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Topic: Recone Kit for a JBL 2225H 8ohm
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-28-2015 09:28 AM
The recone biz has really dropped off in the last couple of years. It used to be you can bank on a flood around November and in April (they were always the big months). I think people now just replace rather than repair...that is the way society has gone.
Most candidates for recone if they are shipping are because they want to keep that same sound that they like and don't want any substitute.
For cinemas, we had a decent relationship with the various service companies around here and they would bring their recones to us (no shipping involved and we stock cinema recone kits). We also had RX drivers of "popular" recones. For instance, the 2245 (JBL 4645 subwoofer...the original one without the stinkin "B" or "C" suffix)...it would suffer from foam rot and being over driven. We kept RX ones on the shelf so a tech could come by, pick up the driver do the swap in one visit rather than making two calls out of it...cheaper for everyone. But who still runs with original 4645 subwoofers anymore? In the digital age, for a typical cinema, you'd need about 8 of them to not blow them out. Sure, they play a lot lower than other drivers (they are flat down to 20Hz without any sort of alignment (B6 or otherwise) but what makes them so good at low frequencies is also what makes them not handle any real power...they are only 350-watt drivers. You drive the v.c. out of the gap if you drive it harder.
Altec was another one we used to get a lot of. But again, those theatres that used the A4, A5, A7 type speakers are all but gone.
Leaving us Ashley amplifiers...those were great for the recone biz...nothing smokes a driver like an Ashley putting the rails on a woofer!
While we had the EV certification (opted to not keep it because...)...the bulk of our Recone business was from DJs and low-end bands that would blow up their speakers every week because the salesmen would promise the moon and stars on very under performing crap. The DH-2010 would burn up just sitting on the shelf it was so week and these guys would nail it every weekend. They'd swear they were doing nothing wrong and I'd show them the V.C. I told them the REAL specs on the drivers/speakers they were using and what it meant on how they could use them...put us at odds with the salespeople that just wanted the sale. Way too much hassle.
We still stock stuff (Altec Diaphragms as well as some JBLs) but it isn't like it once was.
And yes, you can buy things like dust domes piece meal. Normally, if they are just dented, a CAREFUL use of a vacuum cleaner can pull them out. Sometimes wetting it will help.
Technically, you should NOT be able to buy JBL recone kits over the counter (mail order). Unless they changed the rules since we signed up many moons ago, that was a violation of service center agreement. Not to taunt you but we do still have one 2225H recone kit in stock. I checked and you are correct that the 8-Ohm isn't showing up as available but the 16-Ohm version is...strange. I also see that they have canned the 2245H recone kit. Note, I've seen cone kit go away and then come back (saw it with the 128H and the LE14...neither are cinema speakers though).
If you do take the dome off...check to see if the foam filter has rotted on the pole piece...those too are available separate.
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