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JBL L100 Originals ? Or recent re-issue purchase ?

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AbeCollins

In Reply to: RE: Better than Bluesound Node but less than $1k posted by MaggiesAndCats on February 19, 2022 at 13:52:37

I had a pair of JBL L100's in the 1980's. They had the blue foam grills. Those were my first set of hefty speakers that I ever owned. I bought them from a friend who was tight on cash at the time so I bought his Kenwood Integrated too. I kind of miss them!

Edits: 02/19/22

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Originals I bought in 1975 - MaggiesAndCats 15:16:00 02/19/22 (4)
Yup, blue grills. Got them at the end of my freshman year at the U of Minn. At the time I had a Sony receiver and a Garrard Zero 100 turntable. I eventually got a Dynaco ST 150 amp, then a Dynaco PAT-5 preamp. Had to get a woofer reconed a few times... Around 1984 I got my first pair of Magnepans and the JBL's went into storage until about 6 years ago.

I had been using them in an unfinished basement, playing classic concerts on YouTube while working out. Needless to say I didn't put any effort into setting them up. I decided to bring the JBL'S to the winter house in Florida, along with a Van Alstine Transcendence preamp from around 1985 (built in the PAT-5 chassis) and a Audio Research D-52B amp I bought used in the mid 80's.

I just wanted to listen to some music down here and already had this system, so I figured, why not? The Bluesound Node and Schiit Bifrost came along as the music source. It was obvious pretty quickly that one of the tweeters is shot, so I've got a new pair on order. The JBL'S - and the amp and preamp - sound better than they have any right to and I'm mighty glad I hung onto them all these years.

Regards,

Steve
- piano - Mali 17:58:56 03/09/22 (2)
  What kind of piano is that, that is, the company mfg, name?
  - Ivers & Pond - MaggiesAndCats 08:30:38 03/10/22 (1)
    It's a 1930's Ivers & Pond console piano. The exterior is in good shape but the innerds could use some work. The piano has been in my wife's family for a long time. Her grandmother used to rock it playing barrelhouse boogie woogie. Now it's a classy equipment rack. ;^)
    
    Regards,
    
    Steve
    - RE: Ivers & Pond - Mali 10:11:08 03/10/22 (0)
      Neat. Except for the music rack, it looks. a lot like an Everett model. Long time ago I worked in the Everet Piano factory in South Haven, Michigan, so my curiosity was peeked.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Piano_Company (Open in New Window)
      Edits: 03/10/22
- RE: Originals I bought in 1975 - AbeCollins 15:06:13 02/20/22 (0)
  Thanks for sharing the photo of your blue-grilled L100's. Very nice! I didn't have stands for mine so I placed a couple hockey pucks under the front and leaned them back.
  I had my L100's until about 1992 or so when I became friends with an audiophile co-worker. He had high-end Krell and Martin-Logans. This friend convinced me to get rid off my JBL 'party speakers' as he called them to buy something more serious.
  I ended up with a used pair of Thiel CS1.5 speakers which may have been 'better' but in retrospect I didn't think the JBL's were bad sounding. I picked up some used Classe electronics about the same time. The rest is history and has been an ongoing money pit!
  Yup, I should have kept the JBL L100's !
  
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