[Arny Krueger]

"Don McRitchie" wrote in message
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I recently returned from a trip to Tokyo at the invitation of JBL and
Harman Japan for the celebration of JBL's 60th anniversary. The key
event was the introduction of JBL's highest statement loudspeaker ever
produced - the $60,000 Everest DD66000. A photo essay of the entire
trip can be found he

http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/...ead.php?t=12157

If you want to cut to the chase, the second day thread has several pictures
of the DD66000. It looks like something JBL built to pander to the Japanese
market.

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Arny Krueger wrote:
If you want to cut to the chase, the second day thread has several pictures
of the DD66000. It looks like something JBL built to pander to the Japanese
market.

How is it pandering?
Are you suggesting it's not very good?

[Arny Krueger]

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Arny Krueger wrote:

If you want to cut to the chase, the second day thread has several
pictures
of the DD66000. It looks like something JBL built to pander to the
Japanese
market.

How is it pandering?

It appears to me that it is overbuilt in ways that might appeal to high end
Japanese consumers.

Are you suggesting it's not very good?

No, I'm suggesting that JBL could do at least as well with far less umm,
conspicious techology.

I do have my suspicions about the design of the midrange and tweeter horns.
I'm somewhat familiar with the shapes of the most optimal modern horns, and
I don't recognize those as being modern. The tweeter especially looks like a
retread of EV's T35, which is not all that great by modern standards.

[Eeyore]

wrote:

Arny Krueger wrote:
If you want to cut to the chase, the second day thread has several pictures
of the DD66000. It looks like something JBL built to pander to the Japanese
market.

How is it pandering?
Are you suggesting it's not very good?

Maybe he means the Japanese aren't very discerning ?

Graham

[Arny Krueger]

"Eeyore" wrote in
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wrote:

Arny Krueger wrote:
If you want to cut to the chase, the second day thread has several
pictures
of the DD66000. It looks like something JBL built to pander to the
Japanese
market.

How is it pandering?
Are you suggesting it's not very good?

Maybe he means the Japanese aren't very discerning ?

Some Japanese have *unusual* discernment in audio.

If you look at all 5 sequences of photos pointed by the link:

http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/s...ad.php?t=12157

You'll see some *interesting* stuff.