Acquire the 4344 and discover for yourself. I could be wrong but the 4344 was destined for the Japanese market (thats where most of the production went) so you won't read much about the stock 4344 (vintage) here. Try some of the Japanese online JBL traders for details of resale value.

I started a JBL 4344 DIY project and at the moment collecting the original drivers from The Netherlands, Germany and Austria. It is going well. Next step is the cabinet. I tried to find plans for it but cannot find them, so I did one myself. A copy of a …

The only thing is the 4345 are quite a large enclosure compared to the 4344. The 4348 is a more contemporary JBL design voiced for the Japanese audiophile market.....fast articuate bass and a newer horn and super tweeter. You owe it to yourself to hop on a plane to Tokyo and hear the full range including the newer 4600.

However, I cannot seem to find any JBL pro documentation of the 4344 (not MKII) speaker. I can only find the 4343 and 4345 in the Library. Was the 4344 aimed specifically to the Japanese market? I am from Denmark, where we in the seventies had a global JBL stock, and there doesn't seem to be any remembrance of the 4344 speaker at all.

2003年5月21日 · People have mentioned that the JBL 4344's from the japanese market were of a different design in the crossovers or drivers. the pair of JBL 4344's we have came from japan also and my dad aggrees that they were just lacking the bass they needed but un aware of different models in the Japanese market. at the time we had a spare pair of woofers ...

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EarlK has already shared the plans for the JBL 4344 with me, but since I have the drivers for the JBL 4343, I believe I still need the original JBL 4343 plans to move forward with this significant project. My father has passed away, and he was passionate about the JBL 4343. I promised him that one day I would fulfill his dream.

Here some picture of the JBL 4344s I recently finished. I’d like to start by thanking all the DIY’s who post in this forum as without your contributions my project would not have been possible! Components 2235, 2123, 2426H, 2405, DIY charged couple cross-overs. I used the plans from Ayaboh – fabulous saved many hours/days/weeks of planning.

Under Construction This thread will be dedicated to those members wishing to construct the vintage JBL 4345/4344 Professional Series Studio Monitors. Over the next few weeks I will document blue prints (in JBL Blue..LOL) and provide a Step by Step Guide to Enclosure and Crossover Network Design & Construction.

Finally this is diy and starting off you won’t always have all the exact drivers. But for the purposes of naming conventions and to avoid confusion your project is a diy 4 way monitor based on the Jbl 4344 but it’s NOT a clone. Lastly if you have available a 2nd stereo power amp please consider Biamping with a stereo active crossover.