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00:00 Intro
02:18 La Scala
07:20 Cornwall
12:21 Heresy
17:21 Forte
22:24 Klipschorn
28:05 Jubilees

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[eduardoquirino]

La Scala hands down. It has a royally neat sound with great bass and clear highs with no harshness

[stephenfletcher]

For the money: The Forte IV. Thanks for one of the best demo videos ever. Perfect musical selection for demo. Would love to hear equal demo with Paradigm Founder series speakers.

[gene]

2:18La Scala 7:20 Cornwall 12:21 Heresy 17:21 Forte 22:24 Klipschorn 28:05 Jubilees

[racegannon]

In the last 47 years I have owned every model of Heritage Klipsch speaker (also 2 pair of full sets of MCM Concert Klipsch) … This demo was very swayed in that the Klipschorns were not set in a corner which makes a HUGE difference. In my last large home's Great Room I had two Klipschorns in corners running in Stereo and a Klipsch Belle running in mono in the dead center between the Klipschorns. The sound was to die for …. I died and went to heaven in a sonic bliss ….

[flyergowest]

To my ears the LaScala were the best by far. Highs Mids and lows performed equally well. Three times the prices of the other lower priced speakers but still better than the most expensive speakers. Could be the rooms or the YouTube. Thanks for your work.

[MrBonger]

I was really surprised at how well balanced the Fortes are from top to bottom

[JKim-hbry]

I am not sure if one can judge speakers on YouTube. However, based on what I've heard, my choice is Cornwall. The depth and clarity. Especially the depth of the sound that seems to come from the back of the speaker. Clean and true representation of live music and voice without too much mid and bass heard from the other larger speakers. Even from my cheap TV speaker, the depth and clarity came through above the other speakers. The speakers should not be judged based on bass alone. The speakers job is to recreate live music and voice best as possible. There were couple others that were close. But, the Cornwall stood out. Many voted La Scala. I think this was based on its popularity, familiarity and design with this model. I am sure all the speakers sound great in its set up location. Also, this Dire Straits, Brothers in Arm album is one of the best album for a speaker test. Along with Norah Jones 1st. album., come Away with me. Ty. for taking me back to my college days.

[rhorto]

Favorite? Probably the Klipschorns. They all sounded really good, but I was surprised at how different they sounded from each other. The La Scalas are just silky smooth, but you could feel the Cornwalls move more air. The Hereseys (a pair of IVs I live with) sound like smaller speakers, but the family DNA is still there (and in smaller spaces, like my listening space, they fill it up just fine.) Bang for buck the Fortes might just get the nod. They sound bigger than they are. The Jubilees sounded a bit like the Klipschorns, but i wonder if in person the sense of scale is more apparent.

It also dawned on me I would probably really enjoy living with McIntosh electronics!

Thanks for doing this BTW. Yeah, you can't get 100% of the experience, but you can get 75-80% of it and there is something to be gained from it.

[Channel-cmyc]

La Scala definitely. It played the cleanest and sounded equally balanced. May be a touch on the bright side and slightly forward. But that’s ok!
As amplifier power goes that’s not overkill, I’ll choose headroom and linearity every time no matter the loudspeaker because it does affect every listening experience and makes it just absolutely wonderful!

[zendrive]

Wow I'm surprised how clearly the differences come through over this method of demo. The snare especially, you can tell right away. From a size and value perspective the Forte is very impressive.

[hockey]

The Jubilee presentation was in another league, another dimension, than all the other speakers. There were virtually no shortcomings in the presentation, no compromises that had to be made. If you wanted mid-range, it was there. If you wanted detailed highs, they were there. If you wanted authoritative bass, it was there . You could make an argument for certain aspects and qualities of all the other speakers, but none of them were even remotely close to the Jubilee and what it brought sonically.

[JumpnZacFlash]

I like them for their use. La Scala—symphony, Cornwall—party, Heresy—small room Mighty Mouse, Forte—home theater, Klipschorn-warm & creamy ❤, Jubilee—the whole package & my favorite listening room monsters ❤️💕❤️. Loved your video!

[Tnapvrvideo]

Great share! My wife and I did this for real back in 2019. We spent 6 months visiting and revisiting a high end store bringing our own music, changing out DAC's, TT's, tube and solid state amps, and CD players. This video is spot on. They ALL sound different. Of course, the Jubilees weren't in the game at that time. It always comes down to personal hearing and asking the question do you hear a +/- $4000 difference in sound as you climb the ladder in their inventory. We purchased a pair (built to order), and we have listened to them here in the house for several years with an integrated EVO 300 PrimaLuna tube amplifier. We felt that tube amplification was a must have for the Klipsch sound. Again, that's personal taste. If you like the Klipsch sound as we do, you will love your choice. They're keepers. We will never move on from these speakers. We will continue to demo higher end tube amplification and front end sources seeking an even greater sound. The Klipsch speakers definitely reveal every component in the chain of equipment. I cannot say that for speaker wire or interconnects. For us, good was good enough. We simply didn't detect any real change. You do hear a difference when you swap in different components. The Klipsch speakers also reveal great recordings and lousy recordings. This is particularly true with albums. Hiss, clicks and pops are immediately heard and become quite distracting. CD's vary in brightness as well as a foggy background versus a clean, dark background. Most CD's are dead silent between songs. Album s range a lot.

[davidsecord]

I once had the opportunity to hear a pair of Klipschhorns in a room with walls filled with sand and steel-reinforced floor and ceiling with acoustic panels and treatment, all guided by the use of a real-time acoustic processing unit. The speakers were placed (as they should be) in the corners of the room (as the last half octave of the bass horn uses the corner of the room) and listened to them for as long as the owner would allow. He impressed me at one point by playing a frequency sweep off a CD and showed that the horns could reproduce to 5Hz and absolutely shake the room, even with that construction. Amazingly efficient and accurate. I was amazed at what I was hearing.

[markalestra]

This is THE comparison I've been looking for. Thanks for taking the time to set all of this up. I've always had my heart set on acquiring the Cornwalls (of course, which I can't afford). Then after reviewing this "rough" comparison, the clear winner to me were definitely the La Scalas. I was amazed at the punch, clarity and overall range. Now I pine for speakers which I can so NOT afford even more. But, this helps me with the technical decision. Can't wait to hear these in person. Thanks, again!

[Mario.Martinez]

Least to most expensive (start of vocals) Hersey 12:45, Forte 17:45, Cornwall 7:46, La Scala 2:42, Klipschorn 22:49, Jubilee 28:28

[brentcollins]

The Klipshorns were my favorite. I could see myself owning a pair of those one day

[ronanderson]

What a stunner! I wasn’t expecting much since I was on my iPhone but my goodness, the Fortes were my clear favorite. They seemed the most balanced as well as the most comfortably listenable.

[seanwalsh]

As a hi-fi dealer you probably know what I am about to say but many don't know or have forgotten that back in the day Hi-fi usually included a pre-amp and the amp as separates, this allowed one to run the amp wide open and the volume was controlled by the pre-amp, this allowed for maximum dynamics. In todays world with integrated amps this is not always possible as the amps volume knob is often the main volume control, however one day I realized that I have a pre-amp, in that I can control all my volume with my tv's remote, so I turned down my Tv's volume and cranked my integrated amps volume to almost wide open, then slowly raised the Tv's volume, wow, what a difference, now all that bass showed up that I didn't know I was missing. What prompted this was listening to those Jubilees, that is some smooth bass. Thanks for the demo.

[Csnumber]

The Klipschhorns are the clear winner! Most if any online reviewers review these fantastic speakers, so I think for some here, bias may be afoot with regard to the as many have reviewed and raved about them. My system is very revealing and reaches down below 30hz. In clear second place are the Forte IV. It’s no wonder they are the best seller in the Heritage line, having a smaller footprint and costing less than half of its bigger siblings. The LaScala lacked the midrange and upper resolution of both the Klipschhorns and the Forte IV. The Lascala, while huge in scale, place the listener in larger venue, on row fifty. The Jubilees do the same but with less mid and upper resolution than the Lascala. The Cornwalls bass was sloppy, and I’ll get back to that in a moment. The Heresy, in this test are in last place and almost misplaced in this group, lacking in every aspect compared to the others. For some reason, most by default, always pair these speakers with tubes, which I feel is not he best for speakers that already sound warm and more “recessed” with their large Horn Implementation. The Cornwalls don’t need Tube amplification. And that’s where, as all of these speakers were driven by tubes, the Klipschhorns stood out from pack, being driven by tubes. It was by far the more balanced sounding of the group, bringing you closer to the performance. Which is why the Forte’s would be my choice out of the bunch for my home….they come very close for a fraction of the cost. Best sound, Klipschhorns. Best Value, Forte IV.