I'm surprised there's hardly any responces, I thought there would be some thoughts. Perhaps similar spec tweeters and installing the diaphragms (pair)?
JBL XPL200A The Unicorn speaker?
I found a pair of JBL XPL200A which I immediately snatched up! Anyone that had the pleasure of listening to the XPL200 would agree they are worth the $ to repair. The woofers needed re-foaming which was a given considering the vintage. One of the tweeters (046-Ti1) needs a new diaphrgm, unfortunately JBL stopped producing them but offer the newer version (046-Ti1S) which is supposed to sound identical. However, the replacement diaphragm is 10db lower. We swapped the new diaphragm on the working tweeter and it played 10db lower also. The XPL200 is 6ohm but I haven't seen a 6 ohm diaphragm. Does anyone know a direct replacement or have experience replacing Ti speakers? TIA!
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I had a pair of XPL200's and I loved them, clear and very fast transients. I would suggest that you keep looking for a replacement 046ti tweeter on ebay as they DO come up once in a while. The XPL140 uses the same 046ti tweeter I believe. There's a single JBL 046Ti-S1 tweeter on ebay now, check it out! I sold my pair because I damaged one of the 3" titanium dome midranges. Those are also very rare, but CAN be found. The 3" midranges are either model 093 or 095 but can be replaced with a modified T030 from their car speaker line by removing the internal crossover. I'm pretty sure this can be done with the tweeters from the car line as well. I will post again after doing more research. Good luck. |
Much appreciated but unfortunately my tweeter seems to be of the older version(?) even though it's a 200A. After fitting the 1S diaphragm, the sound was ~10db lower. Not sure if it's due to the impedance. Also, the 1S looks very different than mine. The part number I'm after is D8R046TI. Apparently it's 4ohm, which may explain the lower volume output.
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