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JBl advice needed...immediately plz...

satterberg

satterberg

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I have a chance to buy a pair of JBL 4425 w bad 12"ers.. At a very fair price.

Question is they are NOT mirror imaged...

Is that a deal breaker?

I want to actually use them when done rebuilding them.

Waste of my time?
Will they sound right non- mirror imaged?

Thanks for your wisdom...
 

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If the price is right...do it. Probably not 1 person in 10 (or 100) that could hear the difference of mirror image vs non if blindfolded.

jblnut
 
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You guys are funny...

I'm gonna get them tomorrow then... I can recap them but have never resurrounded anything... I just washed one of my Martin Logans in the shower and that took a TON -o-balls!!!

I talked with Speaker Exchange and am on the right path me thinks...

My "vintage two channel" room is not that big so mirror image may not be a big deal.
 

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Great deal; I hope you get them.

I think to mirror image them, you'd just need to remove the foilcal and L pads and invert the upper baffle panel.

Somehow.
 
if these are keepers then mirror imaging can't matter one bit.i mean ,shoot-if they are that directional then why buy them. most speakes are not mirrored.
 
Hi Satterberg,
find of a life time. Although, IMHO, if those ESSs are the 12 inch versions, they'd better the JBLs.

Stan
 
jblnut said:
If the price is right...do it. Probably not 1 person in 10 (or 100) that could hear the difference of mirror image vs non if blindfolded.

jblnut
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I like your style...


Thanks for all the encouraging words.

I don't have much money or time but I get a great deal of satisfaction bringing something back from the dead...

The mirror image thing is going to bother me but I will go without it first.

It's just a visual thing with me... :)
 
Stan man said:
Hi Satterberg,
find of a life time. Although, IMHO, if those ESSs are the 12 inch versions, they'd better the JBLs.

Stan
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Those are CS-1's smaller Heil and a 10"

The 10"s are wrong and I was going to replace them after I finished dealing with my downed Martin Logan panel...$900.00 ugh. I'll never buy a ML again. NOTHING but maintenance with those things... the new mother company really mucked them up... :(

Then I came across these and am using the monies for the ESS restore to buy the JBL's and will sell my ESS and Warfedale D-60's to help finance the job...

Found a great article on here bout a mirror image job and restore... great stuff! I'm lucky in that I have a master amp builder that can build ANYTHING cabinet wise... so if I go for it and hurt one I have backup.
 
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Keep us posted on the rehab. The 4425/4430/4435 are held in very high regard by the JBL faithful and are sort of a link between the early horn systems and where they are now with the Array and S series. Some people even moved their 250s out to make room for the 4430s. Crazy, I know......:-)

Jblnut
 
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