fabulousfrankie Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177352 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbajner Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 JBL = Junky Bassy and Loud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabulousfrankie Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 ---------------- On 1/10/2004 5:39:02 PM mbajner wrote: JBL = Junky Bassy and Loud ---------------- Oh come on now, while I do prefer Klipsch to any JBL's I've heard(haven't heard any of their higher end stuff), I don't consider them bad speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiNNi C P Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Their S38 which cost around $300 a pair, 5-600 in best buy, was a stereophile recommended component. I heard it, and the cheap receicers connected to it in best buy jsut didnt do the thing justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Sorry guys. My early '70 JBLs (4311 studio monitors) still rock the house quite well. The bass goes lower than my Heresies. Other than efficiency, they sound pretty equal. Real walnut veneer too. The JBLs are also three ways 12inch/5inch and a tweeter. I don't know what $329 in '72 dollars would be today. That's each! Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironwoods Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 I'm running some JBL N26AW's out on the patio and they sound great. $109 two years back. The outdoor Klipsch($300)just didn't do it it for me. Now maybe a Heresy IIAW(all weather)would. I wonder how the indoor and outdoor JBL N26's differ in sound? Well written and documented procedure from your link, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabulousfrankie Posted January 12, 2004 Author Share Posted January 12, 2004 ---------------- On 1/12/2004 3:49:33 PM ironwoods wrote: I'm running some JBL N26AW's out on the patio and they sound great. $109 two years back. The outdoor Klipsch($300)just didn't do it it for me. Now maybe a Heresy IIAW(all weather)would. I wonder how the indoor and outdoor JBL N26's differ in sound? Well written and documented procedure from your link, thanks ---------------- I've had the JBL outdoor speakers right next to the indoor ones before I modded them, there was no difference I could hear. I didn't take the outdoor ones apart but the only thing I could see that was different from the outside was there was a screen on the port, probably so nothing crawls inside. I highly recommend you try it, I think you'll find it's worth the small investment. Even if you don't feel it's worth it you're only out $2.50 and only mintues of your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipschfoot Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 I have made mention before of cheap speakers using cabinet resonance instead of using quality drivers and large voice coils do the job. I am with Marvel in that I still employ a pair of L110 (a domesticated version of one of their studio monitors) in one of my systems. What is nice is that I can tune the mids and tweets to compensate for poor CD recordings (to a limit, that is). They are nice speakers and put to shame anything that JBL (Harman) puts in stores now. I will never sell them. I can also crank them without ear fatigue. JBL put out some nice products in their glory days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironwoods Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Hey Frankie, so they use the same drivers in both models? That just seems wierd, as the outdoor ones would have(?)to be more resistant to heat & humidity extremes, I'd imagine. Maybe they just put some kind of spray coating on the midbass, that isn't noticeable? Come summer time, maybe I'll open 'em up and give a coat inside. Yeah, $2.50, what the heck. The JBL N26's may be cheap and do not compare to a 70's studio monitor type of speaker , but one way or another, they got 'em to sound pretty good, at least to my ears. That's $109 for 2 in late 2002! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 I've got a pair of L300's (yes horns!) with the stock woofers swapped out for Altec 411A's. They may be 16ohm but man are they sensitive and loud!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabulousfrankie Posted January 13, 2004 Author Share Posted January 13, 2004 ---------------- On 1/13/2004 1:44:23 PM ironwoods wrote: Hey Frankie, so they use the same drivers in both models? That just seems wierd, as the outdoor ones would have(?)to be more resistant to heat & humidity extremes, I'd imagine. Maybe they just put some kind of spray coating on the midbass, that isn't noticeable? Come summer time, maybe I'll open 'em up and give a coat inside. Yeah, $2.50, what the heck. The JBL N26's may be cheap and do not compare to a 70's studio monitor type of speaker , but one way or another, they got 'em to sound pretty good, at least to my ears. That's $109 for 2 in late 2002! ---------------- Well it very well could have some sort of coating to help protect the woofer, but nothing was visible from the exterior and it had no audible effect that I could tell. I just finished hooking up my parent's home theater today and it sounds damn good for the $300 spent on the JBL speakers. I still have tiny bit left in the can...I already sprayed the horns in my KLF-20's and KLF-C7 I might do my Promedia 2.1's just to use up the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc1091 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Pre-80s (or there about) JBLs are incredible....at least the larger versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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