new 4312s
Visited Japan for the holidays and managed to score brand new 4312E's as a souvenir. I've always drooled on the extensive JBL releases from Japan so I plotted to bring home a pair with me as my souvenir. I got it from a sweet little shop in Akihabara in one of the small store dealers of JBL Japan. The guy in the store was nice enough to wrap the box in foam paper so that it won't scream JBL at the airport. I was so excited that I got the biggest JBL I can take in the plane with me as accompanied baggage. My wife could only shake her head, and probably thought to herself "you and your bright ideas".
Store where I auditioned the speakers. You could choose which one to listen to and adjust the volume as you please. You can go as loud as you want, no one will stop you and only shame tempered the temptation to crank it up. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1536/...dd6a13d7_z.jpgDSC_2563 by sandbites, on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1716/...2d7d32a8_z.jpgDSC_2561 by sandbites, on Flickr The S4700 and 3900 which I shamelessly tried with reckless abandon https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1532/...c12cabf1_c.jpgIMG_4801 by sandbites, on Flickr My speakers separated from the herd and ready to be sold https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1484/...0a033ece_c.jpgUntitled by sandbites, on Flickr In the airport shuttle https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1586/...b4f6d1f8_c.jpgUntitled by sandbites, on Flickr The white woofer King https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1508/...cc8f2c08_c.jpgJBL 4312E by sandbites, on Flickr Safely in the house https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1693/...8aa163a2_c.jpgJBL 4312E by sandbites, on Flickr Testing mode using the Yamaha DSPA1 https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1704/...aa1cbdfc_c.jpgUntitled by sandbites, on Flickr |
Nice.
Just surfed the JBL website and could find none of the speakers shown in your pic's. Are they "Asia only" speakers these days? |
Japan only JBL speakers
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The wide array of JBL choices in the picture above is typical of most Japanese big box electrical stores carrying JBL. Plus they have all of these in stock, the really big ones are order only. It can be delivered to the store in 2 days tops |
very nice, I've always had a soft spot for 'Mr Lansing' ......
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My oh my these 4312e's are power hungry. The original plan was to use the JBL's in a second system powering them with my Yamaha DSPA-1. Power was kinda short with the DSPA1 so I tried them with the Mc 275 vi running stereo. The JBL's are begging for more so now I'm surfing the web for a new power amp... Bryston, Macs... choices... choices....
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An MC2125 or MC7150 should work well and are considered to be somewhat 'tube like' in their sonic presentation.
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I've owned countless JBL monitors over the years and for most of them, 200 honest watts/ch is more than enough. |
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I'm toying with the pro Crown xls 1500 or 2000, it's really cheap compared to a used Mac and what not. I'm just having misgivings on the quality of sound I'll get at this price point. |
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