JBL or TAD drivers for WA BBSM - 15VNF

[Lee in Montreal]

Hi, just wondering if there's any price difference between JBL or TAD 15" drivers...

You bet!

[westlake40]

You bet!

For a 50K range monitor, maybe the price difference of drivers (JBL/TAD) should not be the reason for extra money.

[Doomsmith]

Привет Doomsmith. It is good to have a Russian member here at last , unless I have missed someone of course.

To make a detour , have you had a look at the JBL models that Kenrick are renovating in Japan.
As far as I know they also have some TAD and WA models.

Here is a link for you

http://jbl43.com/?mode=f3. They do fantastic work as you can see.

Mac

И вам привет!

Well, I know about Kenrick company. They have a good reputation, AFAIK.
But I have not ever heard about WA replicas or restored models.

[Lee in Montreal]

For a 50K range monitor, maybe the price difference of drivers (JBL/TAD) should not be the reason for extra money.

That, you need to debate it with the maufacturer.

2235 drivers are NLA. Therefore, I suspect that "new" ones are refurbished baskets and new recone kits. In the worst case scenario, cost is around $350/$400. I suspect you can at least double, or even triple that for any of the 160X TAD drivers (if you can find them). But hey, the difference of price in woofers is dimes an nickels on a $50k system which is more than just woofers.

[Doomsmith]

Hi, just wondering if there's any price difference between JBL or TAD 15" drivers for BBSM15 from WA??

Yes, there is.
About $6K

[Lee in Montreal]

Yes, there is.
About $6K

So. Westlake is being fair.

[westlake40]

Yes, there is.About $6K

Hi Doomsmith, have you considered about the TM3vnf or HR7 in your case which seems more popular in far east asia?

[Doomsmith]

Hi Doomsmith, have you considered about the TM3vnf or HR7 in your case which seems more popular in far east asia?

In my town most populal device for listening music is IPhone and car audio is the second.
What's about TM3 and HR7 - it's too expensive for me.
I would try bi-amping on TM3 or HR1, but it's runs me out of budget.

[Doomsmith]

Well, TAD is my choice!

[Lee in Montreal]

Well, TAD is my choice!

Which model?

[Doomsmith]

Which model?

I don't know.

Westlake Audio knows

[jbl]

Any update?

[Doomsmith]

Any update?

TAD

[jbl]

TAD

And?

[CPAP]

Not a big step away from the main theme...

I would be grateful if you, colleagues will answer the question - WA used TAD low frequency 15" drivers or not?
The point is that my friend got an offer to buy from Russia HR-1VF with TAD LF drivers.
As far as I know, WA used JBL drivers.

Many thank's