I used to be a vintage audio collector and had both speakers until about 10 years ago. The Hartsfields were one of my favorite vintage speakers. The old style Hartsfields reminded me much of Quad ESL's on steriods! They were not bright but an amazing midrange speaker. They were not great in the frequency extremes but the midrange was great. Some people attempted to mate the speaker with the Bullet tweeter with variable results. The older style hartsfield was a much more complicated cabinet than the later Hartsfields. The EV Patricians could play loud enough to anger an entire apartment building! Again the differed by each version. Patrician IV's sounded far different than the later 700 and 800 series. Hope this is helpful, Bob
E V Patricians-- JBL Hartsfields- Your choice
In the mid 50's I heard both systems. The Patrician was full sounding and euphonic. The Hartsfield was punchy and bright- seemed to lack bass. Both were K horn designs but I opted for the Patricians.
I used them until I heard a QLS about 25 years ago. Now I listen to a home brew line source that is satisfying.
I guess anyone that has either of the above mentioned speakers probably can't hear above 10K HZ but what the heck.
I just bought a JBL 375 driver, six JBL LE 15 A woofers and as pair of 075 tweeters.
It's time to build an experimental speaker!
If you are listening to a JBL system that uses the afore mentioned drivers, I'd like your thoughts.
Ken
I used them until I heard a QLS about 25 years ago. Now I listen to a home brew line source that is satisfying.
I guess anyone that has either of the above mentioned speakers probably can't hear above 10K HZ but what the heck.
I just bought a JBL 375 driver, six JBL LE 15 A woofers and as pair of 075 tweeters.
It's time to build an experimental speaker!
If you are listening to a JBL system that uses the afore mentioned drivers, I'd like your thoughts.
Ken