[Vintage-Audio] JBL Stuff

Tue Mar 4 10:20:01 2003

Steve, 	

	If you would like to discuss them with me, being as I own and use them, I would
be glad to talk by tx. If so let me know and I will forward the landline
privately to you. 	

I have been active in audio since 1965. I also have the advantage of a
professional speaker rebuilder forty miles from my location. She is a wealth of
information on who built what, when and why. She knows what is being rebuilt and
what has been sent to landfills. Some very interesting insights - 	

I have a pair of Bozak B310 I listen to on a regular basis. My cousin has them,
not I. Identical to the B410 Concert Grand, other than the location of the eight
tweeters. Had to move them from the center because of some woodwork they decided
to put there. Hence they are down the left side of one box and the right side of
the other. Just cosmetics -  	

Over the decades I have listened to many high end audio systems. Personal taste
plays a large role in what a given person thinks is good audio. When you hear
what you expect it is good, otherwise it is not. I am interested in accurate
reproduction of music and voice, not knocking out the west wall of the room or
shattering the cheap glassware.	

I toured several high end audio shops a year ago and took a test CD with me. I
had them set the amplifiers to a flat setting, no enhancement or boost of any
kind. It was interesting how many tried to manipulate the audio! I listened to
speakers selling for $8,000 a pair up to those for $15,000 a pair. I listened to
the high end tube amps and the high end solid state amps. I took into
consideration the room the system was operating in. Things tend to sound
different when you get them home! 	

When all was said, played and done, I could not hear enough difference in any of
it to even slightly entice me to upgrade. Besides at those incredible prices,
which I can not afford in the first place, the gain was so marginal it was
hardly worth the expenditure. Other than to brag about what one has!	

Duane W8DBF 	

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From: Steven K. Wenger <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] JBL Stuff
Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 9:11 AM

I have visited this site before, but I can not find the JBL  L-100s listed.
Does anyone know of a good web site that talks about the L-100s? Having
visited an upscale audio showroom on numerous occasions in the early 70's, I
can clearly recall the L-100s being preferred to Bose 901s, Advents, ARs,
and other speakers by many customers in a listening test.

Steve W9QLF
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From: Gerald Straight <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 6:08 AM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] JBL Stuff

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