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Passive Wedges - what good ones are out there?
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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Johnson" data-source="post: 217470" data-attributes="member: 2643"><p>I bought a replacement vrx 932 that turned out, I think, to be a chinese one. i used it, with my others for two years before I realised. It sounded identical. I only realised when instead of using it as the extra ground stacked fill pair, I brought in the wrong case and tried to hang it to discover the bottom holes were in slightly the wrong place. Top flip ups were fine and that way it mated normally, but the other boxes could not hang from it.</p><p></p><p>inside, everything was exactly the same. I could not see the differences I’d read about. The JBL LF driver looked identical, so I compared it with another. Even the weight was identical. Too identical. I looked at the crossover and the large ceramic resistors were different. Same sort but not the same source.</p><p></p><p>I cannot be certain of course, but the wooden parts look a bit different. The wood looks different. The electronics is too close.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if manufacturer A builds their products with bought in components, and these components might be made in China. Surplus stock would then find its way to Manufacturer B, but they lack certain bits like boxes and brackets. They have the drivers, the mouldings, the crossovers, the grills, but no wooden items, those being made in a different country? No idea of the truth of course, but I wonder if JBL Chinese look alike, are actually more JBL than we think?</p><p></p><p>I have had to put a coloured label on my dodgy one. Just to remind me which it is, because I cannot hear the difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul Johnson, post: 217470, member: 2643"] I bought a replacement vrx 932 that turned out, I think, to be a chinese one. i used it, with my others for two years before I realised. It sounded identical. I only realised when instead of using it as the extra ground stacked fill pair, I brought in the wrong case and tried to hang it to discover the bottom holes were in slightly the wrong place. Top flip ups were fine and that way it mated normally, but the other boxes could not hang from it. inside, everything was exactly the same. I could not see the differences I’d read about. The JBL LF driver looked identical, so I compared it with another. Even the weight was identical. Too identical. I looked at the crossover and the large ceramic resistors were different. Same sort but not the same source. I cannot be certain of course, but the wooden parts look a bit different. The wood looks different. The electronics is too close. I wonder if manufacturer A builds their products with bought in components, and these components might be made in China. Surplus stock would then find its way to Manufacturer B, but they lack certain bits like boxes and brackets. They have the drivers, the mouldings, the crossovers, the grills, but no wooden items, those being made in a different country? No idea of the truth of course, but I wonder if JBL Chinese look alike, are actually more JBL than we think? I have had to put a coloured label on my dodgy one. Just to remind me which it is, because I cannot hear the difference. [/QUOTE]
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