JBL S2400WG (2005)
The JBL S2400WG is the wood gloss finish version of JBL's S2400 floor-standing speaker. It went on sale in May 2005 at ¥145,000 per unit. It's a 2-way, 3-speaker bass reflex design, a tall boy type with two 20 cm cone woofers flanking a horn-loaded tweeter in a symmetrical vertical array. The tweeter uses a 2.5 cm pure titanium diaphragm mated to a high-rigidity aluminum die-cast horn. JBL claimed this gives a high-density midrange and extended highs. The woofers use pure pulp cones in JBL's square-shaped aluminum die-cast frames.
The cabinet is finished in carefully selected cherry natural wood with a high-gloss coating. That's the "WG" in the name, and JBL positioned it as a more luxurious take on the standard S2400. It's a magnetic shielding design with a bass-reflex enclosure built from MDF. JBL's proprietary directional control technology was intended to minimize unwanted reflections from walls and ceilings. The vertical driver array was said to concentrate the audio image at the horn's center while avoiding frequency response anomalies from woofer phase interference.
The S2400WG won a Visual Grand Prix 2006 award from Phile-web in the home theater speaker system category. Owner comments collected from resale listings describe the sound as "gorgeous" and note the "crispness characteristic of JBL." At least one seller said it was used mainly for jazz and R&B, then sold because it was too large for the room.
Specifications:
- Type: 2-way, 3-speaker, bass reflex, tall boy, anti-magnetic
- Low frequency: 20 cm cone ×2
- High frequency: horn type (2.5 cm pure titanium diaphragm)
- Frequency response: 45 Hz – 35 kHz
- Impedance: 6 Ω
- Maximum input: 150W (music)
- Output sound pressure level: 91 dB / 2.83V / m
- Crossover frequency: 3 kHz
- Dimensions (W × H × D): 237 × 1,034 × 268 mm
- Weight: 22.0 kg
Documentation on the S2400WG is thin beyond these specifications and the VGP award. There are no production run dates beyond the May 2005 launch, no detailed period reviews, and no current market price data. It was JBL's upscale finish option for the S2400. Used pairs still change hands through Japanese auction proxies and resale sites.
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