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    Some progress over the weekend! Still need to finish the bracing and close up the back panel.

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    Alright! Keep us up on this please.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.


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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jmpsmash View Post
    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!

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    Quote Originally Posted by nedseg View Post
    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!
    waiting a year will drive me mad!

    right now I have routed both L/R channel to the one working speaker via the DSP.

    keeping my fingers crossed the replacement will be smooth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jmpsmash View Post
    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.
    did you measure across the tinsel leads or just the post connections ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SEAWOLF97 View Post
    did you measure across the tinsel leads or just the post connections ?
    there are no tinsel leads. the layout of the connection is a bit different than normal drivers. there is a connector plate at the back of the speakers and the wires go straight into the rear of the magnet structure, all sealed.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by jmpsmash View Post
    lots of stuff todo.

    - find a better solution to support the 2397/2441/T925A
    Hi,
    It's this simple support that I made to support my 2397 and 2450. This year the 2450 have replaced my 2441 advantageously but it worked too.



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    Quote Originally Posted by macsic View Post
    Hi,
    It's this simple support that I made to support my 2397 and 2450. This year the 2450 have replaced my 2441 advantageously but it worked too.


    macsic, very nice! I was planning to just 3D print something.

    How did you find the 2450 vs 2441?

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jmpsmash View Post
    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.

    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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