Better bark it up this weekend!
Better bark it up this weekend!
If I have to be completely sincere, they sond very very similar, the 4355 can handle little bit more power due to the 2235H and different tubes, two large tubes instead than 6 smaller. What i really appreciare in the 4355 is the three eq knobs vs a single one on the 4350A, but I doubt I can recognize one from the other!
The rolling stands make playing and swapping very easy, now every single speaker in my collection has been supplied with that.The M2 are great speakers thanks to the tech evolution and to the digital tech into the Crown I- Tech with BSS digital dsp.I wanted to campare the old Dinasours with the New Technology.M2. are really fantastic, sound impressive. less directivity. BUT......"They have no Soul"the 43xx. series have that!
Hello Discus;
My experience is somewhat similar. I thought the 2440 that drops off hard at about 9.5kHz left the 2405 a lot to do when listening loud. Moving to the 2441 with no signal shaping, it extends out to about 16kHz and while making it a bit more difficult to integrate the 2405 , the 4355 sounded more relaxed and a bit more dynamic on top with the 2441 doing the majority of the work.
I appreciate your reply.
I hope you get to enjoy your JBL collection for a good long time.
Oh yeah, as far as the M2’s being a great speaker minus the soul is spot on to my experience. A good balanced reference though for sure.
Barry.
If we knew what the hell we were doing, we wouldn't call it research would we.
Hello Discus,
I concur on your comments comparing the M2 and the 43XX. Our Japanese audio friends are mad about the 43XX for good reason then. I want to try and design a custom analogue active crossover with Jfets for the M2 to see if some of that soul can be recovered. (Delay is possible with a 3rd order Bessel all pass filter).
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