~misfit~ wrote:

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** That would be the L100 "Century" - based on the similar 4310 and
4311 studio monitors.

JBL must have sold thousands of those. One still sees them in some
very respectable set ups. They have a very distinctive 70's East
coast sound, a bit bright for my taste.

I was offered a pristine pair just recently. The front grilles are
missing but the walnut grille surrounds are there. I am wondering
what they are worth. Does 650e sound reasonable??

Replacement grilles for L100 arr available on e-Bay.

As to their sound I agree with Phil, bloody awful.

When I worked with the band JBL were looked upon as the best PA *drivers*
you could get. It took me a few years (and a few dollars) after that to
realise that most of their boxed home audio products are crap. I read
somewhere that JBL stands for "Junk But Loud" and I must say that I agree
when it comes to home audio.



** LOL - the first time I heard "Junk, but Loud" explained was in a leading Sydney hi-fi shop called " Kent Hi-Fi " in 1971. A young Asian salesman pointed at a brightly coloured JBL box and explained what the acronym really meant so most of the room heard it - and got a big telling off from his boss !!

FYI:

JBL's component drivers for live sound use have always represented the best available and the standard to judge others by. JBL's design engineers have broken new ground over and over in this area with things like 4inch dia voice coils, rectangular section aluminium or copper wire, massive magnet structures and titanium diaphragms for horn drivers.

But mostly, and more importantly phenomenal quality control.

Damn expensive but worth it.

Like RR engines.


..... Phil