JBL 2242H mounting info

http://www.jblproservice.com/pdf/Discrete%20Sales%20Models/2242H-HPL.pdf

How much power will you be using?

Should be awesome N8! Post back with your impressions. There's just something special about these.

I'm with ya! I love a great deal too. I got both of mine in a 5749 cabinet for $450. I had to reconfigure the cabinet to fit behind the screen, but it was such a smokin' deal!

N8 are these gonna be for midbass use in stereo for the L & R? Or split LFE? Smokin deal!

The pro cinema guys use what's called a B-6 eq setting to reach 25 hz with 2242's. It is +6 dB @25 hz with a Q= 2.0. High pass at 20 hz. They didn't specify the filter typ, though.
Not sure where they low pass. I'll keep looking.

"Should be awesome N8! Post back with your impressions."

+1

just watch your spl monitor for the sake of your ears. you are entering into the land where the sound will be so clean that it might not sound as loud as you are used to and that could be ear damaging.

Welcome to the club . I have been using 4 of these in 4645c's. Your gonna love what they do for music, so clean .

Why only to 40hz ? They sound great to about 22hz in the 4645c cabs, but you have to filter them at 20hz and +6db at 25hz. its called a b-6 eq boost . I found a bunch of info over at filmtech.

Would a pair of these make for a nice mid-bass type setup? Would they blend well with a pair of sealed Dayton HO18's? I would, of course, EQ them with the Minidsp that I am going to use with my sealed Dayton HO18's. If these would indeed make for a nice mid-bass setup, how much power would they need and what type and size enclsoure would be good for them? I will be using 2226 for the lows in my soon to be completed Seos-12's. So that would make 3 of the 2226's for the LCR's, plus 2 sealed Dayton HO18's for the subwoofer duty, and possibly a pair of 2242's for use as mid-bass cabs. Silly? Bad idea? Good idea?

I see your using the small sealed boxes, so ya you should be good for your freq range. What amps will you be using ?

What filter type are you using for your low pass at 20?

I'm using a behringer 31 band eq , it has adjustable low cut filter down to 10hz . I set the filter to 20hz then add +6db on the 25hz band. I was using 2 crest v1500's to power each pair, but one of the amps had a meltdown, so now i am using 2 ep2500's.

Wow....I thought a single 2245 was all I needed

if the receiver will be used to power the noesis, the highest crossover point will be whatever the max is inside the receiver unless the noesis rolloff higher than that which i seriously doubt.

driving the noesis with a big amp might be worth an experimentation, as it may give enough midbass performance to eliminate the need for the 2242's.

ah, i see.

I have been using the 2241h's in the sr4719x cabs for over 10 years now. They are the bottom end of my front channels and the rear channels have the 2241 different cabs. I have them running 50 down and they are utterly devastating. I used the entire system without a true LFE channel until I built my LMS cabinets. No one I knew had any idea I did not have a "TRUE" subwoofer installed for this system at the time. I think you will be extremely happy with the performance of those drivers. My drivers are in some seriously large ported cabinets though, so I cannot say how they would do in cabinets of lesser volume. All I can say is that JBL makes some serious drivers and they do deliver on performance.

Good luck,

Robert


By the way, I use DBX driveracks on each channel of my system for crossover duty I set the speakers to large on the Integra processor and adjust things from there. By the way, just for fun, the other night, I was watching Peter Frampton Live in Detroit and I wanted to feel the kick in the chest and I ramped up the midbass signall and it was like being at the concert. The good thing about the Driverack is the programs can be set and pulled up at a whim and you are off to the races. I am currently reworking the system in order to finally finish the installation, so it is a work in progress.

That is what I think also. I would like to kick around a few thoughts as you get going with it. Hopefully, you get the desired effect. I completely enjoy the sound I get from mine, no matter what others may say- and believe me, I have had some people tell me to dump them and just delete the "sub-mid bass from my setup and cross my mains and surrounds at 80 or 120 and let the LFE do all the other stuff. I do not like it that way, so I say go for it and enjoy. I am!

Take care,

Robert

How did you ramp up the midbass signal in the source? Or do you mean you EQed the mid bass range to have a bump on the dbx?

I EQ'd the signal and the chest thump is out of this world. Ordinarily, it is just fabulous, but for the music dvd's, eq really lets you get the most out of the drivers. I never eq anything when watching films, but one day I just wanted to see what the drivers could do and voila! it was like magic- a kick in the face and chest and I still had tons of headroom to play with.

Thanks,

Robert