STX-300-400-8-SE vs JBL 2204H

[FredrikC]

Hey guys, I'm planning a compact two-way... Im seeking a good woofer that will take cross over about 1,2khz, with high sensitivity and and as much bass as possible at the same time. I have looked at all the famous brands and they all show the same, sensitivity above 98db means less bass.
I currently own a pair of 2204H which seem to be a very good compromise. Decent sensitivity, pretty high qts, resaonably low FS.

But since I'm buying my wave guides from Poland, I discoverd this driver:
GDN-30-400-8-SE - Kino domowe, g?o?niki, kolumny - STX polski producent
The specs on this one is absolutely amazing? Average 100db sensitivity from 100-3khz, extreemely smoot curve, FS = 41, and Qts 0,37?! How is this possible, I understand they have used a smaller and ligther voice coil of aluminium. This increases sensitivity and lowers power handling compared to big copper voice coils. But after all, I'm building a home speaker, I will not play continuesly 200-600W, more like 1W-10W with peaks reaching maybe 100W.

So is it possible that this drivers is as good as the specs say? It's cheap aswell, everything in poland is...They are popular in polish forums, but I cant understand much of what they say about it.

Any polish guys here with expirience? Or anyone with a thought on the Polish 12" vs JBL..?

Regards, Fredrik

[whgeiger]

Originally Posted by FredrikC

Hey guys, I'm planning a compact two-way... Im seeking a good woofer that will take cross over about 1,2khz, with high sensitivity and and as much bass as possible at the same time. I have looked at all the famous brands and they all show the same, sensitivity above 98db means less bass.
I currently own a pair of 2204H which seem to be a very good compromise. Decent sensitivity, pretty high qts, resaonably low FS.

But since I'm buying my wave guides from Poland, I discoverd this driver:
GDN-30-400-8-SE - Kino domowe, g?o?niki, kolumny - STX polski producent
The specs on this one is absolutely amazing? Average 100db sensitivity from 100-3khz, extreemely smoot curve, FS = 41, and Qts 0,37?! How is this possible, I understand they have used a smaller and ligther voice coil of aluminium. This increases sensitivity and lowers power handling compared to big copper voice coils. But after all, I'm building a home speaker, I will not play continuesly 200-600W, more like 1W-10W with peaks reaching maybe 100W.

So is it possible that this drivers is as good as the specs say? It's cheap aswell, everything in poland is...They are popular in polish forums, but I cant understand much of what they say about it.

Any polish guys here with expirience? Or anyone with a thought on the Polish 12" vs JBL..?

Regards, Fredrik

Use what you have.
The JBL 2204H is a superior driver.
Some enclosure specs follow.

Regards,
WHG

[SunRa]

This driver looks a bit like the old school Supravox and PHY-HP drivers, don;t you think? In term of specs I mean..

[FredrikC]

Were they any good?

Think I'll stick to the 2204H for now. Later when I've got some proper subs, I'll look for a more midfrequency type of 12" with higher sensitivity. Monacor has some interesting 12" I see. Are they good?