JBL studio 4410, speaker resolution

[dcolak]

l found it impressive, how much information old JBL user manuals had.

Check this one:

JBL Jubal L65

Incredible. Modern speakers might come with a typical "do not plug 220V into speaker connectors" thing and that's it.

This L65 user manual has a very interesting way of explaining how you could use the two pots to adjust mid and tweeter and they even explained why they existed in the first place.

It also explains how to remove the drivers if you need to repair them.

Very interesting read.

 

[Mart68]

Incredible. Modern speakers might come with a typical "do not plug 220V into speaker connectors" thing and that's it.

True. These days it seems to have become normalised that you have to go on line and download the manual, if there even is one. For all products, not just speakers.

And like you say it has little information other than 'Do not immerse product in water' and similar redundant advice.

 

[mhardy6647]

We don't strive to have transparent speakers that do not color the sound, that do not hide details that are in the recording?

emphasis added

Those are two very different things.

 

[MillRoadTech]

I worked for a Harman reseller in the UK for 5 years in the 1990s. The hf unit has an extremely high mass-break point, so for a metal dome its actually up there with more exotic beryllium units in terms of performance. I believe the 4410 had an all-pass phase correction filter as well - it certainly measured very linear above 250Hz.

We used to do foreign language transfers for DTS cinema releases, and used 4410s in the QC room and 4425s in the mastering room. I recall they both performed particularly well, and I bought and owned 4410As for a while as well, using them with Quad 520fs. The really good combination was the 4410 powered by an Ashly FET-500/2000/FTX-2000 which was a great power amp. We'd import Ashly into the UK and got them CE compliant in 1996 - many films were mixed at Pinewood Studios, Videosonics, Goldcrest, on Ashly+JBL, and also were used in the original Odeon Marble Arch, added when Dolby installed the first Dolby Digital system in 1991. The 4410 also works incredibly well with a Quad II valve amp - I bet that's a combination few have tried!

 

[Shotgun Rico]

Lovely speakers. I have the 4410A’s in my living room. Love the detailed sound.

 

[robh36062]

I have a pair of L80T3's that uses the same driver set in a floor stander. They are sleepers and sound very good.

Rob

1986 4400 SERIES

1988 L SERIES

 

[robh36062]

What in the world is going on. My Arrays are not like this, this is mighty impressive.

Which Arrays do you have?

Rob

 

[dcolak]

Which Arrays do you have?

Rob

1400