Uncle Paul
04-10-2010, 10:59 AM
My recent XPL purchase reminded me of how impressed I was with the craftsmanship evident in the XPL-200A's I purchased last summer. I've been too busy since then to advance my plans for these as I've been on the road two of every three weeks, and am in the middle of an addition that sucks up whatever time and money I have left over.
I was able to take a day a few weeks back to visit c3474 and listen to his XPL90's. Wow - for a small 2-way these are the nuts. The purpose of that trip was to document the XPL-90's as much as I could - dimensions, inductor DCR's, etc., with the intention of making clones (have the drivers). Another project in the list...
All I can say about all three cabs is freaking WOW. These are very complex shapes that required the utmost in precision and craftsmanship to do right. And right, they are. All three pair I've examined were obviously flawless when new, and in in piano black there is no room for error. I've never seen a non big box store JBL cab that was poorly done, but these really are special, frankly works of art.
My hat is off to the engineers who designed and the craftsmen who built these from the the mesh grilles and drivers to the flawless cabs.
I was able to take a day a few weeks back to visit c3474 and listen to his XPL90's. Wow - for a small 2-way these are the nuts. The purpose of that trip was to document the XPL-90's as much as I could - dimensions, inductor DCR's, etc., with the intention of making clones (have the drivers). Another project in the list...
All I can say about all three cabs is freaking WOW. These are very complex shapes that required the utmost in precision and craftsmanship to do right. And right, they are. All three pair I've examined were obviously flawless when new, and in in piano black there is no room for error. I've never seen a non big box store JBL cab that was poorly done, but these really are special, frankly works of art.
My hat is off to the engineers who designed and the craftsmen who built these from the the mesh grilles and drivers to the flawless cabs.