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    New K2 S9900

    Today I saw on the web some review announcing the last K2 project : S9900

    In fact, it looks like a K2 S9800 mounted with the 476be driver. The horn remind me the Everest design.

    I would appreciate more details.
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    Mon ami, voulez-vous dire ceci?
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    Here's a teaser:
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    1500AL-1

    476Mg

    045Be-1
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    Nice. If what has been said is true, that, and a good subwoofer, might even be preferable to the Eversest II, although I would think there is a somewhat raised crossover frequency.

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    Cool slides at this site that ends with this:

    (Be sure to look at all three slides.)

    http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20090217/jbl.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by speakerdave View Post
    Nice. If what has been said is true, that, and a good subwoofer, might even be preferable to the Eversest II, although I would think there is a somewhat raised crossover frequency.
    Quite possibly in some rooms... I had a sneak peek at them a few months ago... these pics look more diminutive than the speaker appears in person. They are quite shallow, but are wider than you might imagine. All and all a heck of a step forward from the 9800.


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    The material used for the horn driver is no more Be but Magnesium ?
    Regards Stephane

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    It isn't quite the Everest II

    Quote Originally Posted by caladois View Post
    The material used for the horn driver is no more Be but Magnesium ?
    Yep.

    Better than aluminum or titanium, but not quite the same as Be. You can see evidence of the lower break-up mode in this pic.


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    Magnesium

    It makes more sense for a 3-way though. The 476Be is arguably overkill for a 3-way.

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    a good subwoofer
    A pair of W1500H's.

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    Somewhere there might be a White Paper:
    http://dyna5555.cocolog-nifty.com/5555blog/2009/02/no283-563f.html
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    US price equivalent of $44,650 per pair.

    http://www.bornrich.org/entry/jbl-li...peaker-system/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Titanium Dome View Post
    US price equivalent of $44,650 per pair.
    Yeah, I suspect the old timers will simply stick with the 136H, 376/HL89, 077

    Honestly though, the K2-S9900 is a whole different arena.

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    Very nice looking. How do you think it compares to the S9800? Have they managed to make the Mg driver sound as good as the previous 435Be?


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