Difference between JBL D130 and an E130?

Gene H. Brown · Post by **Gene H. Brown** » 17 Oct 2003 2:34 pm

Does anyone know the difference between thses two speakers please? I have a chance to buy two 12" JBL E130's, would they be alright for Steel?
Thanks
Gene H. Brown

Karl Oberlander · Post by **Karl Oberlander** » 17 Oct 2003 2:56 pm

Gene,

I emailed you some info on the D-130. But check this web site out for a lot of other specs for JBL speakers. You should be able to make a decision from this info.

http://www.audioheritage.org/html/whats-new/site-history.htm

Good luck!

Kobe

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Karl Oberlander · Post by **Karl Oberlander** » 17 Oct 2003 3:17 pm

Gene,

Here's a great web site on the Lansing History that may also be helpful.

http://www.audioheritage.org/

Good luck,

Kobe

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Gene H. Brown · Post by **Gene H. Brown** » 17 Oct 2003 3:24 pm

Hi Karl,
Thank you for the reply, but I could not find any info in that site on the E130 JBL's. Also the e-mail you sent me , would have been my home e-mail and I am at work, so I can't check it right now, but if you would like to reply on the forum, it's fine with me.
Thanks for the help
Gene H. Brown

David Spangler · Post by **David Spangler** » 19 Oct 2003 8:44 pm

The D-130 15" speaker was evolved from a 1947 design by James B. Lansing for use in movie theaters. It turned out to be very suitable for guitar, steel guitar and bass.

The E-130 15" speaker is very similar except for higher power handling and a ceramic magnet instead of the AlNiCo of the D-130.

Your post mentioned E-130 12" speakers. If 12", those would most likely be the E-120. These are shallow-basket, cast aluminum frame, 4" edgewise-wound voice coil, aluminum dustcap units with extremely high efficiency (105 dB @ 1 Watt @ 1 meter), compared to most other brands. The Electro-Voice EVM-15L comes close with an efficiency of 103 dB....

The JBL E-120 and E-130 are the same except for the diameter. They are capable of extremely bright tone and are suitable for Steel guitar, lead guitar, fiddle and keyboard.

Typical fair-market used price for these range from $100 to $150 in US dollars.

I have more technical data if you need it.

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Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 20 Oct 2003 10:36 pm

http://www.jblpro.com/pages/pub/components/eseries.pdf
IMHO, excellent speakers
If they are used, be sure to check the voice coils' D.C. resistance in ohms with a meter, against the speaker's rated value. If they have been driven too hard, the value will be higher.
I bought one 8 ohm K-130 that sounded OK but a little anemic. Its voice had been charred severely. Its voice coil measured about 40 ohms DC resistance, vs. a rating of around 6.5 ohms DCR when new. When I picked it up at JBL the tech laughed when he showed me the old parts, & said not many such burnout coils still put out any sound.
Its previous owner played lead in a loud rock band, and ran the K130 by itself in a small sealed box...powered with a red hot SUNN model "T" amp.
I had paid just $50 and a JBL factory re-cone was just $50 (1978) so it wasn't a good deal or bad deal monetarily. But re-cones aren't $50 anymore, so "Caveat Empetor" applies, as always.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Rich Paton on 20 October 2003 at 11:45 PM.]</p></FONT>