JBL Project Everest II

JBL Project Everest II speakers how they came to be and their design advantages. At 70,000 a pair they represent the best performance money can buy for those who have the means to aquire them. Very cool look into how high performance speakers are created. High definition and performance

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[hyperconnected08]

I think its was more of how the design came to life as the seond edition of the original. The drivers and performance were documented in literature and tecnical briefs in a press kit at time of launch. I did get to hear them and the sound is really good...a new level of performance indeed. Obviously not for everyone given the price tag, but left a positive impression on those that had a chance to hear the demo in the hotel suite

[eugenes70]

I've been buying a lot more lottery tickets since these came out.

[RevDogg]

It's funny how this entire video focuses on cabinet design and mere cosmetics, yet reveals absolutely nothing about the drivers that are to be used. Personally, if I were to spend that much money on speakers I'd be a bit concerned about more than just how they look. Just because it's pretty doesn't mean it's responsiveness, frequency reproduction and power handling capabilities, and longevity are automatically worth the money.

[workingforworldpeace]

i fell asleep

[stinems]

@bsod4u2 Indeed, it can even REDUCE distortion if implemented correctly. A vent is tuned to resonate at a particular low frequency, thereby "helping" the woofer out. Woofer excursion is reduced greatly at the tuning point, allowing the speaker to operate within a more linear part of its motor and reducing nonlinear distortion. If you've heard a bad vented box, it means the woofer is crap to begin with, the port/box/woofer combination isn't tuned correctly, or the port isn't correctly sized.

[hk3485]

I agree. It doesn't say that they did a bunch of computer analysis on acoustics or vibrations and worked up from there. It just says they made a bunch of sketches and then build what looked best.

[pablothebike]

Exelent!!

[bsod4u2]

@Site4Animation Properly implemented porting adds very little distortion, not audible. In speakers as capable as these distortion due to porting would be at levels no sane person will want to listen.

[retrojaxed2]

i want them.

[nimlil]

Some of the very best speaker systems in the world by B&W, Revel, Wilson Audio, Focal, MBL, etc are ported and they cost upwards of $250,000. Some of the best subs are sealed, so really doesn't matter weather it,s ported or sealed, it all depends on what the designers are trying to achieve with thier speaker. each has certain characteristics. now a poor designed vented system can sound bad or bloated have one base note sound but done right, either way can yield awesome sound.

[alexplot]

No it lowers the third harmonic distortion by magnitudes if I am not wrong.