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Whats people's opinion on them. Here's a pic of them. http://dsnyder.ws-e.com/audio/
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I owned a pair of Jubilees. I liked them pretty well they are very clean and pretty detailed, but found them to be dynamically reserved, and somewhat lacking in spatial airiness compared to some others. They can be gotten pretty cheap, used. All in all, I'd rate them about as highly as the GR Paradox 1(the Jubilee is a little less colored, but the GR is more dynamic), which is much cheaper when new. Considering their cost/construction/parts quality, I'd say I was a little disappointed in the Jubilee. I've not heard the JEM; maybe they would help out. If the price is right, though, they might be a fine system.
i agree that the jubilees as stand alone full range speakers don't do it at all. with the jem woofers crossed over at 400hz the stress is removed from the jubilee midrange and it becomes much more transparent, detailed and dynamic. you'd have to hear the entire system to appreciate it. the tweeter is almost as good as the esotar but it ain't and in my opinion if the system could be improved that would have been the place for the designer to have put the extra bucks.
i have used these as my primary system for about 5 years. the jubilee's are 2 way ported speakers using dynaudio speakers. the jems are the woofers which cross in at 400hz and also use dynaudio speakers and they are ported. they replaced quad el63's. they are very neutral and give up very little in reproduction of detail and transparency (vs quad) and have greater dynamic range (i.e. quads are somewhat compressed) and ability to handle higher volume. they are a very easy load, i.e. 5 to 6 ohms but are low on sensitivity, i.e. 86db. tube amps with 100 watts +/- will work very well. i use both a mesa baron and a sonic frontiers. basically, these speakers will give you what you want to hear from upstream sources. i compare these speakers to the dynaudio contour 3.3 but believe they have better bass, and i think they image a bit better. they really do disappear when properly set up. they only down side to them is if you blow a speaker you can't call paragon, you have to search for a dynaudio speaker from another source. at the time i purchased these i considered verity parsifals. i couldn't afford them. i think that these speakers were one one the best bargains of the 90's.
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