LE14A magnet type

[Donald]

Well, L300 arrived. They kick butt! I still need a more powerful amp. :-)

I have no ear memory so I will set up the L222 and L300 to my McIntosh Loudspeaker Switching Console so I can do quick A-B comparisons. If I can get all my sig speakers into the same room I will do A-B-C-D-E-F-G tests.

[4313B]

Originally posted by Donald
Well, L300 arrived.

Sweet!

[Donald]

Based on what I have seen on eBay, I got a great deal. $2300 shipping included!

[Steve Gonzales]

you lucky so and so!, maybe you will like the LE85/H92 set up enough to treat your L222's to some. Ditch the cone!!!, A pair of L300's sold for 3800 then the next 2500 so it appears you got them on the low end of the scale. They are priceless. What other speaker aside from some 43xx's , of ANY brand can compete with the L300 ? Godda get me some N333's and see how they compare to the stock L222 X-overs. I doubt i'll ever own some L300's so thats what I have will have to do, poor me . . I am very happy for you Don.

[Mr. Widget]

Originally posted by Steve Gonzales
What other speaker aside from some 43xx's , of ANY brand can compete with the L300 ?

I certainly join you in congratulating Don, however I do think you may be over stating it a bit.

Widget

[John]

Last i heard that deal did not go down,and if you watch things a little longer than just at the compleation of the auction you will notice that alot of those auctions that seem to go thru the roof never get compleated by the two parties.

[Steve Gonzales]

I forgot to mention that the pair that sold for $2,500 a few weeks ago were sold by my friend in NY and that deal did go thru. The shipping added about $300.00 to the total so I think you did fine at a $2300.00 total price

[paragon]

Congratulations Don,

Yourè lucky..
Two ore three years ago an old man sold his L 300 pair
for very low money (650 US Dollar) but i was to late.
He bought a pair of "Wilson watt puppy.." or so.
Both 2235 were new reconed !! by Harman Deutschland.
What a shame !!

Eckhard

[Donald]

Well, I won an auction for a Carver Model PM 1.5 Magnetic Field Professional Power Amp. 450w/ch into 8 ohms.

If this ain't enough power I am joining a convent!!

[Steve Gonzales]

If that doesn't do the trick, try a Yamaha M80, M85 or MX1000. Lots of amp for a reasonable price, very clean class A power and LOTS of headroom. My brother has some Silver Sevens t's and although they are powerful, I like the big old Yamaha's. I'm sure you will get a TON of skeptics on this choice but I would ask them if they LIVED with them to form their opinion or just dismiss it because of something else.

[Donald]

Won a Carver M-500t. I don't like the sound when played loud on the L300. In talking with the seller, it turns out he worked for JBL for 20 some years. Name is Dean Rivera.

Since some of the problem is present with all the amps, he suggested I pull the woofers and check the spiders.

[Donald]

Well, not sure if I have a problem. The 136A bottoms out when driven around 1-3 Hz at a voltage of 11 vac. Don't know if my DVM accurately reads AC at that low freq range.

The surround is not 100% glued on. It appears a bead of glue circles the cone but it is not wide enough to hold down the whole width of the foam.

Comments?

[Robh3606]

Could be the foam is buzzing against the cone. So these were a refoam??? Can you get in there with a soft brush and finish the glue joint so the entire surround is glued to the cone?? That's what I would do or have the seller do it or go back to the place that did the refoam and hit them over the head for doing a half ass job.

Rob

[slxrti]

In a 5 cubic foot box's. the 136 does not compare to a 2235 in deep bass
production.

How do I know??, I tried, it using a rane xover for both

slxrti

[Steve Gonzales]

half that quote is mine and I don't EVEN understand what it has to do with this part of the discussion