Can't wait to hear your impression Joe .Since I worked for JBL for 25 years outfitting recording studios I am Still ggod friends Chris Hagan who designed the new L 100. I have a comp pair on the way from Northridge. I am assured they are outstanding.
Can't wait to hear your impression Joe .
They must be the E or SE. The new ones are G and have yet to be released.The JBL Logo is still there...at least on the ones I have seen
Yep. 4429s are sleepers in the JBL lineup. You want reference, stunning detail, mids, voices, lows, brass that sounds like brass.Was an SE. I recently heard the 4429 driven by Levinson monoblocks. Sounded very much like K2 9800's. Very impressive
Amen...well worth the $1000 premium over the L 100. But then again the studio monitors are what l sold for JBL. The pro models were always no compromise models. Dead accurate. Fools thought them to be bright. But what they were hearing was true flat response. Not hi fi speaker dips and valleys and that damn BBC midrange suck out. Just listen to TannoysYep. 4429s are sleepers in the JBL lineup. You want reference, stunning detail, mids, voices, lows, brass that sounds like brass.
Can't get my self to read 25 pages of comments, all I have to say is that $4000 is probably a reasonable price for the improved design and engineering, over a product that was hard to beat to start from. Really good speakers today go for $5,000-$10,000. And, these are probably really good. I have the funds but I'm cheap at the same time, what a conundrum! I'm one of those dooods that goes to 5 thrift stores in a day and then tops that off with going to Wholefoods for groceries. Who am I? I'm confused.
Do yourseif a favor and go hear the 2 side by side. I worked with both Floyd Toole and Chris Hagen for years at JBL. The 4429 is faaar superior to the L 100. Judge for yourself.Can't get my self to read 25 pages of comments, all I have to say is that $4000 is probably a reasonable price for the improved design and engineering, over a product that was hard to beat to start from. Really good speakers today go for $5,000-$10,000. And, these are probably really good. I have the funds but I'm cheap at the same time, what a conundrum! I'm one of those dooods that goes to 5 thrift stores in a day and then tops that off with going to Wholefoods for groceries. Who am I? I'm confused.
Sounds like the kind of guy who'd drive a Mercedes, ... diesel.
I've never heard the 4429, are you confident it would beat the new L100s?Do yourseif a favor and go hear the 2 side by side. I worked with both Floyd Toole and Chris Hagen for years at JBL. The 4429 is faaar superior to the L 100. Judge for yourself.
Absolutely. The 4429 uses a better woofer and compression drivers for the mids and highs. IMO they sound much more dynamic and linear than the L 100. When I heard them side by side driven by the same Levinson monoblocks, JBL removed the 4429 from the room at CES because the 4429 was garnering all the attention. Enough said.
I was lucky to find a very nice pair of 4312a’s in walnut. Great sounding speakers! I do have the grills that are in excellent condition.There's new 4312G coming soon, curious to know more and compare it with the L100 reissue. Good thing they removed the large JBL logo on the sides. If only there was a walnut option.
https://www.jblsynthesis.com/productdetail/id-4312g.html
You have them paired with the Yamaha A-S 701? Curious to know how the new 4312 match with the new Yamaha amps.I was lucky to find a very nice pair of 4312a’s in walnut. Great sounding speakers! I do have the grills that are in excellent condition.