Doctor_Electron
09-30-2014, 10:11 AM
Greetings fellow Lansers.
I plan to build a pair of cloned Caberet Series 4612's.
I have been putting together a "Vintage" PA system for not too loud, small club usage with a maximum of three vocals and three acoustic instruments.
The powered mixer is a Yamaha FM-60A. I am gathering up some nice old mic's, so far a couple of Olson dynamics and an EV that uses Alnico 2, which is purported to age-weaken less than its A-5 cousin. This EV 664 appears to bear that out. It is still an excellent performer. About 20 years ago I replaced its damaged transformer with a Jensen unit, and it works great for acoustic guitar, fiddle, and mandolin. Usage on b@njoes, however, is strictly prohibited. :applaud:
So, finally to the Crux. I have two 2404's that I re-diaphrammed in 2002, and they have seen very light use since.
As I had posted in the "Speaker Safari" thread, I heard a pair of 4612's in a (very early in its Genesis) CGI production demonstration stage, on the L.A. Universal Studios Tour, ca. ~ 1984.
I was very impressed with their sound. But at this time I cannot afford to buy four JBL 8 inch drivers as used in the genuine articles.
So I am asking the Forum for suggestions for a substitute 8 inch driver. While I am obviously a fan of Pro JBL gear, I know there are less costly drivers out there and have in the past been quite surprised (pleasantly on occaision) by some of their cost-to-performance ratios.
I have not built a scratch system in a long time, so I defer to the knowledge and experience of those here.
Thanks in advance to any contributors, "DE"
I plan to build a pair of cloned Caberet Series 4612's.
I have been putting together a "Vintage" PA system for not too loud, small club usage with a maximum of three vocals and three acoustic instruments.
The powered mixer is a Yamaha FM-60A. I am gathering up some nice old mic's, so far a couple of Olson dynamics and an EV that uses Alnico 2, which is purported to age-weaken less than its A-5 cousin. This EV 664 appears to bear that out. It is still an excellent performer. About 20 years ago I replaced its damaged transformer with a Jensen unit, and it works great for acoustic guitar, fiddle, and mandolin. Usage on b@njoes, however, is strictly prohibited. :applaud:
So, finally to the Crux. I have two 2404's that I re-diaphrammed in 2002, and they have seen very light use since.
As I had posted in the "Speaker Safari" thread, I heard a pair of 4612's in a (very early in its Genesis) CGI production demonstration stage, on the L.A. Universal Studios Tour, ca. ~ 1984.
I was very impressed with their sound. But at this time I cannot afford to buy four JBL 8 inch drivers as used in the genuine articles.
So I am asking the Forum for suggestions for a substitute 8 inch driver. While I am obviously a fan of Pro JBL gear, I know there are less costly drivers out there and have in the past been quite surprised (pleasantly on occaision) by some of their cost-to-performance ratios.
I have not built a scratch system in a long time, so I defer to the knowledge and experience of those here.
Thanks in advance to any contributors, "DE"