JBL Venue Series Bedroom System
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Topic: JBL Venue Series Bedroom System
Posted By: shaun1264
Subject: JBL Venue Series Bedroom System
Date Posted: 06 September 2013 at 12:07pm
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Hi, just thought i'd share with you my bedroom set up. Consists of : Pair of JBL VS215-6 http://www.jblpro.com/pub/obsolete/venue/vs3215-6.pdf Single horn loaded JBL VS125HS http://www.jblpro.com/pub/obsolete/venue/vs125hs.pdf All with original drivers. Three Crown Microtech 1200's and a Behringer Ultradrive Pro. All set up to the correct JBL Venue Series Tunings. High Passed at 38Hz (VS125HS run on the same channels as the lows of the VS3215-6's in discreet mode) Very nice tight mid bass. JBL 2227's are excellent for this. The VS3215's were dismantled to reduce weight when carrying upstairs 75kg!    |
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Posted By: ermita
Date Posted: 06 September 2013 at 12:32pm
serious stuff for a bedroom set up |
Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 06 September 2013 at 7:08pm
| Thanks. Sounds great too. |
Posted By: Earplug
Date Posted: 07 September 2013 at 11:41am
How big is your bedroom? And how far away are the neighbours?  ------------- Earplugs Are For Wimps! |
Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Date Posted: 07 September 2013 at 11:44am
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... splay ... comb filter ... yadder yadder yadder ------------- ''Remember that the object of a subwoofer is to enhance the output of your main speakers, not overpower it'' ''Dubstep - an elongated electronic fart'' |
Posted By: TONY.A.S.S.
Date Posted: 07 September 2013 at 12:58pm
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None of that matters much when direct sound is only 2 feet away from your ears. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3 |
Posted By: all bass
Date Posted: 07 September 2013 at 1:02pm
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Nice |
Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 07 September 2013 at 1:34pm
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I was waiting for someone to mention comb filter. Listening distance is about three metres away! Certainly room filing sound. The loudest I go is around 100dB. In an average sized bedroom that is loud enough lol.
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Posted By: TONY.A.S.S.
Date Posted: 07 September 2013 at 2:23pm
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You will find that with sound, a lot of it will subjective and like a lot of theory, things have to qualify, however, the clever bit is knowing what really matters and what doesn't. Sometimes theory will differ from real life ( or Live) situations. If we all took notice of theory, a lot of stuff wouldn't reach fruition. In any room. You will always hear the sum total of the room if you are sitting a distance away from the source. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3 |
Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Date Posted: 07 September 2013 at 2:31pm
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... not being serious, lighten up. is a shame not to have it in stereo though ------------- ''Remember that the object of a subwoofer is to enhance the output of your main speakers, not overpower it'' ''Dubstep - an elongated electronic fart'' |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 07 September 2013 at 3:30pm
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Bet your neighbours love you! I used to have a similar sized PA in a rented room years ago at Uni. Could barely turn it on before someone complained, but then it was more for use outside of the room really. That was just storage with it plugged in. |
Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 08 September 2013 at 11:09am
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Hi, I haven't yet ran it loud but the neighbours have noticed. . But around 100dB is fine for me. I have the gain down low on the input of UltraDrive. The sub can knock out 139dB and the tops around 132dB each. I doubt I'd ever get to those levels. Lol. The speakers are run on each side of the channel amps. Stereo but not true stereo. I bought the amps several years ago as singles. Took me a while to source them. High damping factor and good old Crown quality heavy iron. They have run many speakers of mine in the past from those ugly EV SX500's to a pair of Turbosound THL-2's. The bass is good fast tight mid bass. Nothing to shake or vibrate, but its a decent sound where each bass tone can be differentiated. The VS125hs sub freq curve shows not much output under 50Hz. The only problem I encounter is bad interference from my computer monitor transformer. I'll have to try a seperate electric point to remove the sound. I may swap the bass out for a 4785 (see other topic of mine) which I'm refurbishing. |
Posted By: infrasound
Date Posted: 08 September 2013 at 12:21pm
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Hi shaun, with your massive headroom, you can EQ some serious bass in below 50Hz and run HPF down to 20Hz.. Will be fun
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Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 08 September 2013 at 1:44pm
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Hi, at low levels yes I'd think it would work. At high levels I used the bass speaker at a gig several years ago where I did try and squeeze more out of it under 50Hz but it didn't like it. The twin 15" 2226's inside started to rattle, I guess bottoming out. I think the enclosure is tuned around 50hz. I have a pair of old JBL TCB 4785's which would do the job easily at lower frequencies. Might swap it around a bit in the future.
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Posted By: infrasound
Date Posted: 08 September 2013 at 2:09pm
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Gig / bedroom are very different scenarios! Most power you'll ever be able to put into it at home is perhaps 100w, where 2226s have ample excursion .. Then back off the EQ and raise HPF for louder events. Ps. 2226s have a special place in my heart .. Lovely bass !
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Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 08 September 2013 at 2:28pm
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Thanks, I also too love the 2226's. Very low power compression. |
Posted By: AUDIO HABIT
Date Posted: 10 September 2013 at 11:21pm
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my kind of bedroom lol .. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/fxstageproductions |
Posted By: Brother T
Date Posted: 11 September 2013 at 8:58pm
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Nice to see a pair of vs3215s,really awesome speakers.I used to have a pair, i only recently sold them on Ebay.I always found that the bigger the venue the sweeter they sounded,definately one of JBLs finest speaker systems. ------------- peace and love |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 12 September 2013 at 9:59am
Some Al foil in between the monitor and the amp may go some way to helping. I used to have a housemate who had to do this with monitor and TV if he wanted to see anything except noise. Edit: Just realised his monitor was an old CRT job! So yeah, this trick ain't doing much with modern LCDs. Need to somehow isolate the ground of your monitor, a different plug probably won't help a lot because it will more than likely be on the same ring and even if not the ground reference is still going to be the same ultimately. |
[The only problem I encounter is bad interference from my computer
monitor transformer. I'll have to try a seperate electric point to
remove the sound.Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 12 September 2013 at 6:23pm
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I've owned many JBL speakers in the past, from their budget TR series to Marquis series. I agree, the VS2315 is probably one of the finest speakers JBL ever produced that not many people knew about. Good old horizontal array big boxes. Loaded with three of the finest transducers. It's interesting they used the 15" 2227 SVG instead of the more popular 2226. I guess due to it's better mid bass output. I believe they also made a 'custom' version which was near identical but slightly different cabinet. When the DSP set up correctly to the Venue Series tunings they sound amazing. No harshness at all. Smooth. There is a slight dip in the frequency response curve around 12khz. Then shoots up again, I just smoothed it out with a 5dB lift 6q at 12khz. I also fixed the interference problem with a ground loop isolator box.
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Posted By: stephenk
Date Posted: 15 September 2013 at 6:01am
| To be honest I though Fabric nightclub sounded much better when the VS2315s were replaced by W8Cs. |
Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 15 September 2013 at 6:08pm
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I remember reading about the JBL installation into Fabric several years ago. It was well documented about and so was the Martin Audio replacement which as you say sounded much better. The old Arbiter Group which if I remember correctly were the JBL UK distributors at the time who did the JBL installation into that nightclub. Weather it was set up poorly or poorly located speakers or just the Marquis/Venue/SP series speakers is much debatable. Isn't Sound Tech the new distributors now? Quite frankly I think JBL is poorly represented in this country. Sourcing JBL parts in the UK seems difficult now. I remember when Butlins in Bognor Regis changed over to their EAW KF650 from the JBL sound power speakers. Loved the new sound but had major dead spots which was later filled with infills. The new Martin Audio W8LMD line array they now have is great in your face sound, but lacking the deep smooth bass from what I have heard.
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Posted By: ollie80
Date Posted: 26 September 2013 at 5:03pm
wow!  ------------- Ollie K Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible' |
Posted By: Goodvibetribe
Date Posted: 26 September 2013 at 7:44pm
You've clearly heard this with the wrong subs, or source material. ------------- George c - www.gorilla-audio.co.uk facebook.com/gorillaaudiohire |
Posted By: stephenk
Date Posted: 27 September 2013 at 6:43am
The JBL system at Fabric (in room 1) was very poorly deployed. There was a line of subs under the stage, but also flown bass cabs in each corner. Bass frequencies were coming from 5 different sources resulting in uneven frequency response. Also each flown corner cluster had two non-splayed venue series mid/his, resulting in comb filtering, which was certainly audible. Not long before the JBL system was replaced by the excellent Martin W8C/WSX combination, the JBL system was re-configured with the flown bass cabs removed, and mid-hi cabs splayed. This was a big improvement, showing that correctly deploying a sound system will improve the sound. I wonder if this was an experiment prior to the Martin install? By the way, I preferred the Fabric system before half of the W8Cs were replaced by the Longbow. Apparently, the Fabric system was originally going to be a Thunder Ridge system. Not sure why this didn't happen (? JBL freebies). Having been a fan of the system at The End, that would have been interesting! The Phazon system at Cream/Nation, Liverpool (Main Room) which used JBL Venue mid-his was also disappointing. Not a match for the many Turbo Floodlight systems around nightclubs at the time (such as The Palace in Blackpool).
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Posted By: Discogimp
Date Posted: 25 October 2013 at 10:02pm
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2 sounds systems that seriously dispointed.....the bar at the MOS and Fabric main room.
Not sure when but it was a long time ago now maybe 8 / 10 years.....very poor indeed for
super clubs....heard better in local crap night clubs. ------------- Nuf-Func Disco Devices |
Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 01 November 2013 at 9:10pm
Any good system can be ruined by a bad installation . 
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Posted By: shaun1264
Date Posted: 19 February 2014 at 8:45pm
New addition for the bass. Crown K2. Massive damping factor around 10,000 below 100hz. Amazing bass. Very tight slam with definition. Can hear all bass notes easily. Certainly not woolly loose boom.  |
Posted By: HIDSTER
Date Posted: 01 October 2019 at 6:50pm
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Ok, although it's bin a couple of years I'll give it a try. Shaun, do you still have the vs215hs?
Hope hearing from you
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