That is just it, The new L100s are worth what people are willing to pay for them. $4000 opens up a lot of options and the JBLs will need a lot more than nostalgia to sell themThis is true. But at the risk of value chatting,,,This tickles the shit out of me. I have two pair of L100 centurys and a pair of L88 ready to be converted. I know it's greedy but I like 'em and now this is just driving the value of mine up.
Doesn't this speaker have elements of each? It is modern, and vintage in that it emulates a very old and successful classic.Good idea, but the VAST majority as far as I can tell AND myself included, are all about vintage.
I remember when these were too steep for me
In 1974 (I was 19 and working my ass off 6 and 7 days a week) I had blown up my Bose 501's and was time for an upgrade anyhow. The store in Anchorage had a JBL sale, and had the choice of L100's and L200's (maybe some other ones too). I forget what the L100's were priced at but the L200's were a hundred off each and for $500 per I went for those. I was still living at home so the choice was an easy one, and one I have never regretted all these years! The 100's would probably be long gone, but these heavy old L200's with their sweet horns are still hanging in singing to me!I remember when these were too steep for me
One of the reasons the L100 was so popular is they were relatively affordable to average working people. $4000. is not for a pair of speakers, even today. For that money/type/size range I'd rather have LSR6332s or 708Ps or 4429s.
You'd be better off getting the Studio 580 or 590 and saving a bunch, unless you had to have the bookshelf size format.
Thanks for the posting and link. I really miss those days.
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This is the part that is the problem for me. If they are going to be manufactured in the USA, then $4k is probably an OK price. If they are going to be made in China, or elsewhere in the Far East, it smacks of just jacking the price up because of the JBL name. Because you know, they could make these in China for less than $500.
Lee.