Nyjblbob
Hooked on Horn's and Tubes. Go big or go home
Hey all,
What to do with just the tops of damaged 4435 Monitors.
I want to make Super Tower 4432-E2's.
It's Been a while since I've started a Build and thread.
I'm looking for those Current and former Pro sound guys Opinion
especially on
My choice in drivers ,
Cabinets, X-overs, and system design.
I have an almost mint pair of Electro voice 8 Ohm SP 15's, From 30 yrs ago,
when I was going to load them in my K-Horns.,
But went with Altec's instead.
and I am having a pair of EV SP 12's Re-coned, as 16 Ohms
I will attach the Pics of the SP 12's
And just to compare I have an Altec 515b next to the sp 12 Practically Identical motors and even 3" VC's
According to the spec's I found the sp15's are 103 db efficient, and the sp12's are 102 db
My Goal is to use parts I already cherry picked to make Super Efficient JBL's Thin Towers,
So that some JBL horns, can compete "And Fit"on the Flea/Low power amp Wall,
next to the Altec 604's, and Crites Cornscala D's
My main play system at the moment is Either my Audio Research SP3a, or Modded Fisher 400 pre amps.
With Fairchild 260 Mono's around 22 Watts Triode, or a Custom 300b amp 7 Watts.
All Tube for those not into Vintage gear.
I'm first going to crudely use the 4435 X-overs with the specially designed circuit to smooth out the horns curve
clearly to 17k. I can't hear past 13k anyway.
But I don't want 90 efficiency as the 4430's have, or the 93 db rating of the 4430's I have. But NOT with 7 Watts
To me the 4435's have Just incredible Bass! but I don't want to have to use 400 watts to get it!
I want 100db's,
My plan is to use some ESS AMT Monitor Cabinets I've had for Too long,
with the Sp12's and the Stock Re-foamed ESS 12" Passive 's.
And repurpose a nice pair of 6 cu ft Color Craft Cabs for the SP15's. Sealed?
I was told that the SP15's work great in tightly sealed and Stuffed cabinets, OR, Ported??
Should I just use the 4435' Xovers for the horns and just biamp the woofers? And I don't want have to tri-amp
But I really love the 100 hz lower woofer in addition to the full Range,
that would be the SP12's from it's natural Roll-off up to 1200 hz.
And Fix a Big problem of the 4435,'s and 4430's. The Lower Midrange Fall-out!
those heavy coned 15"JBL's don't really do well above 7-800.
Surely not strong enough for male Vocals, and screaming guitars, with LOW power!
How can I use the X-overs, and NOT Loose efficiency???
What to do with just the tops of damaged 4435 Monitors.
I want to make Super Tower 4432-E2's.
It's Been a while since I've started a Build and thread.
I'm looking for those Current and former Pro sound guys Opinion
especially on
My choice in drivers ,
Cabinets, X-overs, and system design.
I have an almost mint pair of Electro voice 8 Ohm SP 15's, From 30 yrs ago,
when I was going to load them in my K-Horns.,
But went with Altec's instead.
and I am having a pair of EV SP 12's Re-coned, as 16 Ohms
I will attach the Pics of the SP 12's
And just to compare I have an Altec 515b next to the sp 12 Practically Identical motors and even 3" VC's
According to the spec's I found the sp15's are 103 db efficient, and the sp12's are 102 db
My Goal is to use parts I already cherry picked to make Super Efficient JBL's Thin Towers,
So that some JBL horns, can compete "And Fit"on the Flea/Low power amp Wall,
next to the Altec 604's, and Crites Cornscala D's
My main play system at the moment is Either my Audio Research SP3a, or Modded Fisher 400 pre amps.
With Fairchild 260 Mono's around 22 Watts Triode, or a Custom 300b amp 7 Watts.
All Tube for those not into Vintage gear.
I'm first going to crudely use the 4435 X-overs with the specially designed circuit to smooth out the horns curve
clearly to 17k. I can't hear past 13k anyway.
But I don't want 90 efficiency as the 4430's have, or the 93 db rating of the 4430's I have. But NOT with 7 Watts
To me the 4435's have Just incredible Bass! but I don't want to have to use 400 watts to get it!
I want 100db's,
My plan is to use some ESS AMT Monitor Cabinets I've had for Too long,
with the Sp12's and the Stock Re-foamed ESS 12" Passive 's.
And repurpose a nice pair of 6 cu ft Color Craft Cabs for the SP15's. Sealed?
I was told that the SP15's work great in tightly sealed and Stuffed cabinets, OR, Ported??
Should I just use the 4435' Xovers for the horns and just biamp the woofers? And I don't want have to tri-amp
But I really love the 100 hz lower woofer in addition to the full Range,
that would be the SP12's from it's natural Roll-off up to 1200 hz.
And Fix a Big problem of the 4435,'s and 4430's. The Lower Midrange Fall-out!
those heavy coned 15"JBL's don't really do well above 7-800.
Surely not strong enough for male Vocals, and screaming guitars, with LOW power!
How can I use the X-overs, and NOT Loose efficiency???
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