Hi,
I'm new to the forum, and also new to JBL. I recently responded to an ad for home made speakers, and took home two large cabinets which each contained a plastic speakerlab mid horn about the size of a klipsch heresy horn, a speakerlab tweeter similar in size to an EV T35 but with a plastic horn, crossover networks, and a JBL 130A
It was an incomplete project from the past, the cabinets don't match each other and both had some water damage.
I think the best parts here are the JBL 130A, and I would like to get some ideas about how to use them. For example, what's the best cabinet for the 130A? What are some good mid and treble options for pairing them with?
I have not tested them apart from with a frequency sweep,and the frequency sweep said they do work properly. I get the impression the original owner bought them in the 1960s and never really used them, but the dust caps were pushed in over years of storage. Thankfully the rest of the cones are fully intact and free of damage.
Is my assertion/guess that the speakerlab components are inferior to JBL correct? And finally, what kind of performance can I expect?
To add some context, my present speaker system is a pair of klipsch la scala. I have a home workshop and am capable of decent quality cabinet work.
As I said, I am absolutely new to JBL.
Any comments are appreciated
-Max