JBL 130A / 130B (1961)

Little is documented about the JBL 130A and 130B as individual models. What the period record shows comes from a single 1961 listing in HiFI-Stereo (1961, p.153), which described them as 15" low-frequency drivers intended for two-way systems crossing over at 1500 cps or lower. Both share the same basic design: a four-inch edgewound copper ribbon voice coil working in a long magnetic gap, rated at 25 watts, with a free air cone resonance of 36 cps. The distinction between the two is impedance — the 130A is 16 ohms, the 130B is 32 ohms. The listed price was $88.80.

Beyond that listing, almost nothing else is recorded about these drivers — no production years beyond the 1961 sighting, no additional specs, and no surviving reviews. If you have one, the essentials are: a 15" woofer, 25-watt rating, and a crossover point at or below 1500 cps.

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