Shinjitsu Audio HON Back Loaded Horn with small blemish/JBL Horn - Pair

3 Choices of solid wood face panels: Monkey Pod, Black Limba or Blood Wood

Latest Agon reviewer David P purchased 11/27/20 :

I’ve been searching for a speaker with a specific sound, style and build quality. after many years and dozens of speakers, my search is over. The craftsmanship, design and overall tonality are outstanding. They fill the spectrum of sound beautifully, even at low volume. Just a crystalline, dimensional, lush sound. Simply put, these speakers are awesome

Reviewed by Terry London of Stereo Times:

Description:

These are our HON speakers utilizing Japanese designed back loaded horn with a small blemish as noted. JBL Hornr enhanced to smooth and extend the critical high frequencies and midrange musical overtones.

All True Baltic Birch Laminate Labyrinth construction with 1/4 inch thick solid Monkey Pod Wood front panel. Neutral Danish Oil finish hand buffed with Meguiar's Gold Class Carnauba Plus Premium Paste Wax.  

The low frequency driver is a Swan designed coated bronze aluminum wide range drive  designed with a low FS that reaches 36 Hz in his cabinet in room response. Crossed over with a phase coherent second order design at 4 kHz to avoid beaming of the low frequency driver. 

The high frequency driver is the JBL horn compression driver with Faital Pro Horn

The laser cut solid maple back plate is terminated with solid copper heavy duty speaker terminals and a unique attenuation network. The attenuation resistors provided allow for infinite adjustment of midrange crossover point and high frequency SPL and help to compensate for room response and age related high frequency hearing loss. Tailor the highs to your desires. 

Versatility in placement allows for tilt back floor standing, stand mounted or shelf mounted placement. Stands sold separately to elevate and additional 14 inches place the tweeter at era level.

Designed for deep bass in any venue these speakers are tested to energize rooms up to 1000 square feet with punchy deep bass and are perfect for small apartments as well. Ideal for low level listening late at night and can reach crescendos of live music at 100dB with just 15 watts of input. 

These speakers are designed to be high sensitivity and can operate with as little as 8 watts and are rated to produce up to 100 dB of sound pressure level in an average sized room. Comfortable with chamber music to all out rock and roll these speakers provide a wide gamut of musical tastes.  

• Dimensions: 22 inches height / 17 inches depth / 9.5 inches wide
• Weight: 47 Lbs each.
• Sensitivity: 87dB to 90 dB depending on high frequency attenuation selected
• Maximum Power modified Swan Driver 50 watts steady and 100 wats pulse.
• Maximum Power JBL compression driver 105 watts
• Maximum combined SPL 100 watts which is equal to: 100 dBA tractor, helicopter or racing car 10 meters from the stage at a loud rock concert.

THE BACK LOADED HORN SPEAKER

The most elegant way to enhance bass response is the backloaded horn speaker.

• Designed to collect the back wave (which in normal speakers is wasted or absorbed) the speaker driver amplifies the bass via a professionally designed labyrinth enclosure which exits the horn located on the back of the speaker enclosure. This clever design enhances bass more efficiently and accurately than bass-reflex and sealed enclosure types.
• Back loaded horn type enclosures make the most efficient use of such back sound waves. Back-loaded horn system enclosures work in such a manner that, as bass comes out of a horn mounted on the back of a driver, the rest of sound spectrum, e.g. mid- and high-frequency ranges, is radiated directly from the driver.
• Speakers employing back loaded horns are highly efficient by actively utilizing sound output from the bass driver and respond well to the subtlest components of music signals. Improved transient response, speed and effortless sound quality are some of the hallmarks of this type of driver arrangement.