Now available at Audio Venue. Gotham®
Your first look will tell you that you are looking at something very special…your first listen will confirm it beyond a shadow of a doubt. The beauty of the Gotham® extends well beyond its exotic design and exceptional craftsmanship, and aims right at the core of musical and cinematic enjoyment.
With limits well beyond the needs of the typical home theater application, a Gotham® delivers a weight and integrity of reproduction that can only come from a system that is always in control. Its ability to convey subtleties is as impressive as its prodigious output capabilities.
The luxurious, handcrafted gloss-black finish is complemented by machined aluminium and stainless steel accents for a look and feel that is elegant and spectacular at the same time. More importantly, the beautiful cabinet houses a pair of JL Audio’s highest-technology subwoofer drivers.
When demanded by program material, the Gotham’s prodigious amplifier can deliver voltage equivalent to 3,800 watts of RMS power to take full advantage of the twin driver’s four inches of peak-to-peak excursion capability.
Listening to a Gotham® reveals an entirely new dimension of subwoofer performance…a dimension so satisfying that listening to lesser subwoofers will forever become an act of compromise.
Fathom®
The challenges associated with designing high-output compact subwoofer systems can be daunting. In most cases, designers sacrifice low- frequency extension or output capability in order to keep a design acceptably small.
The Fathom® subwoofers sacrifice nothing, thanks to the dynamic advantages of their proprietary JL Audio drivers. These exceptional woofers allow for a true subwoofer passband and very high output, while keeping distortion well below audible thresholds. To extract full benefit from the excursion envelope of its woofer design, each Fathom® employs an uncommonly powerful switching amplifier with a large toroidal transformer and a patented circuit designed to enhance control and fidelity.
The compact design and conventional form factor of the Fathoms apply beautifully to most home theater applications, including built in designs. Front-mounted controls make them comfortable to set up and adjust, while JL Audio’s exclusive Automatic Room Optimisation circuit makes sure that response is smooth, even in challenging rooms.
Fathom® models
f110: 10-inch driver, capable of peak-to-peak excursion capabilities well in excess of 2.5 inches, 1kW amplifier, sealed enclosure with extensive internal bracing.
f112: 12-inch driver, capable of peak-to-peak excursion capabilities well in excess of 3.0 inches, 1.5kW amplifier, sealed enclosure with extensive internal bracing.
f113: 13.5-inch driver, capable of peak-to-peak excursion capabilities well in excess of 4.0 inches, 2.5kW amplifier, sealed enclosure with extensive internal bracing.
f212: twin 12-inch drivers, capable of peak-to-peak excursion capabilities well in excess of 3.0 inches, 3kW amplifier, sealed enclosure with extensive internal bracing.
”e-Sub”
Late 2013, JL Audio are introducing a pair of remarkable powered subwoofers. They deliver unprecedented levels of subwoofer performance at prices well within the reach of any serious audio enthusiast. The project’s guiding principles were excellence, efficiency and engineering elegance. Hence, the name: “E-Sub”
Excellence in a subwoofer system rests on the qualities of the driver, so JL Audio began by designing a radical new subwoofer driver platform. The E-Sub drivers are purpose-engineered for this product, offering amazing excursion and low distortion, thanks to JL Audio’s DMA motor technology. A radical suspension design with widely spaced dual spiders offers tremendous stability as the driver’s cone moves over its very long excursion range. In a stroke of engineering elegance, the steel front mounting flange of the driver also forms the front baffle of the finished product, creating an incredibly strong structure.
To power these innovative drivers, JL Audio engineered a new switching amplifier, featuring a regulated, switching power supply. This approach helps keep the amplifier section compact and efficient while delivering the necessary power to fully exercise the subwoofer driver’s performance envelope.
The input and signal processing sections have been designed for compatibility with modern multi-channel systems as well as traditional 2-channel audio systems. Inputs are provided for unbalanced line-level signals or speaker level signals. The crossover is a true 2-way design, with a low-pass filter feeding the subwoofer’s amplifier and a high-pass filtered signal exiting via a pair of dedicated RCA-type jacks.
