Originally Posted by
davidpou
since you know the range so well i wanted your word on this primary (and subjective) thought:
The 4429 is indeed better in many (every) way as compared to 70 to 90s production. not going into details the 1200 FE8 beats the superb 2214H no problem. My concern is about the mids and highs. And it arises specifically with the saxophone (and a little with the voices). I had very beautiful results in the 4430 with the 2425H and expensive condos ; And this specific instrument is sounding a bit like a "duck" in the 4429. Moving even backward in time, the LE175 of the L101 measured better than the 2214H (as shown in an erlier post here by someone else trying waveguides on different JBL compressions) and was also very natural.
My point would be this one: don't you think that although progresses have been made in every aspects of the tweeters, they loose also natural timber. Being more refined (less crude) they are also less natural on some instruments or passage ?
I would love to have the L101 with a ribbon tweeter that goes well high and match the beautifull timbers of the LE14A ont he drums and percussion...