Some progress over the weekend! Still need to finish the bracing and close up the back panel.
Some progress over the weekend! Still need to finish the bracing and close up the back panel.
Alright! Keep us up on this please.
Barry.
If we knew what the hell we were doing, we wouldn't call it research would we.
Hopefully they will sing for the first time tonight!
I still have a few planned bracings to put on, however, I have made the back removable so I will play with measurement before and after those bracings.
I know. I am just impatient.
Argh!!!
I have put the speakers together, but one of the 2216ND-1 is DOA. No sound and ohmmeter shows no conductivity. Quite a setback for a supposedly exciting evening. Now I have to go through the process of getting it replaced.
That is a bummer... but look at the bight side. If it was half of a pair of unobtainium vintage Western Electric woofers it would be worse.
Good luck getting it replaced with minimal drama.
Widget
lol. it definitely sucks. now I can only listen to one side.
However, I do like what I am hearing. Very well defined bass. It goes down deep and I can not only hear but feel the bass.
I also start to realize I need to complete installing the bracing that I have cut, and potentially add more as I can feel and hear the box vibration.
I lived with only one ND-1 for a year before I could afford the second one (which also arrived DOA), but it gave me lots of time to compare (!) the vintage 2216 with the new tech version, and made me appreciate the 'totality' the second one provided THAT much more!
Those things dig crazy deep, and with startling precision!
Best wishes on your RMA!
lots of stuff todo.
- add more bracing
- mount the binding posts
- find a better solution to support the 2397/2441/T925A
- tuning
- decide on a finish. veneer or stain
update on the 2216ND-1. SpeakerExchange has contacted JBL. I am waiting for a shipping label to send JBL the DOA driver and they will send one to me directly. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Unfortunately I have noticed quality issues with current JBL parts quit often in the near past. I donīt know if I would buy current JBL products anymore due to bad quality... Very sad to say, but JBL is still asking top dollars as allways but canīt remain itīs good quality from the past...
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