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Author Topic: cinema sound Bertrand Samson Film Handler Posts: 6 From: MONTREAL QC CANADA Registered: May 2009 posted 04-03-2014 09:50 AM                     The JBL 4000 series is discontinued !!Acording to their web site.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-03-2014 11:11 AM                     Friendly word of advice: Please fix your "teaser" title. See rule #7 in the Film-Tech Site Rules. You can also find a link to the FAQ's and Site Rules by clicking the link near the top of every page.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-03-2014 03:52 PM                     Well yes and no. There are plenty of JBL 4000 series speakers...which include the Screen Array and subwoofers. Anything that is a 4xxx speaker is a 4000 series. However, if you are referring to the "classic" JBL cinema speakers like the 4675 and 4670, then yes...they are done. JBL kept the 2365 going for Cinema long after it and its fellow horns in the 2360 series fell out of favor (and were discontinued) for the Pro Audio side. The 4675, though a trooper and remains one of the best speakers ever, was very old in design and suffered from increases in price each year for the past what...30-35 years? The 4670D had a good LF section but the 2380 horn on the HF ALWAYS had problems. It never had good pattern control (Really none below 1000 Hz) and the response below 1000Hz was miserable. I'd take a 4722 over it in most cases and I'm guessing so would most others since JBL wouldn't have canned a popular speaker However, in the subwoofer line...they seemed to have retained all of the 4000 series subs and have now augmented them a new lower-powered sub. I'm sticking with the 4645C though  |  IP: Logged Bertrand Samson Film Handler Posts: 6 From: MONTREAL QC CANADA Registered: May 2009 posted 04-13-2014 02:29 PM                     I agree the 4675 was an excellent speaker at a cross over at 500 hz . It's 97 db sensitivity from 50 to 500 HZ made it so. The Altec A - 5 with the 515 and a sensitivity 104 db in the 100 to 1000 hz had a more open and transparent sound .  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-13-2014 04:15 PM                     Teaser title not fixed. Poster clearly saw this thread. THREAD CLOSED  |  IP: Logged

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