Klipsch Jubilee Unbox - The biggest. The Baddest.
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- Paducah Home Theater / PHT TV - Ep. 27 - Klipsch Jubilee Unbox and Setup
With the New Jubilee coming soon, new units of this style are unfortunately becoming more and more rare. To those of you that have thought about purchasing or just to those that wanted to see what the process looks like from unboxing, to wiring, to listening, this video is for you. One of the very last of this style Jubilees and we are pulling it out and putting it together just for you!
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Speaking as a relatively new Jubilee owner since September of 2020. Everything in this video is right on. Cory and crew are fantastic, all I had to do was make a phone call, give a CC number and they appeared at my home. I feel very fortunate to have the Jubilee's.
Thanks for watching! Happy to hear you are enjoying your system!
I really love the idea of taking aluminum bars and using them to accent the horn. So great. These are dream speakers.
Thanks for watching! Not only are they awesome but, they are the original! He was the first person to take them and use them in a home environment.
-Jason
very beautiful !!!😍
My whole entire system/speakers (Except the sub) came from Klipsch and P.H.T. they are GREAT!
Thanks for watching! Glad you are enjoying your system!
I was waiting to hear them !!!!!!
Thanks for watching! The listening part came later. Check out the Jubilee Vs Klipschorn video. :)
-Jason
Velcro cable ties for the win! Your messy, temporary cabling looks better than most people's clean, permanent installs.
Trey does it super fast too. :)
Very cool, I'll be looking for the new version once we move to a house that will allow me to have a dedicated 2 channel room.
You know who to call. :)
Nice video. Hey, I was wondering what are the physical angles of that horn on top (the flat / conical parts)? It looks close to 90 x 60 degrees but I was wondering what it is exactly if you know or can measure. Thanks.
Can you try some of the pro line speakers? Like the KPT 904 or the KPT 396.
That's a great idea. Make sure you are subscribed. We are covering a few amps over the next few episodes but may look into more pro units in the future!
Amazing is an overused but appropriate word for a Klipsch legacy product! I assume the imaging will be terrific with a 2-way, time-aligned design. What is the low end response to this? Most of your products seem to roll off below 35 Hz.
This one naturally rolls off at 38 hz and can be flat to just over 30 with a boost in the dsp, but the new Heritage Jubilee is flat to 18 maybe 17. Totally different. -- Cory
@@TopShelfAudio so. The set in this video is indeed not the latest version.? Correct?
Does the Jubilee utilize the same woofer s as the Klipschorn/LaScala?
The K-horns and LS use a 15" woofer, this style of Jubilees are dual 12's. There's no official spec sheet available yet but based on unofficial chatter and renderings I suspect the Jubilees coming out in fall of 2021 will have a single 12" that's ported like the KPT-1802. Slight chance the new ones will be a 15 but I haven't seen anything. -- Cory
Sweet.
Thanks for watching!
Gorgeous ! What are the approximate dimensions (width, height and depth)? Also, is this a CURRENT MODEL or is Klipsch coming out with a an updated model sometime in 2021? Somehow I was under the impression that they are coming out with a new one this month (May 2021)? IF so, any idea what are the differences with this unit ? Are these meant for home use or more for commercial use ?
Klipsch announced at CES that they would be releasing a new unit for Klipsch 75th anniversary. There isn't much info released on them as of yet but, if you search for 2021 Jubilee CES here on youtube, you should be able to locate the video of Roy discussing these more in depth.
@@TopShelfAudio Wow. Do you have dimensions of your current unit ?
@@ptg01 Sorry, must have missed answering that part in the first reply. H- 77.25", W-41.5", D-24.5"
@@TopShelfAudio HUGE! How old are these speakers / when was it released ?
An interesting choice to build a speaker that would otherwise appeal to the SET crowd and then make it dependant on a digital crossover.
For sure not for everyone, but for those select few that can own/manage it... no denying the awesome nature of these beasts.
-Jason
An excellent decision.
Better than the amp powering a passive crossover which soaks-up up the timing and dynamics.
You can still run a SET amp, the x/over is already done and the amp controls the driver directly - like God intended.
Of course another amp drives the other driver - even more flexibility.
I always discard any passive crossovers, programme my v expensive DSP to the speakers’ requirements, feed multiple power amps and connect directly to the drive units (actively).
I would never go back to passive crossovers - they suck the hell out of the music.
I’m confused, this Jubilee is it the same one coming out this summer? Does this one that you guys installed have the new LF section that goes down to 20 hertz?
This is not the new ones, it's the style that has been around for the last 20 years or so. The new ones will be similar in idea but this is considered the pro style. The new ones are more targeted to residential installations so little details like the terminal strip should turn into a nice aluminum terminal cup, we'll have veneer, grill cloth, things like that. -- Cory
The new style should be available late this fall, 2021. That's the last story I got at least.
Arent the Jubilees $ north of 30 thousand?
Also whats the sensitivity and is it a stable 8ohm impedence?
It's about 108db 1W / 2.83V
The new finished product Jub may be that price, they haven't said for sure.
I have two pair of these left at $19,995 per pair, one pair of walnut and one pair of cherry. The new ones will probably be significantly more. -- Cory
They're advertising a Pair of jubilees and an active crossover included in the set... Had you been given conflicting information? Or? What's up with the Zilica?
This is the "underground" versions of the Jubilee before the new/official ones were released. They required the Xilica or similar as they didn't come or have DSP designed specifically for them. We cover the new/current versions in later episodes and even compare the two. Be sure to check those videos out!
-Jason
What material is the big horn made of?
injection molded plastic is all I know. Used to be compression molded before 2009.
Jubilee has 2 12 inch woofers hence the Two connects jumper if one Amp
This is the underground version. Not the current version. The current version has dual 12s.
-Jason
I’m a believer , and nearly 45yrs ago I had the rare opportunity to meet the “Legend In Sound” Mr Paul W Klipsch at my local Dealer and I was around 15 and hadn’t brought them home yet because I made $25 a week and with $ 300. Down and out the door price $739. Including tax around 13 weekly and only pumped gas for $ 2 or 2.50 a hour ? I just remember him tall and very interesting old man , I got him to sign a T-shirt and told him I bought pair of his Heresy and only have one more layaway pmt and I can take them home ! He looked down at.me with a very serious look
And I quote “Young Man ,.. always remember this …..
Money Talks and Bill Shit Walks ..” then short smirk and he turns away as if I was his student dismissed! That it my brush with greatness . Still own set of CW & set of LA’s with bins industrials and they are still rocking
Happy to hear you are still rocking them! Do you still have the T-Shirt?
-Jason
@@TopShelfAudio well I’m not sure what I did with the t-shirt but what I can say is i haven’t fit that size in a very long time … it was 1978 and there was only two Klipsch dealers in all of Wa & Oregon and PWK was the rep & CEO . If you know any of the guys that worked close with PWK Im pretty sure that “ No Bs “ & “Money Talks - BullShit Walks”must have been his coin phrase I’ve seen it on some of the old archive videos . As you can tell I don’t get to talk about Klipsch that often but every once in a while I can find a person that looks at me if I mentioned horn loaded, I’m grooming my grand daughter to be the next caretaker of the collection of gear and also bringing it back to spec and incorporating new digital tech but I still use my crown dc300’s and d150’s along with xls 602 for main although I think it’s time to upgrade to crowns more AV & dac DJ friendly for my grand daughter to hone her skills but she just started high school and doesn’t have a driver’s license so look like I’ll be Rhode and transportation once she gets going !
Lol 😂 love to talk audio
Thanks your new sub that you might want to block ! 😂🤣
From the looks of things, it also seems as if the HF/MF horn's vertical pitch can also be fine tuned for listening position height.
Yeah it can, usually not super necessary if you are like 15' away or more but otherwise yeah you can tilt them down. They are built in such a way that some of the enthusiasts have figured out you can tilt them so far forward and down that they go over the front of the bass bin, aka. the lowrider mod... not that I can promote such things. -- Cory
What's the price per pair for these speakers?
I have two pair left for $19,995 per pair, have one pair of walnut and one pair of cherry. Those are the last two available of this style. The new ones coming out later this fall will probably be significantly more.
@@TopShelfAudio Thank you.
Did I hear Trey say these LF cabs have only 1 driver?
The K-horns and LS use a single 15" woofer, this style of Jubilees are dual 12's. It's possible that the future one will have a single driver but official specs haven't been released yet.
Weren't those discontinued?
There are still some (very few) floating around right now...but that stock is very limited. When the new ones hit the market, you can be sure we will make a video for those as well!
Drop a capacitor or resistor on that HF driver.. ?? 😁
Or even a light bulb....a 12V bulb would work fine.. that would start limiting the level (compreson) to about 14 Watts. At some point after that the bulb will blow and protect the driver. IF you use a resistor, you need a RDX90 polyswitch in parallel with it. It is a current limiting device and should be about right for the 3 inch driver. You can always go with a 24V bulb. Yes, protection is important.
Trey has it covered! Thanks for watching!
New Jubilee are they 15 inch woofers
I doubt it, there is no official spec sheet yet but based on forum chatter and renderings in CZcams videos, I suspect they will have a single ported 12" woofer like the kpt-1802, with a horn wrapped around the whole thing. -- Cory
12 inch woofer that's amazing. The woofer must be foam for it to have great bass response. I could image how these sound in person.
You made an inline inductor by coiling the LF feeder wire. That's a no-no.
theoretically this is correct. however do some calculations on two windings with a 4" diameter wire. Even if the windings were tight and it worked as if it could be an issue, the frequency in which the treble would start rolling off would be approaching 1 khz on the bass bin, at a 6 db per octave slope. Seriously doubt you could ever tell the difference in this situation even if you actually measured.
It would be so bad ass after this video you said reach out if there’s anything you would like us to see or do if you could do a review life comparison I know a very different speakers but I’ve always been curious to see how they sound side-by-side Cornwall Iv vs focal Aria 948 that specific model Aria if you guys could do that that would be so bad ass and just sit there flicking back-and-forth between both of them that would be so awesome!!! They are awesome Speakers
I know your not asking me but...
Apples to oranges .
The. Cornwalls which i own the mk3s are rated at 103 dp sensitivity and a fairly stable impedence of 8 ohms.
I dont know the exact specs on your fine focals but im sure they arent above 92 db.
What it breaks down to is what your powering them with and the music you listen to.
Me I prefer pure Class A and the stable impeadence helps my Solid State Plinius Sa 102 125 watt class A remain in the sweet spot . Its a very versatile amplifier with a class ab or A switch .
I also have a Cary set integrated pure class A with Western Electric 300b at 8 watts per channel.
And a 80 pound Dared VP 845 18 watt pure class A integrated with nos 1942 RCA 845 tubes had to go to Viet Nam to get these on like new condition.
All my listening is largely small accoustic sets with Jazz or soft contemporary and alternative rock.
Female singers like Natalie Merchant, Eva Cassidy, Amy Winehouse, Etta James, Patricia Barber, Stevie Knicks, Amy Mann.
Music from Van Morrison, Nat King Cole, Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane, Bill Frisell, Bill Evans. Fiona Hawkins, Beth Orton, Dianna Krall, Lucinda Williams Dave Brubeck,
And bands like Mazzy Star or todays Cigaretts after sex for dreamy atmospheric soundscapes.
The Klipsch Cornwalls high sensitivity allow the loww wattage of these set tube amps to drive these speakers effortlessly which only accentuates all the beautiful instrumental tones and singers vocals while presenting it all on a visceral 3d soundstage! And as previously stated the stable impeadence of the Cornwall is what helps my solid state Plinius stay in its class A mode as its current delivery can drive virtually any speaker load
So really it all depends on your musical tastes .
I also have magneplaners, JBLs, Mirage speakers some for hometheatre and some for classic rock with class ab amplifiers.
Not sure a comparison is appropriiate.
Well, we're up for whatever but it needs to be stuff we sell. :) That being said, we will probably have some head to head videos that involve Perlisten. I should have them by the end of this week or shortly after. -- Cory
I know that house from the forums :)
It's a pretty great location. If you go back a few episodes, we did a full tour of the showroom in episode 21. Check it out!
Okay Paducah Boys, with your own money are you buying La Scala’s, Khorns, or Jubilee?
100% dependent on the space. Personally, I (Jason) own/use Heresys as my mains, and Trey owns/uses LaScalas as LCRs in his living room. I would love a set of the new Jubs but, with spatial constraints and Wife acceptance factor...just not gonna happen. :'(
-Jason
If anyone put my power amps face down on the floor just to connect speaker cable I would be really 🤬
the Jubilee... for the refined, SINGLE GUY only. Because no way will the wife allow that monstrosity anywhere in our house! 🙂 But I still want a pair....
Feel ya there. Wife loves the Heresys but don't know that I could convince her to go any bigger in the house.
-Jason
It's shameful at this price point I have to get my screwdriver and reassemble the mid/high driver.
These are the "underground" Jubilees. They were never designed or intended to be direct to consumer so, some adaptation once they arrive in a home should be somewhat expected. When the new units were created they made them more consumer friendly. You may want to look into that option instead if that part is a deal breaker for you.
-Jason
How in the world make these a 20k speaker? Geez....
Have ya heard em?
-Jason
@@TopShelfAudio No need to hear them. It's a Klipsch so I am pretty sure I know what he sound signature is like.
I am not knocking off Klipsch but 20k is a lot of money.
15-16000$ speaker and a 10$ speakerterminal?
Seriously Klipsch!
If you went pro, why not XLR or NEUTRIK?
That was really disappointing to see!
The one thing that matter as much as the components are the gauge of wire!
Years in car audio and Pro audio taught me that one!
Speakons are nice for stuff that is taken down and put back up often such as bass guitar cabinets and PA speakers. For permanent installation, speakers such as these, like what you'd see in an actual pro cinema, that is not the norm at all. Look at the back of a huge JBL 5742 stack or even the 300 pound JBL 5674 and you'll see the same thing. Krix and Dolby uses some proprietary connectors but even they don't use Speakons.
Terminal / barrier strips are really secure and it's one less connection which theoretically means less noise / loss. You're not gaining anything at all by screwing the wire onto a Speakon connector then plugging that into the cabinet. The only thing I dislike about these in particular is that the strip is a little narrow, it works fine for bare wires but it doesn't even fit standard spade connectors. A little more space and we'd be golden but as it stands, bare wire is the only option, which sucks for the guys who want to use nicer pre-terminated wires.
That being said, the new Jubilees coming out later this fall will have some super fancy terminal cups that are more in line with the current Heritage models and should look super nice. They only cost over twice as much.
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Cant believe these ugly things sound good.
Totally utilitarian obviously. The new ones have been prettied up a bit. -- Cory