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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 #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 #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 #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 #179: JBL Paragon. by xandcg on 2015-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
The Absolute Sound cite a street price of 250.000€ and also call JBL Paragon-like the bass horns.http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/munich-high-end-2015-loudspeakers/I believe that configuration, with the bass horns in the middle, should be mor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: JBL 2490 mid-range drivers by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 4-sale items in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
I also am selling my JBL 2490 mid-range drivers and perhaps a collection of my original Aura 1808 drivers. The 2490 drivers are new and Auras are some old and some new. I just do not see myself to develop any inspiration to use them......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: JBL Project Array by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL Project Array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
This weekend I visited a friend of my in NY who played to me his playback. I need to say that I did not care too much about his playback and visited him as I like him not his audio adventure but the Sound of his playback did surprised me. It was not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I do not like your use of that JBL channel. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Rewind, the explanation if my injection channel does is well described at this site. I do not own a copyright over injection channel nether term not concept. You can use your injection however you wish and call it whatever you want but what you do is...

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 #1: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward by boiklox on 2014-01-16 
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 
This is my first horn build effort. Been thinking about this since starting to build loudspeakers and finally have a listening space big enough to support a horn system. This is where I am at now, I know there are opportunities for improvement. And I...

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 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: JBL 2446 by koh123 on 2021-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2446 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
The picture shows a JBL 2446. It shows where one attaches a horn.  The exit hole in the center of the driver is about 2 inches deep and 2 inches in diameter.  Is that hole part of the throat chamber or does it count towards the first 2 inches of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: 2420 jbl by audiofilofine on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, I guess you do not measure flux if are getting. You might measure sensitivity and we might presume what when perm magnets has the same sensitivity as electromagnets then the drivers have the same magnetic flux density. ...

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 #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 #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 #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 #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: 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 #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 #1: JBL 2490 mid-range driver by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2490 mid-range driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
A few months ago a reader of my site contacted me and informed about that he found a very interesting driver, that his is using and he is very excited about it. The driver is JBL 2490. http://www.jblpro.com/pub/components/2490.pdf ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: A Russian implementation of JBL-2490 by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2490 mid-range driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
I saw today link of a Russian guy who was trying to make set a playback around JBL-2490. http://photofile.ru/users/yras/3860502/all/?mode=xlarge The speaker turn out to be a ridicules – 2490 in upperbass shorted version of WE horn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: JBL 375/2440 by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]One more thing about the JBL 375, I did play around with them enough, I aligned the diaphragms several times untill they sounded their best and were very listenable,  This was some time ago now, I didnt turn my horns then, so I tr...

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 #56: Supravox vs JBL 2169H 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 
[quote user="anthony"]It is a compression driver with an 8" cone.  If you want authority at 300Hz you will need diaphragm area.  The Fane Studio 8M that Romy and plenty of others use for 100Hz up to 1kHz is an 8" cone driver on a 4" throat with a clo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: JBL Array 1400 by Ronnie 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 
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 #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...
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