Should be available to read on-line for those of you with college or university affiliation. That no longer includes me!
". . . as you have no doubt noticed, no one told the 4345 that it can't work correctly so it does anyway."—Greg Timbers
They typically don't allow coupons on technical books. Tried it on a similar ref book a few months ago.
What l find interesting is that subjectively some owners prefer the L300 over the 4430 while the JBL white paper stomps all over the 3 way 433x (L300) genre systems and for valid reasons.
Like Rob l think the biradial monitors have been designed for particular mounting (upside down from the studio ceiling) and with compempoary studio acoustic treatment. This is a far cry from domestic wall boundary locations a bare flat walls.
I have used the biradial horn before but l must say l did not like the 2235 woofer.
Is a slug compared to the midrange from the 2234 woofers used in the 4435 (a far superior loudspeaker)
One thing I would like to note is, the true "professional" JBL Studio monitors, such as 4430/35 and URE 813C are designed for better phase and directivity, because those parameters are very important in the studio environment, so they have to offer somewhat compromised frequency response. With consumer speakers such as L300 or 434x, those parameters are compromised, because average consumers don't concern the phase shift and the other side effects, but they do offer extended frequency response.
Don might best respond to this point.
The early 4320 was used a lot as was the 4310.
I think JBL were good at marketing the belief of industry leader but of course don't believe everything you read.
If you have a look over in the Library you can glean how things went.
I have had both, not at the same time, but in the same room. First, the 4333(no "A") for about a year, and then the 4430 for ca. 2 1/2 years.
My feeling was that the 4430 is the much better speaker in the midrange, even if the mids out of the 2235H are "slow/tame" (perhaps due to the mass ring that the 2234H units in 4435s don't have). But 4430 mids are a lot more neutral than the 2231 plus long mid horn/lens in 4333s are.
A thing about getting good sound in the treble also from the 443x-series monitors is to have either the early version with 2421 drivers, or have 2421 frams fitted to the 2425/26 unit. Swapping 2425/26 for 2421s is possible with a bit of woodworking - the driver is supported inside the cab by a holder that is slightly different for the ferrites.
Alu frams in 4430 don't not give you quite the resolution of a 2405 slot tweeter, but you're not far away and don't suffer the jump in coverage angle and hence jump of into-the-room-output that the 4333 has where the slot sets in. In a heavily damped studio, this jump in energy may be taken care of by damped studio walls. In your home, you will hear it bounced at you from the side walls. Perhaps the reason for the inferior imaging several of us noticed in 4333 ?
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