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    Will Audio speakers?

    Hello everyone,

    I am new here and have a question about a set of speakers I got my hands on.
    They have a logo with the name Will Audio and all components are JBL.
    2x 2205 15 inch 16Ohm for lows alnico
    1x 2110 8 inch 8Ohm for mid alnico
    1x 2405 8Ohm for high.

    i found some info about a man called Willy Peters and his connection with JBL in the
    60/70 ties. But i don’t know if je had something to do with these speakers.


    They look pro build because of the heavy cabinet and kind of grey/white paint finish.
    they are 85KG each and don’t look like the are used for PA applications.
    So if someone can help me with this? What kind of power should i feed these cabinets?
    there is an x-over inside so no processor is needed.

    i hope someone know’s something about this brand or these speakers.

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    Any chance of photos of the speakers and the badging?
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    Willy Peters is the founder of Will Audio.
    you can contact him here : www.axiomaudio.be

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    Will audio.

    I have tried to reach him. But i got an e-mail from his wife he passed away about 3 months ago.
    So I still can’t find any info.
    I hope someone can help me, or can give me some advise about these speakers.
    how to use them an power them.

    with my best regards.

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    I wouldn't try to overthink it too much on power, I imagine these were powered with any number of pro amps of the era (like the Crown DC 300 or PS 400) that didn't make 4000 watts a channel like some pro amps today. I bet 100 watts a side would be plenty. I'd hook them up to whatever I had handy and have a listen.

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    Hi Speakerfreak,

    These are obviously Public Address/Sound Reinforcement loudspeakers.

    In The Netherlands there's a PA/SR Company called Stage Accompany (see stageaccompany.com). Since in a particular field people tend to know each other, as well as their competitors, maybe they can refer you to someone who has Will Audio product knowledge. Good luck. Regards,

    Richard

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    Different speakers inside.

    Totday I Worked on the Will Audio speakers.
    Inside I found a small different than What they told me there should be inside.
    there where no 2110 8inch mid speakers but D208 Signature speaker from JBL.
    and the slot tweeters where no 2405 but Model 077 Signature speakertweeters.

    I also contact SA in Holland but they don’t know anything about these speakers.
    everybody I talked with about these Will Audio speakers is very interested but no one
    knows something about these cabinets.

    I put an quad 405 amp behind these speakers and they Sound different then we are used these days.
    but with the id that these where build more than about 40-50 years ago they Sound pretty good!

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    http://www.audioheritage.org/vbullet...-D208-and-2110

    Says there that the 2110 and D208 took the same cone kit, so hopefully sound fairly similar.

    The 2405 was the "pro" version of the 077. The 077 had a clear acrylic phase plug, yours appears to have the black metal 2405 phase plug and the screw hole knocked in the foilcal is a testament to them being re-done at some point in the past. It's possible the acrylic phase plugs cracked and somebody put 2405 plugs in them - or sold the desirable 077 plugs.

    The diaphragms for those tweeters seem to be out of production, so I wouldn't take them apart - it's easy to let the plug assembly spin when removing the screw and twisting the diaphragm (ruining it). But the 2405 and 077 should be functionally the same, if they work then that's about all you can hope for IMHO.

    So while not sporting the actual speaker load they originally shipped with, they are maybe pretty close. It's hard to say without knowing what's been re-done and who did it to what standard.

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    What do they have for crossovers...if any, in them?
    What type of input connection is on them?

    Is the rectangle cut out area a port with some sort of foam covering it
    or a blocked off cut out that was for a horn at one time?

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    Without seeing a mid horn wonder if the 077/2405 has the 075/2402 diaphragm in it for a lower crossover point. Hope they did not run the D208/2110 bandwidth out to 7 or 8 Khz. Maybe 350/500 hz
    on the woofers and 3k/3.5k on the mids

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    Hello,
    I have some answers to the asked questions.
    They do have some kind of x-over inside. It is very simplistic do, only 1air coil is used 3 ceramic resistors
    and 2 capasitors. I add an picture of these x-over below. The connection used on these cabinets are gold
    plated screw terminals.
    The rectangular cut in the right is the bass Port for the two 2205 drivers. There is some kind of fabric gleud from the cabinet inside. The D208 and 077 are constructed in there own seperate chamber.
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    Was/is the crossover just between the mid and the tweeter as in running the cabinet bi-amped?

    With screw terminal connections I'm going to say the cabinets were for install use.

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    No the cabinet is not bi-amped. The twin woofers the mid and the tweeter are connected to the x-over.
    its a very simplistic x-over but it does the job serious well!
    i’m gonna see if i can make an schematic of the x-over.

    What is the difference in Sound according to the model 077? When used with the plastic or the aluminium center piece?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speakerfreak View Post
    No the cabinet is not bi-amped. The twin woofers the mid and the tweeter are connected to the x-over.
    its a very simplistic x-over but it does the job serious well!
    i’m gonna see if i can make an schematic of the x-over.

    What is the difference in Sound according to the model 077? When used with the plastic or the aluminium center piece?
    With that I'm going to guess there using a single pole filter per band pass, the coil is a low pass on the woofers, and a cap with some resistor padding as a high pass for each the mid and tweeter, with the mid just left to run all the way out on the top end.

    Provided everything is in good condition your not going to hear a difference between the plastic and aluminum phase plugs. Your wallet will tell a difference if you buy 077's instead of 2405's!

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