I love them! They sound so good compared to my other speakers. They're being driven with a Sansui 7070 receiver, and the only downfall is, the original tweeters were replaced with some Jensons, and another kind, both dome though. They still sound good, I got the originals too, im planning on sticking them back in.
New speakers: JBL L166's
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Only one is a Jenson... I have no idea what the other one is... It's different, and so is the sound, but the adjustments have been made to adjust for the difference. When I get the original tweeters in, I'll put up some pics of those.
I went out to look at this guy's collection, and I walked in, saw the JBL's, and knew I had to have them.
He had more speakers, a whole collection, some 15" Jensons, some EPI's, which I also bought, a lot of nice receivers, and a ton more speakers.
When we tested them, the bass from the JBL's knocked me off my feet, it was so much better than anything else.
I'm also putting in the original tweeters right now
Zonker92
All shiny and chrome
If the tweeter works better on one speaker than the other, the L pad is probably to blame, or a crossover cap. If it remains problematic on both speakers then it's probably the tweeter.
If it's an L pad, you can probably pop out the woofer and clean the L pad from behind, with some contact spray cleaner pointed into the vent slots; just turn it back and forth a lot.
If it's an L pad, you can probably pop out the woofer and clean the L pad from behind, with some contact spray cleaner pointed into the vent slots; just turn it back and forth a lot.
It's definitely the tweeter. The guy who sold to me said so also. I used the same connections for both, one at a time, and one was definitely quieter than the other.
Do you know why this would be and if it's fixable? As the 066 tweeters seem to be very hard to come by... But I knew that going in, these parts would be hard to find.
Do you know why this would be and if it's fixable? As the 066 tweeters seem to be very hard to come by... But I knew that going in, these parts would be hard to find.
allsmith
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Hey Jlord, I was the guy leaving while you were there. Grand Island, right. Anyway I tested the bad tweeter. It ohmed out at 1.4 ohms. The good one ohmed out at 4.4 ohms. I'm going back today or tomorrow to pick up the amp I bought that was driving the Jubals he had for sale. Hopefully he'll budge on his price for the JBL 4313B's. I kinda doubt it though. Good luck with the speakers.
Yup. I was kinda hoping they both worked, but still, the one that does work sounds pretty good. He said the price was firm, so I'm not too sure.
Tell him I say hi!
I have't taken it apart, but I could. It looks as though it separates near the bottom plate, and has a few nails or something holding it together. I will open it sometime and see if its obviously damaged. I'd really love to get it working, instead of paying a minimum of $125 for a new pair.
In the meantime, those sound pretty good with the dome tweets.
For sure. I put the working 066 in, replacing the Jenson one, and it was a HUGE difference, the highs were a ton brighter. I had to turn the brightness down, and turn it up on the other one to compensate. I have them running with some MCS 6 somethings, on the Sansui he sold me. Sounds pretty good together.