studiojoe
12-14-2015, 10:44 PM
Hi all, my first post here. I've been studying on here for 3-4 yrs and I am finally getting close to my first build. I've sold JBL Pro for a living since 1990.
I've always wanted to build/buy a nice set of JBL's for main monitors for my Music Recording Studio That had the classic visual appeal of the 60's stuff.
I know there is a lot of JBL guru's on here with way more experience than me and welcome some opinions on the best setup using what I own.
I currently use JBL's in the studio for mixing including LSR4328p and a pair of L-7's in a separate mastering room. For live band gigs my rig is 4x JBL SR4719 and various JBL mid/hi boxes.
A few years ago I found a empty pair of Olympus cabs, (thanks Audiobeer)
I believe they are around 1964 vintage, mine have cutout for single 15" (no passive radiator)
I love the look of them. My goal is to build a 3way high output reference system for playing mixes on for customers.
Over the years I have collected a lot of JBL components and have the following to use.
4x 2402h
2x 2445j
2x 2416h
2x 2118h
2x k145
2x 2226h
I plan on using my XTA DP-226 3 way stereo x-over with following amps I already own.
2x Yamaha P2250 for lows (500 watts at 8ohm bridged)
2x Yamaha P2150 for mid horn (300 watts at 8ohm bridged)
1x Yamaha P2250 for tweets (170 watts per ch at 8ohms)
Questions,
1. Should I put some sort of cap across the mids and tweets for protection since I am using active?
2. Anyone want to give opinions of best combo of raw drivers I have?
3. is there a better horn that will fit the Olympus than the 2311/h93? I have to buy these still.
4. I was thinking of selling the 4x 2402h and getting a pair of 2405h?
5. Would using a cone mid (2118h) and 2416h be a better option than the 2445j's and tweets (2402h or 2405h)
6. I have NOS 2441 dia. I can put in the 2445's would you?
7. Anyone every array 2x 2402h to get wider horizontal dispersion?
So far I'm thinking....
k145's
2245's with 2311/h93 and 2441 dia.
2405's
My primary Goals are,
High SPL (for shock and awe)
Looks (so clients think I'm cool)
Relatively flat and accurate.
Sorry for so many questions at once.
Thanks and looking forward to your opinions, Joe
I've always wanted to build/buy a nice set of JBL's for main monitors for my Music Recording Studio That had the classic visual appeal of the 60's stuff.
I know there is a lot of JBL guru's on here with way more experience than me and welcome some opinions on the best setup using what I own.
I currently use JBL's in the studio for mixing including LSR4328p and a pair of L-7's in a separate mastering room. For live band gigs my rig is 4x JBL SR4719 and various JBL mid/hi boxes.
A few years ago I found a empty pair of Olympus cabs, (thanks Audiobeer)
I believe they are around 1964 vintage, mine have cutout for single 15" (no passive radiator)
I love the look of them. My goal is to build a 3way high output reference system for playing mixes on for customers.
Over the years I have collected a lot of JBL components and have the following to use.
4x 2402h
2x 2445j
2x 2416h
2x 2118h
2x k145
2x 2226h
I plan on using my XTA DP-226 3 way stereo x-over with following amps I already own.
2x Yamaha P2250 for lows (500 watts at 8ohm bridged)
2x Yamaha P2150 for mid horn (300 watts at 8ohm bridged)
1x Yamaha P2250 for tweets (170 watts per ch at 8ohms)
Questions,
1. Should I put some sort of cap across the mids and tweets for protection since I am using active?
2. Anyone want to give opinions of best combo of raw drivers I have?
3. is there a better horn that will fit the Olympus than the 2311/h93? I have to buy these still.
4. I was thinking of selling the 4x 2402h and getting a pair of 2405h?
5. Would using a cone mid (2118h) and 2416h be a better option than the 2445j's and tweets (2402h or 2405h)
6. I have NOS 2441 dia. I can put in the 2445's would you?
7. Anyone every array 2x 2402h to get wider horizontal dispersion?
So far I'm thinking....
k145's
2245's with 2311/h93 and 2441 dia.
2405's
My primary Goals are,
High SPL (for shock and awe)
Looks (so clients think I'm cool)
Relatively flat and accurate.
Sorry for so many questions at once.
Thanks and looking forward to your opinions, Joe