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Thanks for your input. And what a great collection you have. I noticed your custom stands with wheels. Nice practical touch for moving them around for comparison.

I currently have a set of 4367's (had to sell my DD-67000's due to a smaller house when I retired - bummer) in my main living room system.

I also have/had a set of DIY JBL's I gave my stepson....

I used to have a JBL component system I built up for myself in the late 70's that had the 2397 Smith horn in it. I loved the sound of that horn. I thought it very uncolored and pretty smooth.
Wish...

Very impressive. I'm envious.

IIRC In the late 70's John got a grant of some sort from the Australian government for research into speaker design. I believe his facility was located in or near Adelaide and of course this resulted...

Speaking of dipole panel speakers like Magnepan's or Martin Logans, they certainly image WAY differently. On some kinds of instruments or vocals they have rather entertaining amounts of spatial...

My store, Audio Video Logic, was the largest US dealer of Dunlavy speakers from 1992 until the early 2000's when they closed. I knew John (and his wife Joan) personally having made many trips to...

I completely agree that I seldom, if ever, have heard a live performance that sounds like audiophile imaging.

Although there are many large format speakers I haven't heard my general experience...

Licking Be, I'll bet it tastes like chicken.

I ABSOLUTELY ECHO THIS THOUGHT. Imperfect the LH site might be it still is the best source of information there is far and away.

I jokingly refer to myself as Brother Fredo when it comes to my...

Good idea. Perhaps then discussion will winnow out any remaining confusion or errors, if any. Plus it will be convenient!

Edit: In the interest of not appearing totally uneducated, in the second sentence by should be spelled buy.

Your chart was very useful to me. I was a JBL dealer only in the 70's and then again in the 2000's so there are many models I am unfamiliar with. But I did own and enjoy a pair of 4430's through out...

Spellcaster has a point. Not nearly the detail on D-K-E series drivers. I'm a guitar player and decided to get a refurbished D-130 for my Fender amp. It was an option on a 1964 Vibroverb.

Ian, Thanks for a pretty coherent and comprehensive look back at the 43xx series. I wish I could go back and time and by some of these audio works of art. John

I sure do. At least I can understand frequency response curves!

What a great collection you have. It must be super fun to tinker with all of the alternatives at your disposal. John

Ian,

What a fun learning experience you have had with your hobby. Over the years I have read many of your posts and replies and it's clear you have amassed a great deal of knowledge. I would...

Thanks. Hopefully those settings will allow spacing.

Ian,I have a set of 4367's currently which I bought as soon as they were available. At the same time I owned a pair of DD-67000's but had to sell them when I retired and moved to a house that had no...

Thanks for playing along! It's hard not to be seduced by the 4 way 4345 with it's 18" woofer!

I was a JBL dealer back in the 70's but only for consumer product. Except for the 4311 I have had no experience with their pro models. So I'm curious. Does a 4350 automatically win because of it's...

I did not have a favorite model, but the Watt Puppy was certainly the most popular. I admired Wilson for being among the first, if not the first. to call attention to how important inert cabinet...

I used to be a Wilson dealer. They did in fact use JBL woofers in at least one subwoofer model, maybe more.

I have MAC MC-601's and prefer the 8 ohm tap on the 4367's, which sounds pretty close in bass control and overall balance to what other high end solid state amps (Krell, ML etc) that do not have...