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Total Newbie Continues His JBL 4301B Adventures - More Questions

Barnett7

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I posted earlier about picking up a pair of JBL 4301Bs. One of the speakers has the correct LE26 tweeter but someone replaced the 2nd tweeter with a Vifa tweeter. While searching for a correct LE26 or LE25 to replace the Vifa I found a pair of JBL 4301Es for sale. They were missing the woofers, but the amps, crossovers, and LE25s were all in place, so i bought 'em.

I was planning to pull the LE25s and throw away the rest but now I'm having second thoughts.

I discovered that the powered speakers were typically used in small control rooms, edit suites, etc, and were run from a sound board. So:

1. Am I correct to think I should NOT just pull the tweeters and throw everything else away?
2. Are the amps considered "good quality"?
3. How can I use the 4301Es in a home sound system if I have no sound board/mixer?
4. Do the amps have any value?

Again, I want to thank the members of this forum in advance for any help. You guys amaze me - talking about stuff that, well, let's just say I'm learning a lot. Thanks.
 
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For one don’t throw anything left over away. The grill pegs, even the knob for the Lpad let alone the crossovers, cabs, grills, all of it has value.
I have no experience with the powered version but I assume they are rare and certainly have a cool factor.
I do have experience with the passive speakers and they do a fine job even in a 20x15 room.
 
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