my jbl dd55000 everest have arrived

[Titanium Dome]

Too bad Joe, everybody "knows" that you have to use tubes with horns.

Darn it! Did I miss another memo? :dont-know

[rj2077]

congratulations, we are happy for you.. i too, have a set. i was trying to purchase the B-460 only..... i pair mine with a B-380. i have tried mine w/ tubes and ss gear. they sound great either way. currently, i have them paired to an ALEPH 3 and the 380 driven by an ALTEC 1570-B tube mono block amp. i use a threshold x-over. keep us posted with your impressions. room treatment will help as well...

jose

[Chas]

Wow, awesome. I'd love to hear them.

[Bernard Wolf]

Well I just love the look of that Everest.. they make my S3100 look like a pea shooter I do wonder though, how will they sound in such a small room ? I am quite often surprised to see the smallish rooms that a lot of posts here show their JBL's in. My own experience with the 3100 in a 18' x 12' room was that they had rather too much mid- bass output and I had to really play around with placement - away from walls - and a low powered amp to make it work. That or equalization. I now have my 3100's in a much larger room - 600sq.feet and not rectangular. They sound much better in the larger room.

If you don't mind me asking, how large is your room?

Have you had any acoustic issues with the Everest in your room ? Just wondering, as I have had the notion of a pair of the Everest myself but thought they might be too big for my room !

Bernard

[caladois]

Do you bi-amp your Everest withe KSA series ?

[grumpy]

Congrats on a fine system!

[richluvsound]

I would love to build a pair of those . They are one of the better looking speakers JBL has made .
That horn is very rare though. Dump the k145 and put in a 2234 or ME 150 . Be on the horn and keep the tweet or up grade it . Mind you , no point with Be though .

The horn is beautiful ....

Rich

[Altec Best]

Nice speakers,I too would love to see them with the bottom covers off.I'm quite sure you will enjoy them for many,many years to come.

[Don Mascali]

I use the same horns and tweeter in a HT set up precisely for the directivity in a smaller room. My 2344A/2426H combo suffered from too much reflection on the side walls.
The Everest horns have an incredible soundstage when used with a 2344A in the center channel. It doesn't matter where you are seated, there is good localization of the dialog.