Jean Marie Reynaud (JMR) Bliss Jubilee - Dark Cherry

The BLISS  Jubilee takes up the concept inaugurated by the BLISS Silver which was first in its time to benefit from a strict and rigorous pairing of all its components. This technique aims to obtain a perfect similarity of electrical and mechanical performance of the pair of speakers for a perfectly harmonious musical result.

In many respects, the BLISS Jubilee is based on an entirely new development. We find the stylistic codes of the Jubilee range with wide fillets on the rear horizontal edges as well as rounded front edges to minimize border effects. Thanks to the use of the golden ratio, the proportions of her cabinetmaking are more harmonious. She is from the start much more attractive.

Technically sophisticated, the new Bliss is equipped with the drivers of the EUTERPE Jubilee: the new 17cm woofer and the excellent impregnated silk dome tweeter using a 28mm voice coil.

Free from any coloring or "box sound," the new Bliss offers an extremely lively and embodied sound and a beautiful brightness that is entirely free of projection effects or harshness. The sound image is wide, deep and stable: proof of careful and rigorous phase setting.

The axial fixation by pressure of its woofer makes it possible to relate the mechanical reference of the mobile equipment to the back of the enclosure. This principle significantly improves the impulse response of the system. The middle register is more open, more articulate and clearer of all the artifacts related to the coupling of the woofer with the front baffle of the cabinet.

Its 12db / octave crossover network is handcrafted using our best components:

- Silver-plated capacitors with identified direction of winding, they are specifically manufactured for JMR and use JMR HP 1132 silver / copper cable terminations.
- Air coil with very low resistance using a 1mm section pure deoxygenated copper cable.
- Non-inductive wound resistors.
- Internal connections made entirely with our silver / copper cable JMR HP 1132 .
-"In the air" wiring (components directly welded to each other without the use of a printed circuit to minimize insertion losses) hand-assembled on an anti-resonant support.

All components are measured, sorted and matched within a tolerance of 1% to achieve perfectly identical performance. From then on, the sound image and the tones are perfectly coherent and the setting in optimum phase.

To optimize its performance in terms of bandwidth and sound image, it should be associated with the  Magic Stand II .  The long hours of listening necessary for its optimization and thus validate its development were carried out on these supports.

The BLISS Jubilee will delight music lovers keen to sound that is truthful without coloring or ostentation, and who are looking for frank dynamic, highly nuanced, sophisticated, and varied tones.
This new BLISS is very easy to drive thanks to a very regular impedance curve that never falls below 4 Ohms. Do not hesitate to associate Bliss Jubilee with high quality electronics to obtain musical performances quite "jubilant". They will then easily feed the listening room with a "large sound" that is well architected, very homogeneous and provided with a nice density.


Technical information

LOADING PRINCIPLE:

It takes over the loading principle developed for the Offrande Supreme, a setup implementing 4 coupled cavities with progressive damping leading to a frontal laminar vent port. This proprietary loading principle significantly improves the group delay time of the system.
Mechanical tensioning of the woofer thanks to a stainless-steel threaded rod (non-magnetic) passing through the cabinet from one side to the other, resting on the woofer breech and on the bottom of the cabinet. Tightening torque adjustment is performed using a high precision torque wrench to ensure a strictly identical tightening torque. This axial attachment of the woofer makes it possible to tense the walls of the cabinet and ensures mechanical forces uniformly distributed between the loudspeaker basket and the front baffle which dramatically improves the transient response of the system.

CROSSOVER:

12dB / octave cells. Air coils, wound in 1.2mm diameter oxygen free pure copper cable, ensuring a dynamic without settling. Silver-armored capacitors sorted in pairs with a tolerance of 1%. Non-inductive wound resistors.
Cut-off frequency 2800 Hz. Wiring "in the air" to reduce insertion losses and using our HP1132 silver cable. The whole crossover network is assembled on a specific anti vibration support. It is positioned as far as possible from any magnetic and vibratory disturbance. Terminal block type WBT accepting any type of connection (fork, banana or bare cable) on aluminum plate.

LOUDSPEAKERS

WOOFER:

Gaussian profile 170mm long fiber paper cone, coated on its inner side by an extremely effective absorbent material and use a Polypropylene soft dust cap. It has a 30mm voice coil on ventilated aluminum support, its aluminum frame perfectly clears the rear of the cone. Its speeder is also ventilated to allow a better cooling of the coil and thus significantly lower its distortion rate. It is equipped with a double magnet to increase the concentration of the magnetic flow on the voice coil. Its surrounding is made from a compound
mixing rubber and foam and adopts a progressive profile in order to obtain a very good restoring force in the extreme low while preserving the micro displacements necessary for the reproduction of the mediums.

TWEETER:

This is none other than the one proudly sported by the CANTABILE JUBILEE. An impregnated silk dome tweeter with 28mm voice coil particularly performant. Its directional pattern is naturally very homogeneous. Its linearity is exemplary and its internal damping optimal. It is powered by a powerful neodymium magnet; its very low resonance frequency allows us a cutoff frequency at 2800hz in 12db / octave. It is fixed thanks to a specific soft glue to a front frame made of aluminum machined in the mass for a better mechanical reference and to further improve its directivity and its performance.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF USE:

Thanks to a very low directivity it is not necessary to aim the loudspeaker to the listening point, pinch them very slightly in order to make the most of the system phase.

The spacing will be determined experimentally. It is theoretically ideal around 2m axis to axis but this distance can be reduced or increased depending the room size. In order to obtain a deep stereophonic image, keep the speakers away from the side and back walls from at least 40cm.

* The best results in terms of spectral balance and musicality were achieved using our HP1132 cable, the same used for the internal connection of all system components.
To optimize its performance in terms of bandwidth and sound image, it should be associated with the Magic Stand II. The long hours of listening necessary for its optimization and thus validate its development were carried out on these supports

Additional Information

• Impedance     4 ohms (minimum)
• Frequency response     45hz - 25 khz
• Power handling capacity     80 Watts
• Peak Power     150 Watts
• Power handling     30 to 120 Watts
• Sensitivity     88 db/W/m (2,83V)
• Distorsion     Below 0,4% (84db)
• Filter type     12/12 db/Octave
• Connection     Mono-wire
• Dimensions     H: 16"- W: 8,2" - D: 11,4"
• Weight     11 Kg