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Fixing My Vintage Speakers -- But Why Are There Light Bulbs Inside? (Patreon)

Published:
2022-06-13 23:50:28
Imported:
2024-01

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My JBL Control 1 Plus speakers are about 30 years old and have an  intermittent fault. In the process of fixing them, though, I found  incandescent light bulbs attached to their crossovers...and the reason  why is very clever.

Jan Beta's Control 1 foam surround replacement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqkOdF3LTuU

Sources:
Yamaha NS-10 photo: http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3387511
Yamaha NS-10s in studio photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:REC_STUDIO_GC.jpg
JBL Pro III photo: https://en.audiofanzine.com/active-monitor/jbl/Pro-III
JBL L150 photo: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/42/86/fe4286c540ddf179d06b6c9879e45bf2.jpg
Voice coil photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_coil#/media/File:Loudspeaker_voice_coil,_three_inch_diameter.jpg
Magnepan input terminal fuse photo: http://hifiup.com/shops/6058
JBL Control 5 photo: https://en.audiofanzine.com/passive-monitor/jbl/Control-5/medias/pictures/#id:2345881

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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

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Fixing My Vintage Speakers -- But Why Are There Light Bulbs Inside?

My JBL Control 1 Plus speakers are about 30 years old and have an intermittent fault. In the process of fixing them, though, I found incandescent light bulbs attached to their crossovers...and the reason why is very clever. Jan Beta's Control 1 foam surround replacement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqkOdF3LTuU Sources: Yamaha NS-10 photo: http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3387511 Yamaha NS-10s in studio photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:REC_STUDIO_GC.jpg JBL Pro III photo: https://en.audiofanzine.com/active-monitor/jbl/Pro-III JBL L150 photo: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/42/86/fe4286c540ddf179d06b6c9879e45bf2.jpg Voice coil photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_coil#/media/File:Loudspeaker_voice_coil,_three_inch_diameter.jpg Magnepan input terminal fuse photo: http://hifiup.com/shops/6058 JBL Control 5 photo: https://en.audiofanzine.com/passive-monitor/jbl/Control-5/medias/pictures/#id:2345881 ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

Comments

Patrick Bianchi

I enjoyed this one, no matter how casual it is. I remember my first regular exposure to the JBL Control line was at my regional Six Flags (Great Adventure). At some point when background audio in queues started to become a thing, they had JBLs all over and I remember seeing the Control 1's all over and some bigger ones where they were appropriate. I also remember many years later, so much more recently, I noticed that many of the 1s in the Batman queue had been re-coned - which was obvious by their dirty enclosure but bright and shiny drivers. I have a small speaker obsession and wish I had the means to have a collection, but alas I'll just continue looking for them in commercial and theme park settings. :-)

thisdoesnotcompute
>>85795244

Yep, it was Camp Snoopy (now Nickelodeon Universe) at the Mall of America where I learned about the Control line. They had Control 5's and 10s throughout the park, and a lot of the stores in the mall used Control 1's. This was in the early to mid 90s, at the peak of their popularity. I don't really want a collection of speakers per se, but there are a few models that I've always wanted, and I've been lucky enough to have a couple cross my path.