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Jay Marr

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Re: RCF 8003 vs JBL PRX818xlf
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2019, 04:48:00 PM »

I still can't get over the lack of a pole cup on the side of the SRX828p cabinet. I suppose I could make one and attach it via one of the handles, but it really should already have one.

It would be awesome if JBL (or any hardware manufacturer) made a handle/pole mount component that you could buy and just swap out.
A plate with the same size and bolt pattern with a pole mount hole instead of a handle.

If I could weld, I'd try it.
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Re: RCF 8003 vs JBL PRX818xlf
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2019, 09:04:00 AM »

It would be awesome if JBL (or any hardware manufacturer) made a handle/pole mount component that you could buy and just swap out.
A plate with the same size and bolt pattern with a pole mount hole instead of a handle.

If I could weld, I'd try it.

Unlikely to happen, because manufacturers become responsible for a conversion or alteration done by the end user.
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Re: RCF 8003 vs JBL PRX818xlf
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2019, 09:42:05 AM »

Unlikely to happen, because manufacturers become responsible for a conversion or alteration done by the end user.

Good point, and a bummer (for me).

I made my own conversion kit with a piece of plywood and a M20 pole mount.  Has worked perfectly.  But even with the plywood painted black, I wish it looked more professional.

As I type this I'm thinking - I have some Duratex paint in my basement, and the roller....I think that would make it look 'better'.
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Re: RCF 8003 vs JBL PRX818xlf
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2019, 12:32:14 PM »

Google speaker pole mount.
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Re: RCF 8003 vs JBL PRX818xlf
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2019, 02:33:56 PM »

Google speaker pole mount.

Sure, I see lots of 'top hat' options available, but require you to drill a hole in your cabinet.
I'm using a M20 top had, and replaced one handle with a piece of plywood (so I could mount the top hat to that, instead of drilling holes in my sub).

Unless you're finding something different than that solution?  If so, please add a link, would love to see it.
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Re: RCF 8003 vs JBL PRX818xlf
« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2019, 03:41:20 PM »

I've never quite understood the aversion to modifying you own stuff to make it better / easier to use.
Maybe not a vintage J-bass, but a working tool like a sub is fair game in my book.
Just be careful that you don't drill into something important inside.
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Re: RCF 8003 vs JBL PRX818xlf
« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2019, 06:00:03 PM »

I've never quite understood the aversion to modifying you own stuff to make it better / easier to use.
Maybe not a vintage J-bass, but a working tool like a sub is fair game in my book.
Just be careful that you don't drill into something important inside.

My concern is not what might happen to the sub, but what will happen when I put my own pole mount on a side of the box that JBL never intended to have one, it gets knocked down, pulled down, an earthquake topples it.... and because *I* made the modification, *I* now own the consequences of whatever happens, even if there's a drunk idiot swinging from the pole or the earthquake shakes the building.  I've raised the COG of the assembly in a way that JBL didn't plan for so they're mostly off the hook.
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Re: RCF 8003 vs JBL PRX818xlf
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2019, 12:24:46 PM »

I've never quite understood the aversion to modifying you own stuff to make it better / easier to use.
Maybe not a vintage J-bass, but a working tool like a sub is fair game in my book.
Just be careful that you don't drill into something important inside.

Resale...and having to explain to a buyer why my modification is safe/useful.
That's my main driver.
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