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JBL speakers

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:05 pm
by Lindsayt
Macca wrote:Speaking personally, I'd rather have some big JBLs but they are not so easy to come by in the UK whereas you could buy 15'' Tannoys tomorrow if you wanted.
Would these 4315's be big enough?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-JBL-4 ... 2ed9c3946e

455,000 yen new in 1975!

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:03 pm
by Macca
They do look good but no they are not big enough. I want the ones with the fifteen and the horn cell mid-range. Can't remember the exact model but they were about £3500 20 years ago and were sold into the UK so I know there must be some about. Trouble with these speakers is they are so good people rarely motivated to sell them. I mean, what are you going to replace them with.....?

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:48 pm
by _D_S_J_R_
All those drive units means a more complex crossover remember...

For domestic use, the L65 Jubal was coloured in the mid but you could hear through it easily enough. Not mirror imaged either but that never seemed an issue either. I know a nutter or two has used the twin 15" Soffit-mount studio jobbies at home, but I'm not sure a guitar twelve feet wide slamming you into the floor is actually 'High Fidelity' listening ;) Oh I don't know though :twisted:

Such a shame that now, the big monitors are there in older studios for show mostly and are rarely used these days I'm told :(

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:02 pm
by Lindsayt
The really big JBL's seem to sell for high prices.

There's more of them on US ebay.

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:39 am
by Lindsayt
Would these garish, lol priced 4343's be big enough?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JBL-4343-Lacque ... 3cd8f8288c

560,000 yen new in 1978.

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:42 am
by southall-1998
Someone pass me the sick bucket!

S.

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:45 am
by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Go whole hog and buy a pair of these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Rw-XOCd1k

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:47 am
by Lindsayt
Or are you holding out for some 4355's?
Image

Maximum SPL's of 126 dbs!

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:55 am
by Lindsayt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JBL-Soverign-II ... 2a475090c6
I like the drinks cabinet styling on these. And the price is almost reasonable by big old JBL standards.

Re: JBL speakers

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:01 am
by Lindsayt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1946-ATLEC ... 19f7c8deec
These 1946 Altecs are just the thing for a billionaire collector.
I would love to bake them off against some modern little 2 way ported squawk boxes to give us an idea how far backwards speaker design has gone in 68 years.

Bit of info here: http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profi ... duplex.htm