A new JBL Studio Monitor in town....the 4429

[Royster]

http://www.harman-japan.co.jp/product/jblhome/4429.html


The site mentions that it is the descendant of the 4425/4428 with "new" technology down trickled from the K2 S5800 and DD66000.

Retails for approx USD 5,200/pair

Below is the 4428 for comparison


http://www.harman-japan.co.jp/product/jblhome/4428.html

[Ralph856]

I really like the look of it. Could be a great system for smaller rooms.

[hjames]

... well, only if the town is in Japan, right?
Like the 4428, I gather there are no US sales planned ...
We're on our own to travel to Japan, buy a pair there,
and ship them home to the US ...

The compound horn and drivers look interesting ...

[Ralph856]

At least they are only 35 kilos a piece for shipping.

[4313B]

Basically a bookshelf version of the S4600.

[toddalin]

Woofers continue to look more and more like the automotive offerings all the time. Would not suprise me to one day find the same components are used in both.

[Valentin]

The horn and compression drivers are from the S4600.

it is a really nice set of drivers and an up grade in the horn

there has been good comments on the 4600
this 4429 should do fine in a smaller package
complement it with a pair of subs (b460) hb5000 etc and you have a very good system

JBL Consumer has been split in half. The high dollar items are now with Crown and the low dollar items are now with WiPro (formerly known as Harman Consumer Group - JBL, Harman/Kardon, Infinity). All the people in Woodbury (JBL Consumer) are gone, their jobs outsourced to India.

its the same the final consumer will not know who did what

[allen mueller]

Looks very nice. I'd pay about 5k for a pair of those if I had the cash.

[louped garouv]

agreed....

[Horn Savant]

Crossovers: 800hz + 7khz. Not bad.
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[Titanium Dome]

Looks very nice. I'd pay about 5k for a pair of those if I had the cash.

agreed....

When's the last time anyone here paid $5k for any JBL pair, new or otherwise?

If anyone really wants a pair, send me a cashier's check for $10k. I'll go over to Northridge, secure a pair for you, ship them to you, and refund the difference minus expenses.

[BMWCCA]

When's the last time anyone here paid $5k for anything, new or otherwise?

I recall someone started a thread about a large HT Synthesis installation, though it could have all been a scam!

Since you said "anything", I can show you several installment checks, each in excess of that figure, for one semester's college tuition and fees for just one of my three daughters. Restricted to just hi-fi systems, I have my own thread that qualifies. within a slight rounding error.

Oh, I get it: rhetorical!

[Titanium Dome]

OK, I edited it. See above. Now my S-A comment is more limited, yet still rhetorical.

It's true, I paid more than $5k, but I got a lot more than two speakers.

[jimg69]

I grew up with a JBL paragon and when I was old enough to buy my own, a pair of L112s. What has happened with JBL consumer line? Seems all the good stuff is over at the pro side, sans the DD66000 and K2s, which are out of my reach in terms of price. Is Harman driving them into the ground?

[Titanium Dome]

I grew up with a JBL paragon and when I was old enough to buy my own, a pair of L112s. What has happened with JBL consumer line? Seems all the good stuff is over at the pro side, sans the DD66000 and K2s, which are out of my reach in terms of price. Is Harman driving them into the ground?

Jim, welcome.

In addition to the K2 and Everest, the consumer side has the superb Array Series. A bit down the line is the Studio L Series and then the ES Series. In addition the very fine Performance Series is still in the supply chain despite being discontinued.

Harman hasn't so much been driving them into the ground as not marketing and distributing worth a darn. I believe that today's consumer JBL offerings are among the best ever offered and among the most poorly marketed.