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Thread: JBL 4312SE vs 4312E vs 4312D ? Help?

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    the jbl 4312e is entirely diferent then then 4312se.

    the 4312e has the XO at 2khz and 5khz https://www.jblsynthesis.com/product.../id_4312e.html
    the 4312se has the xo at 600hz and 5khz https://jblsynthesis.com/productdetail/id_4312se.html

    the 4312e runs their 12 inch up to 2khz? wtf are they thinking?
    is it a typo and they meant to say 200hz rather then 2khz?

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    Quote Originally Posted by murphythecat View Post
    the jbl 4312e is entirely diferent then then 4312se.

    the 4312e has the XO at 2khz and 5khz https://www.jblsynthesis.com/product.../id_4312e.html
    the 4312se has the xo at 600hz and 5khz https://jblsynthesis.com/productdetail/id_4312se.html

    the 4312e runs their 12 inch up to 2khz? wtf are they thinking?
    is it a typo and they meant to say 200hz rather then 2khz?
    I know it's an old thread, but I just acquired a pair of "E" models, and while I haven't taken any measurements, I can tell you that they sound great. Evidently the 2213nD-2 woofer is run full range. Sound really nice especially on acoustic instruments, especially stringed. They'd only been used a handful of times by the previous owner so they're still in break in mode, but after a couple of days with them I can tell I'm going to really enjoy them.

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    BTW, the E's, a 6ohm speaker, sound miles better on the 8ohm taps of my McIntosh MC2300 then they did on the 4ohm one's. MILES.

    And they love a lot of juice pumped into them.

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    Looks like I'll be picking up a mid period pair of L100's soon. Quite excited. But in researching them, I found out that they spec out very close to the 4312E. Basically the same size(the L100 is a few pounds heavier), same size drivers(the L100 tweet is 1/4" bigger), and similar crossover points(4312E 2kHz/5kHz;L100 1.5kHz/6kHz) .

    Then, after reading everything I could find on the 4312E, which isn't much since it was made for the Japanese market, and seemingly very few folks in the states own a pair, or have wriiten about them, I find this piece from Steve Guttenberg in a 2012 piece in Sound And Vision. https://www.soundandvision.com/conte...entury-speaker and the following quote "The L100 lives on as the 4312 E, which is sold in Japan, but sadly not here in the U.S.." First time I've seen anybody compare the 2 speakers.

    I'm really looking forward to comparing the two, realizing that the L100's haven't been restored, and the 4312E's are brand new and still breaking in. But while I read a lot of positives on the L100 as legendary speakers, etc., obviously there are many who can't stand them. As I continue to listen to my 4312E's, I simultaneously can understand the dislike, and completely agree with the love. Not unlike how people feel about AR3's, or Klipsch Heritage speakers. And I'm convinced that these JBL's really requires the right amp to drive them. Anything too clinical, too analytical, too dry, is not going to work well, IMO. My McIntosh MC2300 sounds great on the 4312's, and I'm guessing it's because it's a very warm amp(as it's small brother that I own, the MC2105), and adding an original C22 tube preamp to the mix really helps offset any brightness that these speakers produce.

    Anyway, that's how I've been spending my Saturday night

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