I own a D130F that was blown being used as a sub at a gig. The speaker was part of a pair that a friend of mine and I split...they were given to us just at the moment they were going to be tossed in the trash! I walked it into a JBL facility in Southern CA near Northridge, CA where I was living at the time, and paid I believe around $225 to have it completely rebuilt, including a re-mag. About 15 guys came out of the facility to meet me and my speaker, all of which asked how much to part with it. I had no idea what was in my hand at the time...but the amount of interest alone got me to say "NO! Not for sale!"
I then proceeded to build a sub enclosure for it and use it as part of my home theatre behind a Marantz MA500U monoblock amp. Only the word AWESOME comes to mind. The speaker blows my mind, and can't even imagine what they sounded like as a guitar amp speaker. Fabulous sound quality and amazing dizzying lows for such old technology!
Anyway, hi all!
My question is this now...I was on Thiel Small's website and actually found spec for a D130. My question is this: Are the numbers regarding Vas, Qts, Qes, Fs, xmas, etc all pretty similar? My knowledge of this has been that the casting and physical nature of the beast is the only real difference, so that the components of the speaker wouldn't come apart as easily when over driven...is this really the case?
Thanks all! Good meeting you all!