Originally Posted by
Akira
you rarely read on this forum anything about 4315's...my favorite JBL. i have only had very limited exposure to them and they seem to have had a short production run...not very popular, yet many sound engineers swear they are the best. would love to trade my tannoy system12DMT's plus lots of $$$ for this speaker of similar value (4315) any opinions on this model?
the other thing that i have always pondered is JBL's reluctance to physically line up their drivers in a vertical line array. i would not try to second guess the designers at JBL--they have forgotten more than i will ever learn. but, this is totally sacrilegious to any live sound engineer. the only vertical array i can think of in the JBL lineup are the original L100's. you can totally hear a difference in phase coherency and imaging when compared to the other series of 4310/11/centuries. the only theory i can come up with is they are favoring a cluster design which works well in a near field position. still, it is my belief that a speaker 'floats' better when drivers are vertically aligned.