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Jubilee Mono Ultimate

Jubilee Mono Ultimateは、KT 170真空管を8本使用し、各チャンネル440Wの出力と、巨大な「スーパー・トランス」を含む様々な新技術を搭載

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この一見聴こえない周波数帯域への拡張は、他のすべての可聴域に放射されます。 すぐには分かりませんが、特に重要なミッドレンジは、深く正確な低音の基盤から大きな恩恵を受けています。 ほとんど聴こえない最低の低音域が中音域の音楽性に与える影響は大きい。 この基盤によって、ライブ音楽と同じように、身体性、空間的な深み、音楽要素の浮き沈みが可能になるのです。

Jubilee Mono Ultimate

Jubilee Mono Ultimate – the next generation.

It has the most sophisticated and uncompromising amplifier design in our amplifier hierarchy and sets a new benchmark for state-of-the-art power amplifiers. It features a number of detailed improvements including the use of eight KT 170 tubes with 440 W per channel. The basic idea of the Ultimate series is the extreme expansion of the power bandwidth and the bass range with our highly specialized (newly developed) and oversized high performance output transformer. 

The Jubilee Mono Ultimate thus achieves the beauty of playback as it should be: intense, emotional and incomparable

DESCRIPTION

The Jubilee Mono Ultimate: not an evolution, a revolution.

Octave is proud to introduce the revolutionary successor to its flagship Jubilee Mono SE amplifier model: the Jubilee Mono Ultimate, the new flagship of the Octave power amplifier range.

In 2000, the first Jubilee Mono represented a milestone for high-end tube amplifiers with an output of 250 W, immense power reserves and Octave Power Management for rock-solid performance and reliability. In 2016, design and performance were improved with the introduction of the Jubilee Mono SE (Special Edition) further developed: Eight KT 120 tubes generated an output power of 400 W per channel.

Now, in 2023, it was time for a new development: The Jubilee Mono Ultimate is the most sophisticated amplifier design in the company’s portfolio to date and features a variety of new technologies including eight KT 170 tubes with 440 W per channel and a gigantic “super transformer”.

The basic idea of the Ultimate series is the extreme expansion of the bass range or the power range.

This expansion into the seemingly inaudible frequency range radiates into all other hearing areas. Although not immediately obvious, the critical midrange in particular benefits significantly from a deep and precise bass foundation. The influence that the lowest, almost inaudible low bass range has on the musicality of the midrange is significant. This basis enables the physicality, the spatial depth and the ebb and flow of the musical elements – as is the case with live music. Even more details on how we got there: For most amplifier designs, an increase in power bandwidth is usually associated with an increase in distortion. Andreas Hofmann, Octave founder and chief designer, has developed a completely new output transformer and a new, complementary driver stage for the Jubilee Mono Ultimate, which virtually eliminate this effect and therefore enable an unsurpassed dynamic range. This is a path that no one can tread like Octave, as we have been designing and manufacturing bespoke transformers ourselves for decades, using our own technologies. This allowed us to develop an oversized output transformer for the Jubilee Mono Ultimate with the necessary power bandwidth of 10 Hz to 100 kHz, with virtually no increased distortion. This was achieved, among other things, by using a special wrapping technique to counteract the skin effect, which degrades the characteristics of the upper frequency range.

For example, the speaker windings of the output transformer more than doubled compared to normal designs, increasing the surface area of the windings by 50%. This winding technique contributes significantly to the incredible resolution and smoothness that characterizes the Jubilee Mono Ultimate in the mid and high frequency range. Otherwise, we use four transformers that were specially developed for the Jubilee Mono Ultimate: the gigantic output transformer, a separate transformer for the power tube heater and a double line transformer system for the power section of the power amplifier. In the heavily modified driver stage, Andreas Hofmann addressed, among other things, the problem of exact phase relationships: the more precisely phase and anti-phase are generated and amplified in a push-pull power stage, the better the power stage works in the bass and especially in the treble. We have come a big step closer to the ideal of this amplifier principle. Together with the expansion of the performance range, the new driver stage represents a new development approach in the spirit of “No Loss of Fine Details – without Limits”.

In every respect, the Jubilee Mono Ultimate achieves a beauty of sound reproduction that rivals the sound of a single-ended power amplifier, but without the inherent limitations that such designs impose. With the Octave Jubilee Mono Ultimate you can experience music the way it should be – intense, emotional and unforgettable.

What’s new?

• KT 170 output tubes
• Oversized ultra broadband output transformer
• Speaker windings using multi-wire technology to minimize the skin effect
• Further developed driver stage with changed tube layout
• Mains transformer unit with 3 mains transformers
• New power supply electrolytics with higher current delivery capability
• BIAS display and setting with significantly higher long-term precision Resonance-optimized base construction (8 mm aluminum, 2 mm steel, 50 mm X-MDF)

Basic modelJubilee Mono Ultimate
Options　Remote power on
Design　Silver or Black, middle section optionally in stone or wood
Tube configuration8 x KT 170
Inputs1 x RCA, 1 x XLR
OutputsSpeaker output suitable for banana plugs and cable lugs
Dimensions280 x 750 x 484 mm (W x H x D)
Weight78.0 kg

FEATURES

Eco ModePower saving mode
Protection SystemInrush current delay (soft start); Protection circuit for device and output tubes
Power Preselection2-stage current adjustment, Low / HighBias Controlseparate
BIAS Adjustment for each power tube
InputsRCA + XLR selectable

SPECIFICATIONS

Output power440 W on 4 ohms
Frequency range10 Hz – 80 kHz
Harmonic distortion< 0.1 % at 10 W on 4 ohms
Signal-to-noise ratio-103 dBGain+28 dB
CinchInput sensitivity1.5 V