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    Posted: 16 May 2009 at 8:20pm


Just picked up an Odd Gauss 2" today. Do not know model number as it has almost the whole label missing. It has an original Cetec Diaphram. How do these compare to a JBL 2440/2441?
Looking at it from the outside it is almost the same as a JBL 2440/2441 apart from the cover and the colour.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TRE4U2NV Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 May 2009 at 9:03pm
much better than jbls in my opinion just as dam heavy sweeter high notes
comparable lows to jbl
mad diaphram pricesAngry


Edited by TRE4U2NV - 16 May 2009 at 10:27pm
IM SO SECRETIVE BUT I CANT TELL YOU WHY
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Cool, i will do a side by side comparison when i have time.
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Its either a hf4000 or a hf4060 Dave...its about 10% larger than the equivilant JBL alnico,and they weigh a ton...diaphramm is an odd size as well,with a 4 and 1/8 diameter coil...i had a couple,but they didnt sound as nice (or as loud,but this could have been due to the alnico loosing some strenght over the years) as the 2440/2441.
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no idea which a have, the only bit of label left has 16ohm, and 'lollywoo'. Just had a closer look next to a JBL yes bigger, and more of a difference. will have a listen and see what it does. Will end up been sold as only one. Firslty have to get it of the martin flare it has been bolted to for the last 25years..... Bolts are out, yet its stuck fast!
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I'd post myself (recognise those immediately as 40xxs), but this post by djk is just so informative...it'd be a shame.

djk:
GAUSS1502HFDK-1502Aluminum8 ohms
GAUSS2080HFDK-2080Aluminum8 ohms
GAUSS2081HFDK-2081Phenolic8 ohms
GAUSS4060HFDK-4060Aluminum16 ohms
GAUSS4061HFDK-4061Phenolic16 ohms
GAUSS4080HFDK-4080Aluminum8 ohms
GAUSS4081HFDK-4081Phenolic8 ohms

"Besides, you can't get replacment diaphragms anymore. They are all long gone. "

http://www.greatplainsaudio.com/parts.html

 This is, of course, the place that makes the K77 diaphragms that BEC sells.

The Gauss 40xx series was designed by Ed May (ex-JBL), and was a pretty straight-up copy of the JBL375/2440. As such they have no real high end, and have a peak around 9Khz. The dual-spider Gauss woofers were a JBL design for Fender. When JBL refused to make them anymore, May just went arcoss the street, started Gauss, and made the same drivers with some cosmetic changes.

The TAD products have a similar story, except the ex-JBL engineer was Bart Locanthi. He duplicated the JBL375/2440 but with one more slot in the phase plug (the TAD 4001). The woofers were varients of his JBL LE15/2215 designs. The first 1" drivers had the Be diaphragms (made with the same process Yamaha developed for the Be drivers in their NS1000M), but they tried a Mylar edge (Yamaha used cloth), and these Be diaphragms actually would fit Altec/JBL 44mm voice-coil drivers. The 2" drivers used a variable density all Be diaphragm (and don't go as low as the 1" models, as they can shatter).

That Gauss price seems high to me,  I sold a pair in new shape a while back for $400. The guy that owns them would probably sell them (he sold his MCM 1900s).

Just to make everyone ill, here is a pair of Gauss HF4000 in good shape that went for (almost) free:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=270298830085

I guess you could have used the horns with the Jubilee, although they are a bit bigger than the K402.

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Dave,the "lollywoo" is actually where they were made,its Hollywood!
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Originally posted by jbl_man jbl_man wrote:

Dave,the "lollywoo" is actually where they were made,its Hollywood!


I got that bit Ian Wink.

didnt take me long to work out it was Gauss.
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