JBL K2 S9900 - thoughts/opinions?

I agree. I'm surprised more mainstream efficient speakers aren't available. Paul Klipsch had it right, about all anyone needs is 5 wpc (I forget the exact quote).

I love and miss efficient speakers with Alnico magnets. I had Alon Lotus Signature SE speakers for over 9 years and paired with a modest tube amp was glorious.

I long for those days. ....

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joeinid said:
I agree. I'm surprised more mainstream efficient speakers aren't available. Paul Klipsch had it right, about all anyone needs is 5 wpc (I forget the exact quote).

I love and miss efficient speakers with Alnico magnets. I had Alon Lotus Signature SE speakers for over 9 years and paired with a modest tube amp was glorious.

I long for those days. ....

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Then why are you running in the opposite direction?
 
mep said:
Then why are you running in the opposite direction?
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The definition of stupidity.

Actually, the speakers that I have now are pretty efficient. Running what I have with my Pass XA25 sounds wonderful with 25wpc. I'm probably looking to recapture my conrad-johnson days of glory. That's the system I miss most.



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MRJAZZ said:
These are quite nice....utilizing JBL drivers.....It’s from PBN Audio........

Cheers.....
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Great no Dynamic killing foil inductors ....
 
joeinid said:
I agree. I'm surprised more mainstream efficient speakers aren't available. Paul Klipsch had it right, about all anyone needs is 5 wpc (I forget the exact quote).

I love and miss efficient speakers with Alnico magnets. I had Alon Lotus Signature SE speakers for over 9 years and paired with a modest tube amp was glorious.

I long for those days. ....

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5watts is all one need on LED’s for sure ..... :)
 
mep said:
Just ask my neighbors. It took 3 of us to get them up into my listening room. After having speakers with high sensitivity, I'm done with with the paradigm of having inefficient speakers paired with high watt amps. I've said this before, but I really think we lost our way in this hobby a long time ago. We went from an age where we had large high sensitivity speakers powered by low watt tube amps to SS amps where watts came cheap and then the race was on to build sealed speakers that were inefficient, but had big "bass" relative to the size of the enclosure. AR started the trend and the next thing you know MA was full of competing speaker companies building sealed box speakers.

Once women caught on to the much smaller sealed speakers, orders went out to remove those old large highly efficient speakers from the wife's living room and the rest is history.
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That Sounds more like conjecture not history ...
 
I'm a bit late to JBL, so not sure how the vintage behave, from my experience with trying 1400's and my 4367's, they may be efficient into the 90's but they like some power to get off the ground.

It was interesting, my 100 watt CJ monoblocks drove my Dynaudio Contours fine, yet the more efficient Array 1400's Just laughed. I was using EL34's but I still thought a 100 watts would have pushed the 1400's.

I have to wonder if under powering the JBL is what has led to some of the chatter about low bass response in forums.

Also, in contrast, although even more efficient, those same CJ amps drove a set of Zu Audio Omen with Soulfly drivers to outrageous volumes, and clear as at low volume.

There's more to some of these speakers than just the efficiency. I wish I knew what it was, LOL
 
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