JTR Captivator

Jeff Permanian is incapable of hype or hyperbole and that is one of the things I admire about him. He tends to keep a low profile and so you won’t get many superlatives out of him regarding JTR products. That responsibility falls on those of us fortunate enough to own his high quality, high value products.

Yesterday, Jeff personally delivered the first two of his new Captivator subs to my HT. We spent the day working on an upgrade to my Triple 12LF’s and setting up and integrating the Captivators with my Danley TH-SPUDS. Last night we were able to run through some demo material and will be doing much more of that today during an HT meet I am hosting.

I was blown away by these subs. I have owned and heard a lot of subwoofers over the years and have enjoyed some aspect of all of them. I have never felt bass affects like I experienced last night with my new quad sub setup.

I hope that others will get an opportunity to hear the Captivators and post their comments as well, because it is unlikely we will be hearing much from Jeff about them.

Well done Jeff!!!

Couple of pics:

How’s this for intimidating front end?



The beefey 12" driver, 18"PR and slot port of this unique bandpass design:

Thanks for all of the comments on the HT. I posted this summary of the G2G (and Captivators) in the Home Theater Meets Section of the Forum. Sorry for the lack of pics.

Thanks

I am told by both M&J that the Captivators and Terraforms are similar bandpass designs with the Captivator being a smaller form factor, 12" vs. 15" driver (both use an 18" PR) and un-powered. Yes, Mark was involved in the design of the Captivators.

I am powering the Captivators with a Crest Audio CC4000 pro amp. It can put out a clean 1300 watts to each Captivator and hopefully I will never need anywhere near that level of current (they are on a 20 amp circuit).

Sure, here are a couple of fresh ones.






I haven't measured but I'm sure those types of numbers are doable.

Thanks Craig, indeed it was an Acoustics Clinic as Roger and Keith represent two of the best minds in the sound and acoustics fields. It was a real privilege to have them attend the G2G.

Yes, I have all four subs working for HT. Thus far I prefer just the Captivators alone for music. The under riser TH-SPUDS are my tactile transducers. I think Mark and Jeff are on to something with the bandpass design of the Captivator/Terraform. The "small" Captivator provides such clean output that I am really looking forward to hearing Peters dual Terraform XL’s.

I'm using a Crest CC4000 for the Captivators. I have a Velo SMS-1 and Audyssey Pro running right now. I also have a QSC DSP 30 in the wings that I may or may not end up using.

After a conversation with Keith Yates, I am going to work on the room acoustics before I do any more EQing. Having a dedicated space gives me some flexibility in this regard and I would rather treat the disease than the symptom.