In Reply to: RE: "JBL rates the Paragon system at 82 db/watt..." posted by tube wrangler on June 14, 2012 at 17:44:01:
...that you MEASURED the "other amp" at 15 feet with 1 watt and got 82 dB, with the identical measuring setup to what you used on your 2A3 amps at 0.012 and 0.4 watts. Perhaps you DID do this with the "other amp" but if so it is not apparent from your original post.
About the JBL specs: well, if you have the booklet then it is what it is. The audiogon guy's 95 dB at 1w/1m did show up elsewhere on the Web when I googled "JBL Paragon efficiency" so that does not seem to be an error either. Perhaps it was a different vintage of Paragon, or perhaps the SPL does drop off 13 dB from 1m to 4.5m, though I would not expect that from a speaker of this design, nor would I expect such a low efficiency, but of course I have no firsthand knowledge of the Paragon, so I'll drop the discussion here.
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