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Yeah I saw that but it's more than I want to spend on one. Any desire to trade for mint original cone E120?Blacklodgebob wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 11:13 amjust put a good condition original k120 up for sale in the garage sale! pm me if you want~!
The D120 have a 60W ratting. So you're good in your 80W amp (giving each 40W max).WokeUpDead wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:15 pmAmp tech said the D120's are reconed with later oem factory JBL kits bringing them up to K120 power ratings. Am I sill better off waiting for K's or will the reconed D's be as good or better? I have read that the D's are never as good as the original but I've also read reconed K's or E's are just as good or better than original cones.
Wish I could Waldoize my twin but the price I was quoted is WAY beyond my budget. I'll stick with his buffers I guess. I'm really liking those.Gr8fulCadi wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:27 pmI’ve been researching the D’s vs K’s and there seems to be so many theories etc. it’s driving me nuts. I’ve got orange frame D120f speakers and while they say D120 on the sticker on the magnet, I’ve read on TGP that the orange frames are actually K120’s? Mine are stamped in white, 21032. That stamp tells me that they are either original or OEM Recone which would make it a K anyways. I have no idea what I ‘actually’ have but they sound badass either way!!
I have them in my Waldo’ized Twin and they sound fantabulous!!
The sweetest D’s from what I’ve read had the paper surround but were not really geared for the abuse that a twin could dish out. Then they came out with a cloth surround and different cone which up’d the wattage. So many little changes, so little firm evidence of when all this took place.milobender wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:18 pmI don't know about the 60-100w idea for D120s... You do remember that Garcia changed to the Ks because he kept blowing Ds up, in a Twin. From what I understand, the rating is fuzzy, because it depends on the frequency... the lower the frequency, the hotter things get. I heard the rating for a D was 35 watts. Yes, using 2 will get by, especially if you don't play loudly, but to be safe, I'd use the Ks.
He did say they were reconed with later oem jbl kits and that brought them to a higher power rating. Maybe with the E kit? I'm pretty sure that's the only oem kit that's been available for a long time. Could be wrong about that. . I have two d110's that were reconed with the E kit.milobender wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:18 pmI don't know about the 60-100w idea for D120s... You do remember that Garcia changed to the Ks because he kept blowing Ds up, in a Twin. From what I understand, the rating is fuzzy, because it depends on the frequency... the lower the frequency, the hotter things get. I heard the rating for a D was 35 watts. Yes, using 2 will get by, especially if you don't play loudly, but to be safe, I'd use the Ks.
