Ok, so my dad is a long time JBL nut and even went as far as building his own Paragon back in the late 1970s. I’ve built a few speaker boxes with him over the years and would now like to build what will be my “final” system with nicely finished cabinets that I’ll keep forever and always have the memory of working on with him.
That said, here is what I’m looking to accomplish. This system will be used mostly for listening to music in a room that is about 18’ x 22’. I’d like to build two boxes, each a three way system. I’m somewhat size limited because of my wife, but with some bribery I could probably talk her into boxes that are maybe 2’ wide, 2’ deep, and maybe up to 4’ high but that would be a stretch. I’d like to hear some recommendations as to what drivers to use in this system. I’m open to using vintage, modern, or some combination, all JBL of course. For high frequency I’ve always been partial to the look of the 075s that are in my dad’s Paragon but that is just based on looks and if there are better choices I’d like to hear about them. For midrange I don’t know where to start so I’d appreciate any recommendations. For the lows I’ve been checking out the LE15A, 2245H, 2226H, or possibly even a 2206H if I decide to go with a lot smaller sized system. I’m open to other options also; these are just the drivers I can get fairly easily. I’m not sure if the 2245s would be overkill or not for my application and the 2235s look like a good choice as well but are not as easy to find as the 2226s.
So I’d like any opinions as to what system you guys might put together and approximately how big of a box I’d be looking at to hold it (if you have that info).