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Author Topic: wich brand of cinema speakers do you recomend Mike Moreno Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: culiacan sinaloa mexico Registered: Jul 2008 posted 01-27-2009 12:54 PM                        im new in the cinema industry ( 3 years) and there are a lot to learn, one of the important things i would like to know is about sound. we have SLS speakers that use ribbon thechnology and they sounds great but here in mexico nobody use this brand but us and the only way to find spare parts is in US. wich other brand of sound systems can you recomend. thanks.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-27-2009 01:10 PM                     QSC is getting the reputation of being a line of speakers that can take over the JBL line of speakers. Talk to your service rep or supplier for this brand.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 01-27-2009 01:26 PM                        Only JBL; still the best, most reliable, sounds best. Studios still use them. Louis  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-27-2009 01:29 PM                     Probably best to find out what line there is local stock for of replacement drivers  |  IP: Logged Todd McCracken Master Film Handler Posts: 263 From: Northridge, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 01-27-2009 01:50 PM                    Another vote for JBL, always a quality product.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-27-2009 02:15 PM                     JBL's QC and overall ouality has dwindled over the years and they are not built anywheres near as good as QSC speaker cabinets are. JBL has somehow managed to keep the performance values of their speakers though. So my choices are QSC and then JBL in that order. If you want to go three way (hopefully) then QSC wins hands down... they have a coaxial high frequency driver that is just about the best thing going today. Mark  |  IP: Logged Mike Moreno Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: culiacan sinaloa mexico Registered: Jul 2008 posted 01-27-2009 03:42 PM                        thanks everybody.  |  IP: Logged Bastiaan Fleerkate Film Handler Posts: 85 From: Linschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2006 posted 01-27-2009 04:07 PM                        JBL and KCS.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-27-2009 08:11 PM                     Preferences aside I always recomend that before making a purchase of a big ticket item ensure that replacement parts are available locally through a stocking rep JBL QSC KCS KLIPSH KRIX............ all make quality products the original poster made a point about parts availablity so that obviously is a concern  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-27-2009 08:34 PM                     quote: Mike Moreno would like to know is about sound. we have SLS speakers that use ribbon thechnology and they sounds great but here in mexico nobody use this brand but us and the only way to find spare parts is in US. Ribbon speakers have alot of inherent good aspects about them but once you place a movie screen in from of them the loss encountered with the screen is way too great and you end up having to ocverdrive the ribbon to get back to home plate again. There are but a very few theaters here in the US that utilize them. They do sound very seamless and coherent and have ultra low distortion when not behind a screen and also when you are within the usable dispersion area but they characteristicly don't have good dispersion of their own. They are also quite inefficient and power hungry but also able to take alot of power as they have a large heat dissipation area thats able to get rid of the heat. After many years the metal foil they are made from can get brittle and then crack then you have an unusable driver. Mark  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 01-27-2009 09:31 PM                     I have used ribbon drivers in situations where behind the screen area was an issue; I generally used a short horn on them to transmit throught the screen more efficiently. Their high crossover point can be an issue compared to other speaker types. I am JBL centric  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-28-2009 03:53 AM                     QSC is my number one choice. Check out their new 4 way systems too. If QSC was not an option, I would go with JBL. Past that I would run silent movies.  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 01-28-2009 07:09 AM                     JBL all the way  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-28-2009 08:06 AM                        It's worth noting that pretty much every US theatre that was built prior to the early-mid 1980s (and which has not been upgraded since then) has Altec "Voice of the Theatre" speakers. Some of these installations sound amazing and some sound terrible. Newer installs seem to be a mix of (mostly) JBL and Electro-Voice. What do people like for smallish semi-portable speakers for cinema use? I've heard PA-type speakers in a couple of rental setups and they are fine for music, but lack the dialogue clarity of cinema speakers. I'm currently using cheap home-stereo speakers in my screening room and would consider upgrading if I could get something decent that is smaller and lighter than A4s.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 01-28-2009 08:52 AM                        Scott: probably what you have is ideal for a smaller room. Screen losses, coupled with the need to "project" into a larger space is what seperates the men from the boys. A good example is the Chinese in L.A. where even the big JBL's had their issues. louis  |  IP: Logged

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