Reconing Studio Monitors.

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I have a pair of JBL Studio Monitors (model# 4406) that I acquired from a friend, recently. There is a buzz in one of the speakers, and he suggested that I have them reconed. Though I haven't been given a definitive price, I have been told that these speakers would be on the expensive side to recone. They HAVE been around for a while, and I was wondering how anyone out there might feel about this. Would it be advantageous to recone these JBL's, or better to apply such cost to a newer set of monitors?

Nate.

[This message has been edited by NLAlston (edited 06-03-2000).]

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Buy new. Event 20/20's are around $350 a pair, and sound wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy better then any of the JBL monitors I have ever heard.

I love JBL's stuff for live sound applications, but for the studio, they just don't have the right stuff.

Ed
 
Thanks Ed. I will definitely take your advice and look into those Event 20/20's as soon as finances permit. My power amp is an Alesis RA100 which (as I can't afford another) I hope will be sufficient enough power to drive those monitors. Once again, a very big THANX to you.

Peace, Nate. <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sonusman:
Buy new. Event 20/20's are around $350 a pair, and sound wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy better then any of the JBL monitors I have ever heard.

I love JBL's stuff for live sound applications, but for the studio, they just don't have the right stuff.

Ed<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
 
If you can listen to them side by side yuo should check out Yorkville YSM-1s. There about the same price but IMHO, they smoke!
 
i recently had my older infinity research standards refinished. granted, they are not "studio" monitors, i use them as my mixdown speakers. i set them up close field, and eq them flat for the room they're in.

i blew them out jamming 'guano apes' through them, in fact, the cones were fine, but i disentegrated the foam surrounds on them. i debated reconing versus new, and in my fact finding, i discovered that the speakers i have were an infinity-design, and i couldn't purchase a speaker anywhere on the market that had the same specs, that would sound as good in the cabinet they were designed for. There are some older models of speakers that really had a beautiful sound that was inherent in their design, and i felt that was the case with mine, so i had them reconed. still cheaper than new speakers, and i have the original sound intended for the cabinets once again, except now they sound better than ever.

just for your information....
another .2 worth...
good luck!
 
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