Klipsch Jubilee & Klipschorn Experience

 I bet they sound spectacular!  
Heck, I wish I had a room big enough to put them in!

simao, sorry about Vivaldi. I know it can be hard with audience noise. It was as if a live orchestra was present. 

I had waited for MAnY years to try Klipsch! And especially after hearing that they tend to be a "Little bright". I finally got some and thankfully my older stereo allows me to totally retune them. They have No Top end so I had to turn up the treble about 9 DB and the bass was so overwhelming I had to turn the bottom end down about 12 DB. That is totally unacceptable this totally reinforces my 50 year old opinion that if you want good sound build your own speakers..

@johnk , quite correct. The major advantage of horns aside from their efficiency is their controlled dispersion. This limits room interaction and improves imaging..

I have never heard Jubalees but have a lot of experience with K horns. They do not image well as the drivers are not time aligned and the mid bass is colored which is euphoric for some people. It would be very interesting to digitally tri amp them and get rid of the group delays. I am guessing that the colored mid bass is due to the large, complicated enclosure. Large panels resonate as a function of size as related to panel thickness, the ratio. Think stringed musical instrument. 

@mijostyn wrote:

I have never heard Jubalees but have a lot of experience with K horns. They do not image well as the drivers are not time aligned and the mid bass is colored which is euphoric for some people. It would be very interesting to digitally tri amp them and get rid of the group delays.

Indeed, that would bring out more of their potential.

I am guessing that the colored mid bass is due to the large, complicated enclosure. Large panels resonate as a function of size as related to panel thickness, the ratio. Think stringed musical instrument.

Relatively large they may be they’re actually too small as a bass to lower midrange horn (corner placement by virtue of extending the horn helps make it act as a horn lower down), which is only exacerbated by several horn path bends up to 180 degrees. Some compensation can be attempted here with a higher compression rate, i.e.: a smaller slot area in front of the woofer to aid upper range extension, but this in turn can create new issues related to upper bass irregularities and colorations due to horn path constriction and air velocity. Cabinet resonances are likely part of the problem as well, but I’d wager they’re really not at the core of the issues mentioned.