Anyone have any info on what amps work well with the Jubilees? Im assuming nobody else owns a set.
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I’ve been a fan of Klipsch’s bigger speakers ( La Scalas & Klipschorns) for a long time & appreciate what they can offer w/ good quality amplification, especially good tube amps. If you want truly “live music” sound, good horns are unmatched. If you want etched, hyper detailed, pinpoint imaging, “hifi” sound, some good quality narrow baffle, super hi tech cabinet speaker w/ heroic amplification will be more to your liking. Recently, I’ve found Volti Audio speakers which are similar in some respects to Klipsch but across the board better in every way; driver quality, crossover components, cabinets, wiring, terminals & most importantly sound. Greg Roberts started out offering serious upgrades to the big Klipsch models which were much improved over stock units until he started built his own designs. If you have an opportunity to hear any of the Volti’s at one of the shows, check them out. They’re a truly excellent, artisan made, American product that sounds great & fun to listen to!! |
The only speakers you can really listen up close to are full range ESLs as everything is coming from one driver. Sonically you never get close to the speaker. As you move towards two and three way speakers it becomes obvious at some point that you are listening to a loudspeaker as the frequency range separates into different drivers. The sound changes. As you walk up to an ESL the sound seems to remain in the distance, unchanged. Horns are no different than any other two or three way speaker.
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My speakers are hybrid (CD) horns with two 15'' woofers and a horn above said woofers. That said, the speakers are very coherent and offer a high degree of placement flexibility, and the listening positing can be quite close with no loss of stereo imaging. I.e. You can sit three feet or twenty three feet, from the speakers both standing and seated listeners, with no loss of stereo image. In my opinion a high powered amplifier will never be a proxy for a speakers lack of true efficiency. See below time domain response: 😎 Mike http://proaudioencyclopedia.com/time-domain-response-in-monitor-loudspeakers/ |
i havent used horns in a while, but i bet horns sound better comin out of horns. i bet u get closer to the sound of horns via horn speakers. in both cases, you got a horn blowin air into the room. thought about this when wondering why the elctric guitar seems the easiest to capture. well, in a room or on a record, for an electric guitar its speaker cones pushin air. |
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