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Posted by Wojciech (A) on June 30, 2009 at 20:45:10

Hello
Does anybody have experience with JBL LE8 recone kit?. I contacted local recone shop and they said that JBL can supply original kit (with black cone)for ~$170 each.I read many times that original kit is not available so maybe JBL is supplying 2115 kit as a LE8 instead and marks it LE8 ?I really like the original speaker but not sure if $340 recone would sound the same.
Regards, W

• RE: Original JBL LE8 recone kit availability? - Paul Joppa 09:34:39 07/01/09 (6)
  In Reply to: RE: Original JBL LE8 recone kit availability? posted by Wojciech on June 30, 2009 at 20:45:10

  I believe the kits are produced periodically, so they are sometimes available and sometimes "not in production". They must have some method of determining whether and when to produce a new batch.
  
  I've had a pair re-coned a few years ago but have not put them in a box yet. The cones are black with off-white coating on the front side. The suspension is a little stiffer - I don't know how much they will soften with break-in. I'm willing to speculate that the foam surround is a different and stiffer material, perhaps to reduce the foam-rot problem. The JBL suspension is nowhere near as stiff as the non-JBL surrounds used by non-JBL reconing services that I have run across.
  
  I had four drivers at the time, all with bad foam rot. The other two were re-done as 2115s with the black cone, so the kits were different at that time - perhaps 2006?
  

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  • RE: Original JBL LE8 recone kit availability? - Wojciech 17:44:56 07/01/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Original JBL LE8 recone kit availability? posted by Paul Joppa on July 01, 2009 at 09:34:39

    Paul,
    Tech at recone shop asked if I need black or white cone so they must have both.I never heard aquapalsT LE8T but there is opinionion that the first and original LE-8 sounds the best and that's what I want.
    Regards, L
    

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  • Box them up, man! - badman 10:00:07 07/01/09 (4)
    In Reply to: RE: Original JBL LE8 recone kit availability? posted by Paul Joppa on July 01, 2009 at 09:34:39

    They're fantastic drivers, get them up and running.
    
    Bass is supposed to sound big. 6.5" is not a woofer size.
    
    Please note my dual status as reviewer and manufacturer. Take EVERYTHING I say with a grain of salt.
    
    

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    • RE: Box them up, man! - Wojciech 16:04:15 07/01/09 (3)
      In Reply to: RE: Box them up, man! posted by badman on July 01, 2009 at 10:00:07

      I know they are fantastic -the original ones , but I'm just not sure if modern recone kit will sound anything like vintage and $340 for cones is a serious money (for me)
      

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      • Have no fear - badman 18:07:48 07/01/09 (2)
        In Reply to: RE: Box them up, man! posted by Wojciech on July 01, 2009 at 16:04:15

        Most of the quality of this driver is in the giant underhung alnico motor, but the white cone recone kits are of proper quality to match the original LE8T. The LE8, IIRC, was a black-coned whizzer-driver.
        
        Bass is supposed to sound big. 6.5" is not a woofer size.
        
        Please note my dual status as reviewer and manufacturer. Take EVERYTHING I say with a grain of salt.
        
        

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        • Not all of them had wizzer cone - Wojciech 18:50:32 07/01/09 (1)
          In Reply to: RE: Have no fear posted by badman on July 01, 2009 at 18:07:48

          
          
          

          
          Black cone with alu dust cap have great tone and even response, while aquaplasT LE-8T have rising response.
          What is your application for those drivers? (I have original Lancer cabs)
          

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          • I'm currently using them in Lancer 33 cabs - badman 09:28:03 07/02/09 (0)
            In Reply to: RE: Not all of them had wizzer cone posted by Wojciech on July 01, 2009 at 18:50:32

            And they're superb. I don't even have the sub hooked up! But I know there's more potential in them, used as wideband mids, but am too busy listening to music to bother (And I have a lot of other projects going on) :)
            
            Bass is supposed to sound big. 6.5" is not a woofer size.
            
            Please note my dual status as reviewer and manufacturer. Take EVERYTHING I say with a grain of salt.
            
            

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• C8RLE8T - djk 02:14:33 07/01/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Original JBL LE8 recone kit availability? posted by Wojciech on June 30, 2009 at 20:45:10

  JBL lists the C8RLE8T as available for the LE8T at $176 each.
  
  The parts for the 2115 are listed as 'obsolete'.
  
  See page 22.
  
  

  • http://www.jblproservice.com/pdf/Goes%20Into%20List/Goes%20I   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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