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Author Topic: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"  (Read 946 times)
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« on: November 06, 2011, 05:27:53 AM »

Here is my take on the classic JBL horn in Bubinga and aluminum http://wardsweb.org/audio/Smith%20Horn/

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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2011, 06:12:45 AM »

Truly beautiful wood and workl

These are not being driven by your Ampzilla 2000s are they?
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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2011, 09:51:13 AM »

All  of your speakers have been stunningly beautiful.  You make me ashamed of my plain MDF creations. 
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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2011, 07:08:53 PM »

Truly beautiful wood and workl

These are not being driven by your Ampzilla 2000s are they?
Right now by an SAE 2200. I'm thinking about tri-amping. Solid state for the bass, 2A3 for the mids and 6DN7 for the tweeters.


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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2011, 02:43:50 AM »

Beautiful!  Tri-amped sounds like Coytee's Bi-amped Klipsch Jubilees which I heard several times before his move from East TN.
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2011, 09:33:28 AM »

Beautiful!  Tri-amped sounds like Coytee's Bi-amped Klipsch Jubilees which I heard several times before his move from East TN.
I do bi-amp the Jubs in my home theater by way of an active crossover (EV DX-38).

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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2011, 10:30:42 AM »

A-HA! There are the Ampzilla 2000s!  I assume they are on the bottom end?

Huge James Bongiorno fan here!

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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2011, 05:38:00 PM »

Is that a full size chair by the speaker?...John
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2011, 06:28:32 PM »

Here is my take on the classic JBL horn in Bubinga and aluminum http://wardsweb.org/audio/Smith%20Horn/



Those are amazingly cool. I've never heard a mid-range horn. How would you characterize the sound? I have heard that with the Lowther PM4A a midrange horn helps with the rising spl as the frequency increases.
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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2011, 07:26:01 PM »

Those are amazingly cool. I've never heard a mid-range horn. How would you characterize the sound? I have heard that with the Lowther PM4A a midrange horn helps with the rising spl as the frequency increases.

For me, it is an open natural sound with depth. It just sounds real.
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