Here is my system as its connected today:

    WD My Cloud EX4, Internet, Sirius/XM >Sonos Connect, Coax > Cambridge DacMagic Plus, Analog >MiniDSP DDRC 88BM
    Technics 1200MKII w/Ortofon Black, Sony TC-651, Dennon DVD3910, Analog >MiniDSP DDRC 88BM
    MiniDSP DDRC 88BM > VTA ST-70, KT-88 >Eminence N314X-8 >Faital Pro LTH142, XO 800 LR12db
    MiniDSP DDRC 88BM > Sunfire 2 Channel, Voltage Source >Crites CW1526CF, XO 120/800 LR12db
    MiniDSP DDRC 88BM > QSC PLX1104 >Klipsch KP480, XO 120 LR12db

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