Schu Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Last weekend I took a trip to California as a mini vacation... go to Disneyland, play some poker and visit some Klipsch scenes. Fist stop was an audition of a pair of Jubilees at fellow forumite babadono's wonderful home in southern California. Eric was kind enough to allow me a visit with him and his wife to hear these magnificent speakers and he tolerated my playing of some rather eclectic music that I am sure made him go "hum". The set up was still in it's infancy and eric really hadn't had much spare time to get it completely dialed in, but despite the very spacious listening area and many highly reflective exposed surfaces the system was over powering and very potent. Like a caged tiger ready to pounce at the moment any volume was applied. The system gained more and more significance and impact as the db's rose higher and higher. The 402's were being fed by a pair of TAD4002's and they lived up to the expectation I had for them. thank you Eric for the great experience. Next up, I went to Los Angeles to a place called "In Sheep's Clothing". This is a highend listening bar in the swanky Art's district of L.A. that offers up great Japanese whiskeys and hand blended teas for patrons while they listen to non-stop Vinyl playback via two vintage Garrard 301 turntables. main speakers are Klipschorns driven by what looked like an A23 Amplifier... but I really could not tell. Yes... that is a $680 glass of whisky... not a bottle of whisky. Directly across from the front stage is the bar which houses two Heresy's and what looked like an extrea pair of mid/tweeter section sitting atop to bar. when I first got there, they were playing two channel only... later as other patrons began to show up, all speakers were firing. The sound was absolutely magnificent... zero issues. The detail was quite profound (even with six speakers firing). The room was mainly hard surfaces, but ringing the entire room had an absorption ring that was centered at the HF section of the Klipschorn... the sound was extremely spatial and detailed and fully enveloping with no dead zones... every seat in the small room was a good seat when all speakers were firing. Next up... I went to "upscale audio" in La Verne to see if they possibly had a pair of the new AK6 Klipschorns to listen to, unfortunately they did not. As a Heritage dealer they did however have several pairs of great speakers... the Cornwall III, the Forte III and a pair of beautiful La Scala II 70th's I was slightly disappointed that I could not hear the new Klipschorn, so I began asking about the new VPI HW-40 direct drive turntable (since they were a VPI dealer). I have been following this model for some time, and fully expected to buy one when it comes out in a few weeks. It's an anniversary model that is a direct drive unit (which is a departure for VPI)... I had thought the unit was going to retail for that 1500-2000$ range as a low end direct drive convenience model in the VPI line... imagine my surprise when they range it up and the receipt said 15,000$... I had to kindly decline that purchase... OOPS! all in all a great weekend wit great people and great speakers. 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 14 minutes ago, Schu said: Yes... that is a $680 glass of whisky... not a bottle of whisky. How many did you have? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHall Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Fantastic. Sounds like one hell of a trip ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted October 25, 2018 Moderators Share Posted October 25, 2018 I love that picture of you with the room in the background. Good looking room, from the way it looks compared to how it sounded well thought out. I say that because it looks like it would not sound good with all the hard surfaces, but when it does sound good that must have taken alot of planning to get a nice sound. The mirrors above the turntables is a nice touch, really that whole wall is cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Wonder if they know (in sheep's clothing) that that edge banding on the KHorn can be repaired quite easily. Of course it might have been in perfect condition before someone had too many $680 shots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 the lascalas are veneered in what ? oh my and the plaque, who's that for dealers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 33 minutes ago, Budman said: the lascalas are veneered in what ? oh my and the plaque, who's that for dealers Those are 70th's in Queensland walnut... I had that plaque in my hands and I was standing next to the door... the thought cross my mind for about 2-3 seconds. 😛 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rplace Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Nice weekend, thanks for the pix! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great time! My brother lives in LA. Must tell him about In Sheep's Clothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Beautiful Jubes and that's the ONLY way to have a bar... Classy w/the prices to match the experience one would have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomy2 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) @Schu How large or small was the listening area or room they had for the Cornwall III’s and Forte III’s at Upscale and any idea the electronics they were using with them? Edited October 26, 2018 by tomy2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 There were maybe four listening rooms.... each with several amplification systems of both solid state but main tube based. The CW's and the LS's were on the main floor and not hooked up... the forte' s were in one of the listening rooms... again with multiple amplification possibilities. This kind of place would allow you to try different set ups... if they thought you were serious. It's a lot of work to move things around and grrt them hooked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cincymat Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Damn, never had a reason to visit LA until now.... cincy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomy2 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 That’s great to know, thanks for sharing. I’m over in the Phoenix area so a 5 hr or so drive sounds like it would be well worth it. Shame there’s no Heritage dealer w/ a showroom here in Phoenix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Or in Las vegas... I have two LARGE online dealers here in Las Vegas, but not Heritage dealers. When I was at upscale, Kevin spent time with me and took me around his warehouse, it is massive and very full of product well beyond what he can retail. The retail space is nice, full and unique... but smallish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codewritinfool Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Just amazing! Thanks for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Nice write up.. I saw the bits and pieces on Facebook and it's fun to see the whole story put together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 This room NEEDS Jubes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I had the same thought when I first saw that. They'd certainly sound spectacular in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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