npg3
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Hey Cactus Bob...the first pair I ever heard were at Jerry's Audio on 4rd St and Camelback...I was 16, and it was 1986. They blew me away. He was running an amazing McIntosh system through them....WOW.
JBL 250Ti - Do they sound good?
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Hey Cactus Bob...the first pair I ever heard were at Jerry's Audio on 4rd St and Camelback...I was 16, and it was 1986. They blew me away. He was running an amazing McIntosh system through them....WOW.
After hearing a pair recently, I'd have to add the L56 to my earlier list. Much like the L40, in most essential ways. Made well after the L100 was discontinued.
As for the 4612- a little EQ, a little crossover mod, and a good sub, and they're nice. I use a pair of modded 4612s with a pair of small subwoofers (pair of cabinets with a 15" in about 4 cubic feet each) for a "pseudo-jazz-cafe" event that we run at Anime Weekend Atlanta each year. They've been the "bees knees" for that event for the last 5 years.
Regards,
Gordon.
Does anyone know why some 250 TI's have metal jumping bars to adjust the various frequencies, and some only have two toggle switches, The ones with the two switches have dual sets of 5 way binding posts and the other ones with the multiple strapping bars have just one set of 5 way binding posts.
The crossovers with switches and 2 sets of BP is the later N250Ti BQ. The later models of the speaker (you'll find as lacquered piano black or white) used 035Ti HF driver instead of the older 044Ti HF driver.
The BQ crossover also (by virtue of the dual sets of BP) can be used with the LF driver decoupled from the rest of the drivers/network.
The crossovers and speaker info can be found best by visiting the Lansing Heritage website (now an AK site).
If you really want to make them sing, check out some of the active crossover networks members built, I believe even the original 250 designer Greg Timbers designed some and/or provided input (as I recall).
(To the mod that got twisted up over my use of "lhf dot org" and edited my post, changing the URL from one that pointed to the user forums, I don't appreciate the now incorrect link or the lack of transparency showing the post was edited by a moderator).
Here's the original link I posted: https://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/forum.php
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BMWCCA
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Since this old thread has been revived, allow me to update my status and contribution to it:Just for the hell of it, name one JBL speaker that you'd characterize as "West Coast" that was made after the 4311/L100 era. I'm curious how much of this reputation is hyperbole repeated by those who wouldn't know a 4311 from a 4411, and how much is from actual experience on the part of those proclaiming this to be so. :scratch2:
No question the 250ti is an aspirational JBL, but I passed on a pair about a year ago. :yes:
A few years ago I found a pair of 250ti in original boxes about two-hours from me. The seller said they were perfect. I insisted they must need surrounds by now. When I arrived and proved that the surrounds needed replacing, the price became (to my mind) reasonable and I bought them. I retired about a year ago and have been using the time to catch up on my long-neglected hobbies, such as speaker refurbishing. I've gotten pretty good at the LE14H-1 and now I'm a real supporter of the 250ti for the fine example of JBL that it is. I drive mine with a Crown Studio Reference-II which claims around 355-wats @8-ohms. I was mostly interested in these because of Greg Timbers' comparison to the JBL 4345 and how they would compare with modern network updates to the 4345. Since I have both, now I know. Hard to pick a winner here!
Oddly enough, I purchased my 4345 (Kenrick cabinet) clones from a seller who also had a pair of what some here are calling the XPL-250. When last seen, he was still tweaking those. The 250ti instead is plug-and-play audio satisfaction. Here is how I got them and the grouping I have them in currently with other JBLs using an 044-based tweeter, all recently having had their surrounds done in the workshop where they now sit. Have fun!
Mine, purchased on fleabay in Oct 2007 for $1,500 and U-shipped from Seattle to Denver (area) by a cowboy hotshot are driven by a pair of (bridged) Yamaha PC2002M.
They are currently offline waiting for me to find the time to resurround the LE14's.
Haven't updated the sig image, but have since added a pair of 120Ti to the stable.
They are currently offline waiting for me to find the time to resurround the LE14's.
Haven't updated the sig image, but have since added a pair of 120Ti to the stable.
twiiii
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I am not normally a JBL fan, gut there are two or three exceptions and the 250 is one of them. Being a point source speaker you have to sit closer to them as compared to one of JBL's horn loaded models from the DD series. You will also need more power for larger rooms. The larger the room the more carpet of the floor, the thicker curtains to cover windows and softer furniture other wise they can become a touch bright. Room placement will also determine the type of bass you want from rather dry to full and warm.