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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A speaker set with JBL 2225h, JBL 2105h & JBL 2403h by audiophile.1963 on 2015-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A speaker set with JBL 2225h, JBL 2105h & JBL 2403h in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Hi,I keep for many years a set of speakers, JBL 2225h, JBL 2105h and JBL 2403h and I'd like to build a reflex compact speaker with a good low response (see the picture 1:10).  - 40 Hz - 1000/1200 Hz: JBL 2225h in vented box  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Cessaro drivers by thierry on 2007-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
If you ask me the compression drivers is like the jbl 2420/2470 design only with an other back chamber. And the low freq driver really makes me think of an old alnico driver of jbl 2220A http://www.lansingheritage.org/images/jbl/specs/pro-comp/2420/p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A new beast from JBL: Everest DD66000 by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new beast from JBL: Everest DD66000 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
It looks like JBL Jumped into the beryllium wagon with their new DD66000. It is $60K it is sexy look but frankly speaking I do not see anything stimulating/interesting  in them beside a nice industrial design. Here is also a link that “try” ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: JBL Array 1400 by Ronnie on 2007-03-15 
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I heard the Array 1400 at a show: https://www.neomax.ro/produs.php?id=P:5737-S:336It has the aluminum diaphragm rather than beryllium.The demo music sounded very nice. Effortless and beautiful.The midrange tended to spit and shout a bit though, like ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The JBL 476Be driver? by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new beast from JBL: Everest DD66000 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
A visitor of my site pointed out that the guys at AudioHeritage site have heard this new DD66000 speaker. http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=12255 I do not read generally the AudioHeritage site as I found that the guys in ther...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Similar to JBL 2441? by drdna on 2007-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dukane 5A540 Compression Drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Romy,Since you have had experience with this particular driver, I wondered about your opinion of the sound.  In my system I have the Edgarhorn Titans which use the JBL 2441 as the midrange horn driver.  While I am generally quite happy with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: JBL 2440 by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hmmm... the sad truth about BMS.. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I did not see in your post any “sad truth about BMS”I would stick in the JBL 2440. It is relatively inexpensive. Has practically the same performance as the hipped JBL 375 and all together a good performer. It’s diaphragms are wildly available and it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: JBL 2440 by stuck.wilson on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hmmm... the sad truth about BMS.. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
the sad truth was the space, the finite funds, and the available bms pucks!  the sad truth also, i suppose,the lack of available, and sensitive horn users to bounce off of!i could probably see what your dislike of the bms stems from-- i tried to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: CD horn and JBL: Crossover point by Dominic on 2006-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CD horn and JBL: Crossover point in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Hey Rom etal.I'm entering into unknown and difficult to intuit territory for me.I aquired a pair of very large constant dirrectivity horns EV hr9040 a, a little while ago and i now have a pair of jbl 2420's to power em. I haven't put them to gether, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The JBL Sound: 4435 – 4355 – Everests… by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new beast from JBL: Everest DD66000 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
I never heard Everests and I hardly feel that I ever will hear them in a reasonable installation as the people who would use Everests most likely will be the people of “different type”. Still, I wonder if the Everests are the JBL’s 21st century glori...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: JBL and their Progressive Transition Waveguides by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]JBL developed the PT-Waveguides not only because they are easier to produce. They also have less harmonic distortion than biradial horns. Disadvantage: They look far less funky.[/quote]Why JBL developed their PT-Waveguides and how...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The JBL one-inchers are no better then BMS crap. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"]Anyhow, what are the 2" comp drivers that ARE any good and are available comercially? I didnt go with any JBLs because I had a very bad time with the 2427 1" version, could never get any music out of it. [/quote] I would be surpri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: The poltergeist JBL? by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
Op, I clearly have no idea as I never have seen/heard about the 2440 with phenolic diaphragm. Who know perhaps they did it. The phenolic diaphragms were the invention in late 60-70s and a remedy against the nastiness of the first SS amplificatio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: JBL 2482 by yoshi on 2008-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
The picture sure does looks like 2482 and it comes with Phenolic disphram (I have a pair though never used), but it's more like a mid-low driver.  JBL's recommendation is 300~6k.http://www.jblpro.com/pub/obsolete/2482.pdfYoshi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: ...and JBL 2440 by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
http://www.jblpro.com/pub/obsolete/2440.pdf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: How JBL is trying to do my “fundamentals channel”. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Sure, it is fully colored in JBL self-glorifying propaganda and their drivers from the last 20 years do not sound good but it is interesting to read that their objectives are remarkably similar to what I was trying to accomplish by my “Fundamentals C...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: T90A with JBL 2435 by mats on 2008-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
I have found the T90A to be reasonably in-offensive with JBL 2435 Neo/Be compression drivers. I use them with relatively small caps, currently 0,3uF. The effect is a welcoming of a higher frequency palette that to my ears does not seem incongruous...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: "These are clearly JBL putzs..." by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another electromagnet driver: Great Vintage Loudspeakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Yes, Jonathan, I have seen this resemblance with JBL in the shape of the back plate but it does not mean anything. The curved back magnetic path make a lot of sense, so he might adopt it from JBL. There is nothing wrong with it. I do not k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Gizmo, 2nd harmonic, animal frequency and meta-JBL by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"] Indeed the linearity of the Berning in comparison with the Lamm is quite remarkable, and indeed could be disconcerting to an inexperienced listener brought up on large increases on 2nd harmonic at the bottom end. [/quote] “The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: JBL LE8 by Markus on 2008-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL LE8 in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Hi Romy,in another thread you recommended the JBL LE8 as a good driver for the 200-1,000 Hz region. Any specific version of that driver? It has been produced in different variants over a rather long time....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: The 'misery' of JBL and G10 by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Marchand doe crossovers not EQ and his crossovers are not so good sonically BTW, but I do not like even the idea of active crossovers anyhow. It is obvious that 2105/LE5 is not so simple driver to begin with but searching for “straighter” driver is e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Ok, I have found a “perfect” configuration for MF driver for my MiniMe: it is linear. I am sure that Silbatone folks and Trojan Condoms will sue me for copyright infringement but I think I will survive. It is sad that such a good dive is such a stupi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: JBL into 300Hz horn by Romy the Cat on 2004-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL2440 on a round 300Hz tractrix horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Hi, Tim. This is difficult question, and it is difficult in it’s abstractivnes. I really do not understand, or understand but refuse to acknowledge the validity of the word “respectable”. How valid for YOU would be a “reputation” of this driver if it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vintage JBL products lingo. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vintage JBL products lingo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
CATEGORIES:               2100 - Mid and mid-bass cone transducers               2200 - Low frequency transduc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Pro Audio: JBL SR-4735X by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pro Audio: JBL SR-4735X in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Many people know that I run a side business doing wedding photography. During the 24 years that I have been doing the wedding gigs, and after over 950 jobs that I went through I kind of have seen all imaginable wedding bands. Certainly the “events mu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Pro Audio: JBL SR-4735X by Tom Brennan on 2005-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pro Audio: JBL SR-4735X in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Romy---A pal uses JBL 3115s, speakers for small picture theaters that use a similar horn-loaded cones in a narrow range, from 250 or 300hz up to 1600hz.They sound pretty good, better than any high-end type speakers I've heard.Keep in mind though...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: JBL 2482 by ltsv38 on 2014-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="KLegind"]Hi, I have some experience with the 2482. Sure it can reach 300 Hz but only with EQ. [/quote]HelloMy experience is that JBL-2482 can be used without EQ.Example on my system where 2482 is used on a home made "Tractrix like" horn ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: JBL 2482 by ltsv38 on 2014-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not know the 2482 driver but all of the 2” exit drivers have in my estimation some unpleasant behavior as lover knee when you stress them to go very low.[/quote]Hi RomyJBL 2482 was mainly designed for very high power p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: JBL 2482 by KLegind on 2014-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="mats"]Good start Dan!The JBL phenolic 2" driver is 2482.I would lower the crossover point as far as you dare, 300Hz or so.Now the 2226 will do what they are pretty good at.Later you will likely want to filter the 2445 around 2k.A 600Hz h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: GPA 288 + JBL 2453 by Murataltuev on 2015-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Today LeCleach 550hz arrived together with another round horn - Jabo KH-53 (350hz).I've measured 3 drivers in 550hz horn: GPA 288, JBL 2453 and JBL D2430K D2.JBL 2453 really impressed me. This is definitely best driver I ever had!Tone is perfect and ...
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