Yamaha MX-2 + JBL 4412 = Bad ?

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hitachi

Audiophyte
Hello . :)

I have Yamaha CX-2 and Yamaha MX-2 and speakers are JBL 4412.
When I play music low it is allright , but when I am playing loud ( not clipping)
the sound get screeming.. ?
With my old speakers , a pair of Jamo , cheap danish speakers, it was not screeming ? Is MX-2 a bad amplifier or is JBL4412 a bad speaker ?
Anybody seen a rewiev of MX-2 ? I only can find one rewiev (Audiorewiev).
Is it just a bad combination of speaker and amplifier I got ?..What to do ?

Best Regards from Denmark. :D

Hitachi
 
furrycute

furrycute

Banned
It depends. Have you tried your amp on some other speakers? If that combo sounds alright, chances are it is your JBL speakers that are not up to par (it can't handle loud volumes).
 
jaxvon

jaxvon

Audioholic Ninja
If the highs are "screaming" at loud volumes, that would indicate to me that you're having non-linearity problems. That would be a defect of the speaker.
 
H

hitachi

Audiophyte
Furrycute:

I tried the amplifier on other speakers..no screeming ..
 
H

hitachi

Audiophyte
jaxon:

"having non-linearity problems" . the crossover 0r tweeter or what specific in the speaker?
 
H

hitachi

Audiophyte
Someone have a clue why Yamaha and JBL dont fir together ?

Fritz
 
jaxvon

jaxvon

Audioholic Ninja
I don't think it's a "mismatch". The non-linearity thing I was talking about was with the tweeter. The tweeter is a metal dome. Unless these are made correctly, they can ring at high volumes, which is probably what you were hearing.

Another cause of a "harsh" sound is sometimes an amplifier near clipping.
 

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