I am new to the forum, hello all!
I have a pair of Decade 36's purchased at Paragon Sound in Ann Arbor, Mi in 1976. These were my dad's speakers and now mine(the salesman actually talked my dad out of the Pioneer hpm-100's that he intended to buy at the time, thank God)!!
The drivers have been re-coned since on a regular basis since, the 125A surrounds last about 12-15 years in my experience. I re-coned them myself last time about 7 years ago. The thing is, when I re-coned them last all I had at my disposal at the time for the midranges were re-cone kits for the alnico motor le5-2's. As a result, I have L36's that sound quite thin and harsh in the midrange(le5-6 motors re-coned with le5-2 cones). The l-pads are in the 9 o'clock position on BOTH upper drivers to make them sound correct(and the mids are still harsh and too forward).
Question is, how might a set of 104h-2's sound in these L-36's? I found a NICE lightly used set recently for around 50 dollars and will be trying them when they arrive. I have already seen the parameters and JBL notes about the le5 and 104h series midranges elsewhere on the site. I am respectfully calling on the advice of members with experience and whom might know the real sonic differences between the Le5-6 and 104h-2 in the L-36's.
BTW, I am using a NAD 3020 as a pre-amp and a NAD 2600A as the power amp in my setup. The L-36's are quite resilient and can absorb ALOT more than their rated 50w "music" advertised power specification.