Control 5 – Upgrading the Crossover (Part 6)
a moment of inspiration I thought long and hard about improving the sound of this Control 5. I was very tempted to discard the original woofer and tweeter and replace… Read more >
Control 5 – Sound Quality (Part 5)
Control 5 Frequency Response I don’t know whether the designers of the Control 5 tried to follow the Harman Target Curve but it does appear so. The problem with it… Read more >
Control 5 – Step & Waterfall Measurements (Part 4)
The transient of the woofer in the Control 5 suggest it’s not very responsive. Bear in mind that there’s only a 0.6mH inductor in the woofer crossover and it takes… Read more >
Control 5 – the elusive Frequency Response (Part 3)
JBL Control 5 Woofer & Tweeter Frequency Response The Blue plot above is the Control 5 woofer with the passive Low Pass network. The Red plot is of the tweeter… Read more >