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Audio Discussion => List your system => Topic started by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on November 30, 2014, 10:30:52 PM
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The tweeters especially look very rough, but everything seems to be 100% functional. New foam rings and dust caps are available and inexpensive, but recones for those tweeters are quite expensive. I'm going to see if with some patience I can smooth them out before I start looking at other options.
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Can't go wrong for $20
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2 or 1???
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I see 2 different tweeters
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I see two different everything in the top pic.
But that question does bring up a good point. I always hesitate to make a pleural of a model number because I wonder if the "s" at the end will be mistaken as part of the model number. Does anyone else wonder about this?
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I see two different everything in the top pic.
But that question does bring up a good point. I always hesitate to make a pleural of a model number because I wonder if the "s" at the end will be mistaken as part of the model number. Does anyone else wonder about this?
I do all the time. The medication seems to help, yet time and time again, it haunts me
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Might want to up the dose just a tad.....
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I just moved the L100s into the main system. Listening to "Caution Horses" by Cowboy Junkies right now. I like these speakers. I can't wait to give 'em a proper refurb this summer.
Actually, I plan to do the x-over mod this winter and the cabs in the summer. Santa brought me a meter with a Henries setting.
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Very nice, Thrifty! Hoping to add a pair of JBL Studios to my system very soon, they oo will need a bit of a 'makeover'.
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Enjoying some of that west coast sound. I have some " best buy" version of jbl floor standing speakers...OK for HT.
Kinda heavy on the bass for music. Yours are much better than mine. I heard a pair a few years ago and remember the
tight, punchy bass. At that time I had a pair of KLH 6's. They were nice but a bit too polite. All the KLHs that I've
I've owned (mod 6, 17, 20s) were all a bit too rolled off on the top end excerpt maybe the 20's.
That's what struck me about the L100's....punchy, tight, slightly in your face. I've always wanted a pair of the jbl 43xx s or a set of L100s. I have a pair of Scott 196s which were the competitors to that series of jbl...so I read.
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My daughter's system has a pair of Best Buy JBLs. LC-312. She loves them. They have lots of bass, but it is kind of "flubby" while these are very tight. I really hope all of the things I hear about the xover mod are true. Supposedly it takes these from good to world class.
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I recall the high end response was always the tug-of war between the JBLs and Advent/KLH speaker lines. Some people liked the brighter sound of the JBLs, compared to the KLH/Advents and some didn't. I recall dealers at the time tended to carry one speaker line or the other. To me, the KLH/Advents were the preferred sound, but that may have been because of the receivers I listened to (Pioneer and the European stuff, like B & O and Tandberg).
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Had a pair of JBL L 100s from 1974 or 75 to 1980 got them because I kept trying the tweeters in the BICs and had to pay for three seats in a car when I brought them home lol the 100s are among my all time favs
Guys down the street had Large Advents and another KLH ? Strongly preferred the L 100s when we did some comparison listening. But they were also a bit more $$ mine had the blue grills
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Advents and JBLs actually sound quite similar if you put the JBLs face down.
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Hey STaL,
I bought a pair of L100's new in the mid 70's along with a Marantz 2325. Guess I liked the West Coast sound back in the day. The sculpted grilles did last long; they self destructed. JBL did acknowledge thisproblem many years ago and offered replacements with cloth including new frames. I bought them when offered direct from JBL. It was many years ago but as I recall they were reasonably priced. As I listen mainly to jazz & classical now I had given these to my older son many years ago. Highs & mids were OK but low end was never real accurate with double (upright) bass and bread wasn't very clean sounding. My son still uses them to this day. I paid $300 a piece back in the day. Certainly not cheap. They are welll built.
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These don't have grills but thats okay because the wife and I both like the white drivers.
Yeah, I got 'em for almost free which is very good.
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Stal. If you ever want to check mine out let me know. They're at my house that you've been to though my older son took over the house. I'm sure he wouldn't mind and I would meet you there. He has them on some nice stands that I bought years ago. They angle them up a bit and really make them sound great.
Jim pgh. You had the blue grills...I had the Orange rust color. What was I thinking!
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If I ever did get grills, I would definitely go for the blue.
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I really like these speakers. They would be nice to restore. I've been trying to pick up a pair but they are all $700 to $900 bucks around here
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If I had the space I would suggest a trade for your LaScalas. >:D