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Other Gear => Speakers => Topic started by: Wardsweb on November 06, 2011, 02:27:53 AM

Title: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: Wardsweb on November 06, 2011, 02:27:53 AM: Here is my take on the classic JBL horn in Bubinga and aluminum http://wardsweb.org/audio/Smith%20Horn/ (http://wardsweb.org/audio/Smith%20Horn/)

(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwardsweb.org%2Faudio%2FSmith%2520Horn%2F2397m.jpg&hash=a006ca065c094f533170858340e02f4a117a18fa)
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: Grainger49 on November 06, 2011, 03:12:45 AM: Truly beautiful wood and workl

These are not being driven by your Ampzilla 2000s are they?
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: glynnw on November 06, 2011, 06:51:13 AM: All of your speakers have been stunningly beautiful. You make me ashamed of my plain MDF creations.
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: Wardsweb on November 06, 2011, 04:08:53 PM: Quote from: Grainger49 on November 06, 2011, 03:12:45 AM
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.

(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwardsweb.org%2Faudio%2FJBL_2397%2Fsunroom102211a.jpg&hash=5b7759620ea31a1f5247fdde2ec9fe4b82c0e046)
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: Grainger49 on November 06, 2011, 11:43:50 PM: Beautiful! Tri-amped sounds like Coytee's Bi-amped Klipsch Jubilees which I heard several times before his move from East TN.
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: Wardsweb on November 07, 2011, 06:33:28 AM: Quote from: Grainger49 on November 06, 2011, 11:43:50 PM
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).

(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwardsweb.org%2Fmisc%2Fcustomjubs.jpg&hash=25ecec0a8c0d81d18c04b48c22b94ee50aa019e5)
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: Grainger49 on November 07, 2011, 07:30:42 AM: A-HA! There are the Ampzilla 2000s! I assume they are on the bottom end?

Huge James Bongiorno fan here!

G.
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: 2wo on November 07, 2011, 02:38:00 PM: Is that a full size chair by the speaker?...John
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: Thoburn on November 07, 2011, 03:28:32 PM: Quote from: Wardsweb on November 06, 2011, 02:27:53 AM
Here is my take on the classic JBL horn in Bubinga and aluminum http://wardsweb.org/audio/Smith%20Horn/ (http://wardsweb.org/audio/Smith%20Horn/)

(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwardsweb.org%2Faudio%2FSmith%2520Horn%2F2397m.jpg&hash=a006ca065c094f533170858340e02f4a117a18fa)

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.
Title: Re: CNC JBL 2397 "Smith horns"
Post by: Wardsweb on November 07, 2011, 04:26:01 PM: Quote from: Thoburn on November 07, 2011, 03:28:32 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.