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    Jbl 4425 Mk2

    I found this and wonder what this "eye" is for.
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    L-pad knob level , Guido.

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    You mean only one control?

    BTW these ugly horn is ten times cheaper to produce than the original 2342. Sly foxes....

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    Yes, only one control. See schematic network.....

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    "BTW these ugly horn is ten times cheaper to produce than the original 2342. Sly foxes...."

    That's the name of the game.

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    Originally posted by herve M
    Yes, only one control. See schematic network.....
    Hey Herve,

    what network and where to find?

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    The horn redesign was for aesthetics, if you can believe that. The 4400 series biradial monitors have never sold well in Japan because they were associated with a part of the female anatomy(and not the more common "butt-cheeks" inference as in the US). It was considered vulgar to incorporate this into a commercial product. Therefore, JBL decided to redesign the MKII horn to eliminate this visual connotation since it was specifically intended for the Japanese market.

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    Originally posted by Don McRitchie
    The horn redesign was for aesthetics, if you can believe that. The 4400 series biradial monitors have never sold well in Japan because they were associated with a part of the female anatomy(and not the more common "butt-cheeks" inference as in the US). It was considered vulgar to incorporate this into a commercial product. Therefore, JBL decided to redesign the MKII horn to eliminate this visual connotation since it was specifically intended for the Japanese market.

    Don
    Wow! I quess that's what you call "form over function"...

    John

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