Klipsch Jubilee & Klipschorn Experience

arcticdeth

1,520 posts

04-01-2023 at 03:48am 

Klipschorns at low - med volume, …ok

 

any louder and your teeth will break

 

my audition years back, powered by Adcom: monos. 
with mod squad and carver, it was better, less harsh

You lost all credibility when you mentioned Adcom. Only a fool would pair horns with a pair of high powered SS amps, especially Adcom.

https://youtu.be/j_RfAbUZ0MI

Ozzy62 i must be a fool because I have used constellation, and Accuphase with the Jubilees and both sounded really good. My favorite combination so far is tube for mids/highs and SS for the subs. The problem I am having is I cant find a tube amp quiet enough. I listen mostly at lower/medium volumes. 

I have heard two of the quietest tube amps recently. A Music Reference RM 10 II and a pair of Audio Mirror Eargasm monoblocks. Putting my ear next to my LaScalas with either of these amps powered up would fool you into thinking they were turned off.

Horns are notorious for revealing any shortcoming in upstream electronics. Horror stories of earbleeding experiences with horns are usually just that, mismatched components.

@ozzy62 wrote:

Only a fool would pair horns with a pair of high powered SS amps ...

I don’t share that sentiment.

I have heard two of the quietest tube amps recently. A Music Reference RM 10 II and a pair of Audio Mirror Eargasm monoblocks. Putting my ear next to my LaScalas with either of these amps powered up would fool you into thinking they were turned off.

Remember that the Jub’s are actively configured sans an intervening passive crossover to filter noise; when actively configured the amps are looking straight into the very high eff. driver sections, and thus any inherent noise coming from the amps is amplified and exposed.

@souljasmooth wrote:

My favorite combination so far is tube for mids/highs and SS for the subs. The problem I am having is I cant find a tube amp quiet enough. I listen mostly at lower/medium volumes.

How about looking for some lower powered class-A SS amps, for the top section at least? They might fit the bill sonically, while being suitably quiet.