JBL 4430 compression drivers - 2426h or 2425hs??

[BruenoB]

So I have not verified the compression drivers in my 4430s but the woofers are correct.

A local person is offering me a trade of a pair of very nice 2342 horns with 2425hs drivers.

Considering the trade but was wondering what the difference would be between the 2426h and the 2425hs drivers?

Would the 2425hs be better? Be good to have as back ups?

The horns look to be cosmetically better than the ones I have currently installed in my cabinets.

Thoughts?

 

[RS Steve]

So I have not verified the compression drivers in my 4430s but the woofers are correct.

A local person is offering me a trade of a pair of very nice 2342 horns with 2425hs drivers.

Considering the trade but was wondering what the difference would be between the 2426h and the 2425hs drivers?

Would the 2425hs be better? Be good to have as back ups?

The horns look to be cosmetically better than the ones I have currently installed in my cabinets.

Thoughts?

Check this out, maybe it will answer all your questions.

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?24319-2426-vs-2425

 

[Zonker92]

Yes, I think they are totally interchangeable, differing only in their mounting design, and there is no real reason to pick one over the other. The only backups that make sense would be the diaphragms; the drivers should last forever.

I also like the Radian diaphragms, which are aluminum with Mylar surrounds, and like the ones from the expensive and hard-to-find JBL 2421s, arguably sound smoother than the OEM JBL Ti diaphragms of the 2425 and 2426, and the surrounds should not fatigue as the AL 2421 surrounds did.