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Oops, I almost forgot the size of 14”. This is kind of off the wall size but still there was two exceptional drivers in this size that I met.

The first is JBL 1400ND. The 1400ND was initially used in JBL K2 system. It had underhung voice coil, neodymium magnet and what is more important quite interesting sound. It was not particularly powerful driver but combined in array it was able to do very well in mid-size rooms. Nowadays the JBL 1400ND is long done and it replaced by 1500AL. I have no personal experience with 1500AL and do not know how good it does.

Another exceptional 14-inchers was Klangfilm KL-L405. It was far from prefect. It should be high-passed, it has low power handling, it had high resonant frequency for 14” and it had severs details deficiency. Actually it has no micro-details at all. However it has quite interesting macro tone that it in a way was exceptional. Properly used, in a correct horn and in relatively small room the KL-L405 was a very good solution for 70-500Hz.

I met once the filed-coil version of KL-L405. The electromagnetic version was very poor sounding and would not be suggested for any other reasons then just spread the electromagnetic paranoia and then sell it for some profit.

Rgs,
Romy the caT

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