My new JBL 4429

[SEAWOLF97]

i think high-end gears are made in europe,not in the America.

where do you get this stuff ?

[martin_wu99]

where do you get this stuff ?

My general view,maybe some exception

[hjames]

I'm not a high-end man myselfThere are so many good tube amps such as Carry,ARC,Jadis,Kondo,etc.Mcintosh maybe powerful enough,but not good enough,i think high-end gears are made in europe,not in the America.

Think Again!

This is JBL site, features JBL, Harman, Altec gear ... why would you come here and insult the brand?

[SEAWOLF97]

where do you get this stuff ?

My general view,maybe some exception

yeah, maybe ....

[macaroonie]

Originally Posted by martin_wu99 View Post
i think high-end gears are made in europe,not in the America.
where do you get this stuff ?


Campagnolo

[martin_wu99]

Think Again!

This is JBL site, features JBL, Harman, Altec gear ... why would you come here and insult the brand?

How do you say that?we are just talking about how to match 4429

[martin_wu99]

yeah, maybe ....

Stop hi-end pls

[martin_wu99]

Originally Posted by martin_wu99 View Post
i think high-end gears are made in europe,not in the America.
where do you get this stuff ?


Campagnolo

Please get back to the topic 4429

[SEAWOLF97]

I'm not a high-end man myselfThere are so many good tube amps such as Carry,ARC,Jadis,Kondo,etc.Mcintosh maybe powerful enough,but not good enough.

Please get back to the topic 4429

I enjoy the way that you name drop all this non-related stuff and then
tell others to get back on-topic.

[Dave_72]

I was simply taking the opportunity to demonstrate the folly of your Emotiva put-down in another thread. Obviously I'm a JBL fan but your dissing of Emotiva saying there's no way they could possibly be as good as name-brands was just silly. Of course they could be. Whether they are, or not, is up to how people perceive them after trying them—your experience included. But you chose to express your disdain in unsubstantiated absolutes.

By the way, Emotiva is dedicated to producing future lines here in USA. Not that that alone would make them rise above your mid-fi bias, but it is something to praise. Apple, too. Maybe it goes to our becoming another third-world country here in our pay gulf between the richest and poorest that our manufacturing costs can be thought of as competitive. But I deal with American-made quality every day when I sell a US-made BMW product, and they've proven the quality is there.


http://shop.emotiva.com/products/xmc-1

Well, my opinion stands, and that they're not as good as true high end brands. Emotiva is not true high end. The end.

[Mctwins]

Hallo!

Here is my measurements from my listeningposition with 4429

[Mctwins]

I'm not a high-end man myselfThere are so many good tube amps such as Carry,ARC,Jadis,Kondo,etc.Mcintosh maybe powerful enough,but not good enough.

McIntosh beats all of them you mentioned if we look at the THD at full rated power.

For example, Kondo Kagura has 50W@1kHz, 5% THD, and not better with the rest of the amps you said.

McIntosh MC275 version VI has....

Quote from the manual

"Total Harmonic Distortion
0.5% maximum harmonic distortion at any power
level from 250 milliwatts to rated power, 20Hz to
20,000Hz"

Intermodulation Distortion
0.5% maximum, if the instantaneous peak power
output does not exceed twice the rated power output
for any combination of frequencies from 20Hz to
20,000Hz.

[bubbleboy76]

Hallo!

Here is my measurements from my listeningposition with 4429

Nice curve!
I presume you have some subwoofer? The 4429 does not play that low, right?

[Mctwins]

Nice curve!
I presume you have some subwoofer? The 4429 does not play that low, right?

No subwoofer....

It's the Helmholtz Resonators Varitunes that is causing the good bass response, nothing else.

[martin_wu99]

McIntosh beats all of them you mentioned if we look at the THD at full rated power.

For example, Kondo Kagura has 50W@1kHz, 5% THD, and not better with the rest of the amps you said.

McIntosh MC275 version VI has....

Quote from the manual

"Total Harmonic Distortion
0.5% maximum harmonic distortion at any power
level from 250 milliwatts to rated power, 20Hz to
20,000Hz"

Intermodulation Distortion
0.5% maximum, if the instantaneous peak power
output does not exceed twice the rated power output
for any combination of frequencies from 20Hz to
20,000Hz.

I know you like Mcitosh so much,but there are still so many good tubes in this world,such as Nagra,just try it