Regis
11-13-2006, 12:51 PM
Been awhile since I've been here. As you might remember, I almost got a pair of 4343's, but got some seriously cold feet about the deal. I actually had the money in hand, but was stretching the finances at that point. Even the girlfriend was highly supportive and was willing to have them in her living room. Getting them would've meant going short in other areas, like visitation with the kids (they're a 200 mile roundtrip just to pick them up) and with them in their formative teenage years, I just want to be there. Sure I lust after the biggest and the best, but owning three pairs of fine JBL speakers now, makes me happy with what I have.
The mint 4310's I scored for my woman for $50 the pair, sit on top of her entertainment center. They're powered by a regular-schmoe Technics integrated amp. Instead of TV last night, we spent three hours listening to Sirius 'Contemporary Jazz' off've the cable and you know what? They sounded beautiful.
The L-110's are coming home next weekend from my place in Acton and will possibly be paired against the 4310's in the opposite corners of the family/TV room. (I'd be curious as to how that'll work...).
The L-300's are smack dab in the middle of the living room/dining room area about halfway, facing the couch, which is against the front window of the house. No corner or wall loading, but I'm finding the lower end of the midbass is dominating and drowing out the midrange almost entirely, even with the presence turned up. Placement or movement is limited, but a temporary solution did bring itself into play.
Some may laugh long and loud, but I had to test a vintage Sansui 5500 reciever (circa 1968-1972) with a whole 45 watts RMS and yes, it's a heavy little piggy. Just got done being serviced and gone through, which cost me almost what it'd be worth. Couldn't get it to work on the family room system (4310's), so I tried it on the L-300's just to see if it worked. Mind you that I'm running a newer 200 wpc Perreaux amp, with a so-so Adcom pre (GTP-500.
That combo should still blow away the Sansui, but believe it or not, the Sansui ended up sounding better. The boomy, lower midbass domination is gone and I can definitely hear more midrange and even the highs come off a little better. It may be that the room placement or acoustics is not favorable to the specs on the more modern system, but I like what I'm listening to now and 45 watts through the Summits is still impressive.
With that in mind, the ESS Eclipse will be the next candidate, once it gets serviced for new push-button switches and VU meter replacement. Maybe the BJT technology is a better choice for the listening area, versus the MOSFET (overwarm?). Will keep experimenting, but as the JBL literature says, the 'trained' ear is the ultimate criterion (or even the 'opinion' for that matter). Thanks for reading.
The mint 4310's I scored for my woman for $50 the pair, sit on top of her entertainment center. They're powered by a regular-schmoe Technics integrated amp. Instead of TV last night, we spent three hours listening to Sirius 'Contemporary Jazz' off've the cable and you know what? They sounded beautiful.
The L-110's are coming home next weekend from my place in Acton and will possibly be paired against the 4310's in the opposite corners of the family/TV room. (I'd be curious as to how that'll work...).
The L-300's are smack dab in the middle of the living room/dining room area about halfway, facing the couch, which is against the front window of the house. No corner or wall loading, but I'm finding the lower end of the midbass is dominating and drowing out the midrange almost entirely, even with the presence turned up. Placement or movement is limited, but a temporary solution did bring itself into play.
Some may laugh long and loud, but I had to test a vintage Sansui 5500 reciever (circa 1968-1972) with a whole 45 watts RMS and yes, it's a heavy little piggy. Just got done being serviced and gone through, which cost me almost what it'd be worth. Couldn't get it to work on the family room system (4310's), so I tried it on the L-300's just to see if it worked. Mind you that I'm running a newer 200 wpc Perreaux amp, with a so-so Adcom pre (GTP-500.
That combo should still blow away the Sansui, but believe it or not, the Sansui ended up sounding better. The boomy, lower midbass domination is gone and I can definitely hear more midrange and even the highs come off a little better. It may be that the room placement or acoustics is not favorable to the specs on the more modern system, but I like what I'm listening to now and 45 watts through the Summits is still impressive.
With that in mind, the ESS Eclipse will be the next candidate, once it gets serviced for new push-button switches and VU meter replacement. Maybe the BJT technology is a better choice for the listening area, versus the MOSFET (overwarm?). Will keep experimenting, but as the JBL literature says, the 'trained' ear is the ultimate criterion (or even the 'opinion' for that matter). Thanks for reading.