andyoz
pfm Member
I never get sick of the serious industrial design of these when they have their skirts on TBH.
Why are vintage JBL speakers so expensive?
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I never get sick of the serious industrial design of these when they have their skirts on TBH.
Zombie
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You might get a bargain here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=222312940234
Feels reassuring that the item has "minor traces of usage..."
Feels reassuring that the item has "minor traces of usage..."
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If one fancies a trip to Russia and has a spare £21,500 spare these might be right up your street.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=152318900118
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=152318900118
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joel
Painter of Dragons, Maker of Mirrors
You would get them cheaper (and with less risk) direct from Kenrick Sound in Japan.
I agree about the original blue JBLs, and not everything I've heard about the 'Kenrick sound' has been complementary - though I've never heard a pair myself.
Hifido and Audiounion seem to represent much better value.
joel
Painter of Dragons, Maker of Mirrors
I never get sick of the serious industrial design of these when they have their skirts on TBH.
Seriously good speakers, too: low distortion, controlled dispersion, pretty flat response and excellent power handling! I still harbour dreams of a pair of 4430s - even though they would not physically fit through my front door.
Had a chance to buy a pair of very reasonably priced 4425s (single 12" LF driver) and few years ago, but had nowhere to put them and didn't want to get rid of the Yams. Oh well.
cooky1257
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If one fancies a trip to Russia and has a spare £21,500 spare these might be right up your street.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=152318900118
These are fakes/not Kenrick's. Kenrick has been on Lansing Heritage complaining about them.
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cooky1257
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He has.
jtrade
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You might get a bargain here: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=222312940234
Feels reassuring that the item has "minor traces of usage..."
They went for just under £100 !
I nearly bought them : sell the horrible looking Sony woofers and look for JBL drive units - might indeed end up with a bargain.
Long drive to Berlin put me off....
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merlin
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I'm sat here this morning listening to The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975.
I know! No cred but I've known this album for 40 years so it's a constant and there was some mighty fine music written in those years.
Any of you remember the first time you heard your favourite albums played back on an LP12/Ittok combination? How everything simply made more musical sense, authentic, and was easier to follow?
Listening to this on the big JBL's is like those first listens to an LP12 in the early eighties.
That's compared to so many high end loudspeakers I've enjoyed over the years. I always try to explain this as big classic JBL's being voiced from the bottom up whereas almost everything else I hear is voiced from the top down. Maybe it's a simple as that, but the stick work on tracks like Lying Eyes and the simple electric bass line on the same track are spookily realistic and the whole track enjoys (in flat earth terms) a degree of PRAT that lovers of vintage Linn turntables would really appreciate IMHO.
For me personally, ALL of the very best big JBL's were effectively very large two ways. Those are the ones to look for - although the 4343/4344 is also a delightful monitor that works in surprisingly small listening environments.
I know! No cred but I've known this album for 40 years so it's a constant and there was some mighty fine music written in those years.
Any of you remember the first time you heard your favourite albums played back on an LP12/Ittok combination? How everything simply made more musical sense, authentic, and was easier to follow?
Listening to this on the big JBL's is like those first listens to an LP12 in the early eighties.
That's compared to so many high end loudspeakers I've enjoyed over the years. I always try to explain this as big classic JBL's being voiced from the bottom up whereas almost everything else I hear is voiced from the top down. Maybe it's a simple as that, but the stick work on tracks like Lying Eyes and the simple electric bass line on the same track are spookily realistic and the whole track enjoys (in flat earth terms) a degree of PRAT that lovers of vintage Linn turntables would really appreciate IMHO.
For me personally, ALL of the very best big JBL's were effectively very large two ways. Those are the ones to look for - although the 4343/4344 is also a delightful monitor that works in surprisingly small listening environments.
andyoz
pfm Member
Nailed it!
They have a natural weight and timing in the bottom end that was way ahead of anything else...
The 4 ways etc. lose a bit of that as the passive crossovers aren't really all that happy at the lowish x-over frequencies that were used...the designers have admitted that actually but it's all they had available at the time.
Rallye_punk
pfm Member
Where else could you source a nice set other than eBay? There are lots of japanese sites but I wouldn't know where to start with buying a pair!