JL Audio 6.5-Inch 2-Way Component System (Pair) - 010-03391-00

JL Audio 99133 6.5-Inch 2-Way Component System (Pair)

Born from shared technologies used in our flagship C7 speakers, the C6-650 component system combines the smoothness and transparency of a premium silk dome tweeter with a top-flight component woofer to create a loudspeaker system with exceptional refinement and dynamic capability.

Benefiting from vast woofer design experience and advanced modeling systems of JL Audio, the 6.5" (165 mm) C6 component woofers feature purpose-engineered, cast alloy frames outfitted with our Elevated Frame Cooling technology. A DMA-optimized, forged and machined motor system generates outstanding midbass impact with ultralow distortion.

The 1" (25 mm) C6 component tweeters feature edge-driven pure silk dome diaphragms for smooth high-frequency performance with remarkable off-axis response and damping. Neodymium motors and ferrofluid cooling provide high-magnetic flux and improved reliability with extended response from a very compact motor system. Surface- and flush-mount fixtures are included to fit a wide variety of installation applications.

Premium passive crossover networks are included with each C6-650 component system. Featuring four levels of tweeter adjustment, these outboard filter networks are equipped with premium polyester film and electrolytic capacitors as well as low-loss air-core inductors — all accessible beneath a protective, polycarbonate cover.

Speakers are sold as a pair.

Key Features

C6 Woofer

• Forged and machined motor plates with DMA-optimized geometries to create linear motor force under power, leading to outstanding midbass impact, linearity and low distortion
• Large diameter, linear profile, flat spider for linear compliance and outstanding excursion capability
• Center cap designed to optimize the high-frequency response of the woofer for seamless transition to a tweeter’s response
• Oversized voice coil for extended power handling capability, minimizing thermal compression and distortion at higher listening levels
• Cast alloy frame with our Elevated Frame Cooling feature
• Includes fine mesh grilles

C6 Tweeter

• Edge-driven pure silk dome design delivers smooth high-frequency performance, with excellent off-axis response and damping
• Neodymium motor delivers high magnetic flux from a compact motor design
• Ferrofluid cooling and damping improves reliability and response smoothness
• ncludes surface- and flush-mount fixtures

Features

• Dynamic Motor Analysis - DMA Optimized Motor
  JL Audio's proprietary Dynamic Motor Analysis system is a powerful suite of FEA-based modeling systems, first developed by JL Audio in 1997 and refined over the years to scientifically address the issue of speaker motor linearity. This leads to vastly reduced distortion and faithfully reproduced transients... or put simply: tight, clean, articulate bass.
• Elevated Frame Cooling
  JL Audio's Elevated Frame Cooling design delivers cool air through slots directly above the top-plate to the voice coil of the speaker. This not only enhances power handling, but also sound quality by minimizing dynamic parameter shifts and power compression.
• Dr. Kurt Muller & Co.
  When the goal is superior component woofer performance, the things that truly matter are: consistency in cone mass, cone thickness and suspension compliance. This is why we turn to our partners at Germany's Dr. Kurt Müller & Co. for critical cone and suspension elements in our top-flight component woofers. Their track record of manufacturing precision and meticulous quality control is very well established in the loudspeaker industry; although most loudspeaker manufacturers prefer to avoid the premium that this quality commands.
  While it has become fashionable to use stiff, exotic materials for component speaker cones, these tend to create upper mid-range colorations that require aggressive crossover designs and/or equalization to control. By contrast, Müller's low mass, mineral-filled polypropylene cones and butyl rubber surrounds are inherently well damped to deliver an uncolored, neutral midrange without any "artificial flavoring". This keeps crossover design simple and renders a smooth, clean mid-range presentation, on and off axis.
  Dr. Kurt Muller & Co. also supplies the symmetrical-roll, hybrid-weave spiders used in the ZR woofers.
• Silk Dome Tweeter
  Silk is a natural material with inherently good characteristics as a tweeter diaphragm. In addition to being very light in weight, silk exhibits excellent damping properties, which reduces ringing and resonances in the tweeter’s passband, leading to a smooth, pleasing high-frequency character free from unnatural sibilance or exaggerated brightness. Compared to a harder material dome, a silk tweeter does not exhibit as much ultra-high frequency extension, but is preferred by many audiophiles for its overall balance.