JBL 1400 Array BG FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKERS HIGH GLOSS DARK WALNUT

JBL SYNTHESIS 1400 ARRAY BG FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKERS
HIGH GLOSS DARK WALNUT FINISH

A very rare opportunity.
Descended from the JBL K2 Project speakers, the 1400's are more reasonably priced and sized.
Still a current mode.

Most recently these sold for $14,000 for the pair and were only available in black wood grain.
This pair is a high gloss dark walnut, and just over 4 years old.

They have had very light use and STILL HAVE WARRANTY ABOUT 10 MONTHS LEFT. (You will receive the original receipt.)

Small scratch on the back of one of them.
We do not have boxes so we are looking at local pickup in Richmond or delivery within 150 miles unless you are willing to have them crated by a concierge freight service - they cost a little more but in our experience are worth it. About 115 lbs each.

THE FINISH looks a little fuzzy in the first photo, this is some sort of anomaly - the other photos are representative.

Your first reaction may be that they look funny, and no doubt they are unusual. But many special high-end speakers do not look "normal" because their shape has a lot to do with the design parameters and how they ultimately sound. JBL talks about the design in the link below.

Here is what JBL has to say: (https://www.jblsynthesis.com/productdetail/id-1400-array.html to go to the JBL 1400 Array Page)

"The 1400 Array is the top-of-the-line loudspeaker in JBL’s Project Array lineup. Engineered for superlative sonic performance in the most ambitious home theater and music systems, the 1400 Array’s remarkable fidelity and sonic realism is sure to thrill even the most-demanding audiophiles. The 1400 Array utilizes the same 435AL aluminum midrange compression driver found in JBL’s ultrahigh-end K2 S5800 Series loudspeaker, paired with an ultrahigh-frequency 045Ti pure-titanium compression driver.

JBL Project Array floorstanding loudspeakers employ advanced Aquaplas-treated high-frequency transducers and titanium-diaphragm ultrahigh-frequency drivers in an extremely dense and rigid freestanding horn. The unconventional look of the horn assembly produces an equally unconventional sound: brilliantly clean highs – into the ethereal realm of 40kHz – delivered directly to a listener’s ears. Coupled with a fast mid- to high-frequency compression driver in the time–honored JBL Professional tradition, Project Array brings a new level of dimensional accuracy to the tonal and dynamic realism JBL is justly famous for."

From Stereophile: (You can see the entire review and conclusions https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/jbl_synthesis_1400_array_bg_loudspeaker/index.html)

"Because of these excellent qualities, the Synthesis 1400 Array BG deserves a top-rank recommendation in Stereophile's "Recommended Components." The JBL has the smooth frequency response, the bass extension, the wide soundstaging, and the unique ability to render voices that I've heard only from far more expensive loudspeakers.

"The use of exposed, vertically oriented, constant-directivity horns for greater accuracy of reproduction at high listening levels has long been a staple of JBL installations in concert venues around the world. When JBL's chief systems designer, Greg Timbers applied vertical horns to the design of speakers for the home, he found that they increased the three-dimensionality of the speakers' soundstaging. However, as Japanese audio critics dislike the appearance of vertical horns, the horns were arrayed horizontally in the flagship K2 models. But, as JBL's Synthesis line was designed for the US market (originally), Timbers was free to stand the midrange horn up again: it stands atop the 1400 Array BG, though the tweeter is still loaded by a horizontal horn.

"The Synthesis 1400 Array BG is a three-way, 115-lb speaker that stands 46" tall, 15" wide, and 19" deep. Each of its three drivers was developed in-house and is manufactured by JBL. Frequencies from 8 to 40kHz are handled by a horn-loaded 1" titanium-dome tweeter with an edge-wound voice-coil of aluminum wire and a 2" neodymium motor assembly, mounted in the upper lip of a large, prominent, vertically oriented, constant-directivity midrange horn made of JBL's SonoGlass, a mineral-loaded, high-density resin material.

"These two compression drivers and their respective horns are mounted above the woofer, which uses a 14" cone of Aquaplas-treated pulp and is mounted in the speaker's trapezoidal bass enclosure. The woofer has a rubber surround, a 4" edge-wound voice-coil, and a ferrite motor assembly; it handles frequencies from 750 down to 32Hz."

We do not have boxes so we are looking at local pickup in Richmond or delivery within 150 miles unless you are willing to have them crated by a concierge freight service - they cost a little more but in our experience are worth it. About 115 lbs each.