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bowtie427ss
Lunatic Member
looks like 2416.
the circle with the 16 in it looks like a JBL inspector's stamp.
the circle with the 16 in it looks like a JBL inspector's stamp.
That diaphragm looks OEM legit JBL to me.
The aftermarket 2416 diaphragms generally have Kapton (brown plastic) coil formers. That looks like the correct (Nomex, IIRC) OEM former, with the little fold-tabs onto the edges of the dome all the way around the inside of the former...
Regards,
Gordon.
The aftermarket 2416 diaphragms generally have Kapton (brown plastic) coil formers. That looks like the correct (Nomex, IIRC) OEM former, with the little fold-tabs onto the edges of the dome all the way around the inside of the former...
Regards,
Gordon.
Chad Michael
Dissonant Rhino
That absolutely is a 2416, own 3 and have had them all apart.
Chad Michael
Dissonant Rhino
FWIW...
Around 2002, for use in a band, I bought 3 MR802 (2416 h.f.) floor wedge monitors from a fellow musician. Two of them sounded great, but one of them, the highs sounded 'pinched' for lack of a better word. Upon investigation, I found that the cork portion of the coil former must have been over-driven, or over-heated. There were bubbles in the cork, which caused the former to bind inside the gap that it fits into. New JBL replacements were very expensive... Found that if I used fine grit sandpaper wrapped around a toilet paper roll (no joke!!!) which had the exact diameter to fit inside, I could sand down the bubbles and free up the interference, and I got the pinched one to sound so sweet as it was meant to. I now have two 2416 installed in a set of SR4722 speakers with the bi-radial horn, they sound great. I upgraded two of the MR802 with 2426 drivers and they sound sweet as well.
Around 2002, for use in a band, I bought 3 MR802 (2416 h.f.) floor wedge monitors from a fellow musician. Two of them sounded great, but one of them, the highs sounded 'pinched' for lack of a better word. Upon investigation, I found that the cork portion of the coil former must have been over-driven, or over-heated. There were bubbles in the cork, which caused the former to bind inside the gap that it fits into. New JBL replacements were very expensive... Found that if I used fine grit sandpaper wrapped around a toilet paper roll (no joke!!!) which had the exact diameter to fit inside, I could sand down the bubbles and free up the interference, and I got the pinched one to sound so sweet as it was meant to. I now have two 2416 installed in a set of SR4722 speakers with the bi-radial horn, they sound great. I upgraded two of the MR802 with 2426 drivers and they sound sweet as well.