JBL 6208 monitors - need some help

[eyespock]

I am just getting into home recording and picked up a pair of used JBL 6208 powered monitors. They did not come with any cables or instructions. What kind of connecting cables will I need (I have a Yamaha mixer/recorder with phantom power). Do they connect to the recorder/mixer only which provides the power, or do they also plug into a standard wall power outlet as well. Anyone have an owners manual by chance? Tim

 

[daddytech]

Jbl 6208

I too have those monitors and they are great. mine were given to me by a friend who just wanted them out of his way. rather expensive gift i am finding out now.
Any way to your question, these monitors have the dual output connectors on the back of them so you can connect them with an XLR cable to your board or with a 1/4 jack. Mine are hooked up to my speakers with a 1/4" jack that has Stereo RCA outputs on it of course only one side of those connectors work , then i have run RCA cable to my mixer board where i have another of those connectors taking it from RCA back to 1/4" and plugs into my mixing board. Your mixer should have a connector on it for the monitors to plug into. You will also need a computer power cable to plug into each of the speakers and they plug directly into a wall outlet or power supply strip /surge supressor. The only thing the phantom power on your mixer is for is your Condensor mic (s) a tube amp and a good compressor added to the mix and a computer with a multi connection group of connectors on the back of it and some good software and you are set.

 

[CoolCat]

http://www.jblproservice.com/pdf/Studio Monitor Series/6208.pdf#search=%22JBL%206208%22

JBL,
they have the best documentation of any speaker company I've seen.
And they don't sugar coat it, as they don't have too.

They have a speaker design for about every application, so they show the graphs and data without the hype ..is my guess? hoping the consumer knows what their buying and how to read a freq chart.

What'd you pay for those?

Looks like a discrete component amp, not the typical "chip" amp.

you don't see schematics and parts lists much anymore either.

looks like some great monitors. rockin'
http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/jbl/specs/pro-speakers/1996-6208.htm