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Regis
03-08-2004, 08:35 AM
I came home and unpacked the pair of 2214H woofers and then compared them side by side with the single 128H I have. The basket on the 2214 is nearly twice as deep and the voice coil is almost twice as big. Still, the proof is in the pudding. First off, the damn things don't fit. They're about a 16th of an inch too big.

Saturday night with a tall glass of Fuller's Taddy Porter and I've got a big drill bit on a black and decker drill and I'm going to town on the cabs. Sweat pours off've me as I move the hot drill motor around and around the big hole as evenly as possible. No, I don't own a router, but I did pull it off and the big 2214H dropped in nicely. Now to hook them up and try them out to my Sansui G-9000 reciever.

I wanted to test them out with something hard-core electronic. Sharp electronic percussion with deep bass. Let's give them a real workout. Sure I like jazz and regular rock, but the electronic stuff puts a speaker through the paces range wise, and you can tell when a speaker is going to fall flat on its ass. I wasn't disappointed as I slowly cranked the volume knob clockwise.

I've demo'd a stock freshly refoamed pair of L-150's that my brother owns and frankly I was disappointed. But not now. The 2214H's were pumping massive amounts of air, almost threatening the integrity of the passive radiators. Incredible bass power now thundered out of the tall cabinets. I haven't felt bass like this, since I demo'd a pair of L-300's decades ago. I could feel the clothing on my body getting moved around. The harsh, fast electronic percussion was a real test and the reconfigured L-150's were passing with flying colors. I watched the 2214's and you could see them pumping through a pretty good range. Stuff that would've had the 128H's jumping out of the motor. I sat down and could feel the furniture and myself taking a beating. The big grin spread on my face. I looked at the silent L-110's and got an idea.

I got some more speaker wire out and then hooked them up as a second set, stacked on top of the L-150's. Hit play on the CD player. Why that's even better! Now I've got a phalanx of speakers! Rich powerful sound almost overflowed the room. I had to watch the smaller speakers though, because they kept moving around on top of the bigger ones!

The only drawback was that I was limited to about a 100 watts because of the passive radiators. The 2214's need more 'breathing' room, so as Giskard suggested, I may remove the PR300's and put in a particle board plug with a port. When I'm ready for this, I hope some of you could help me out with the port specs for this cabinet/woofer combo. Again, I'd like to thank Giskard for his prompt Saturday help about the polarity on the 2214H!

boputnam
03-08-2004, 08:57 AM
Originally posted by Regis
...I've got a big drill bit on a black and decker drill and I'm going to town on the cabs. Sweat pours off've me as I move the hot drill motor around and around the big hole as evenly as possible.... I wasn't disappointed as I slowly cranked the volume knob... I could feel the clothing on my body getting moved around. I watched the 2214's and you could see them pumping... I sat down and could feel the furniture and myself taking a beating. The big grin spread on my face. 2214H porn... :rotfl:

Regis
03-08-2004, 09:16 AM
2214H Porn is right! Damn, that's funny! Worth every bit of trouble I went to. I came this close "_" to selling the damn L-150's as is, missing woofer, damaged terminals, dented domes, etc, etc. Now they're worthy of keeping! (Thank God for spare JBL parts hanging around the house!)

boputnam
03-08-2004, 09:17 AM
Originally posted by Regis
(Thank God for spare JBL parts hanging around the house!) and for a Giskard hanging around the Forum...!! :thmbsup:

Regis
03-08-2004, 09:20 AM
Giskard hanging around on a Saturday is a good thing! Otherwise, I would've been looking at two empty holes and wondering if it's REALLY worth the trouble. Kudos to all who have helped and boy, this is a great site!

boputnam
03-08-2004, 09:29 AM
Originally posted by Regis
Giskard hanging around on a Saturday is a good thing! Actually, I worry about any of us hanging 'round on a Saturday!! Hell - it was nearly 75-dgrees here Saturday, and I was makin' up reasons to hang around the house... :slink:

There may be a 12-step progam for this, but I don't wanna know... :no: