When we first began discussing a second mid-Atlantic event, one theme that seemed to get a lot of play was comparison of the 8"-woofer-and-smaller JBLs. We seem to have a lot of players in that range. I believe we may have bumped it to 10" during that discussion to include the L96 and others (probably in fear of the L5 walking away in the 8"-and-under competition). The amp comparo suggestion was simply in response to Ian's championing of the Perreaux and I figured we could easily do that since Opi has one (some?).
I had also suggested a continuation of our first theme of comparing the 15" 4333 3-way with the 12" L7 4-way, but now comparing the L7 to the 14" 4-way L250/250ti, also housed chez-Opimax. That's certainly three themes to consider but we have to be realistic about what we can easily handle without diminishing the social value of the day.
For the 10"-and-under comparo, I can provide (not to duplicate what others have):
6.5":
•L1 (706G, 035TiA)
•L20t (115H-1, 035Ti)
•LX22 (406G, 026Ti)
8":
•L5 (708G, 706G, 704G, 035TiA)
10":
•L96 (LE10H-1, LE5-12, 044)
•L80T (127H-1, 104H-2, 035Ti)
If we expand that to 12" we may put a strain on Opi's accommodations, vehicle space, and focusing on a narrow goal.
For amp comparo I have two Crown PS-400 and two PS-200 as well as one Soundcraftsmen Pro-Power-Four all of which can travel without too much trouble on my end and I'm assuming we could use Opi's 250s for that. I also have a spare pair of L7s if we want to do an L7/250 comparo. :dont-know
Thoughts?
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