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RE: JBL 130A is the same as 2220 just older is not correct

I wrote 130's off for hi fi way back in the 1990's when I discovered 2220's, that darn metal dustcap on 130's. I heard some guys put felt on them for hi fi but these are collectable speakers and you could hurt the value doing stuff like that.

Now I have to correct you though and this time I checked. The 130 is indeed a quite different speaker than the 2220. type in jbl thiele/small parameters on a search engine and pull up the specs of both. FS, QTS, Xmax, etc. in fact almost all the specs are really different between the two drivers and not just a small percentage, these are vastly different drivers.

I think I also remember the 130 had a thinner top plate or something like that, everything on 130's was done to get max efficiency out of it and damn the flat response!!!

I guess when I left the 130's for dead 20 years ago I forgot how different
they were from the 2220.



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  • RE: JBL 130A is the same as 2220 just older is not correct - Audio Mind 17:17:30 02/22/15 (1)
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