Help Identify JBL Jubal
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butch4695
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Every image I found looks like this . Are you sure they are not missing the tweeters ? They are valuable .
[/url]149818087-jbl-l65-jubal by butchbeckner, on Flickr[/IMG]
Zonker92
All shiny and chrome
Google Images turned up some like that. I'm guessing JBL relocated them at some point. If the price is right, I'd be all over them like ugly on a monkey.
http://rongbay.com/TP-HCM/JBL-L65-Jubal-tuyet-sac-giai-nhan-c279-raovat-21915055.html
http://rongbay.com/TP-HCM/JBL-L65-Jubal-tuyet-sac-giai-nhan-c279-raovat-21915055.html
HTWillie
Super Member
Does the port appear to have 4 screws or empty screw holes around it? If so, that's where the tweeters were. The tweeters alone routinely sell for for $250 or more. Each. I've met a pawn shop owner who claims to have sold about a dozen tweeter pairs and throwing away the rest of the speakers and cabs, 'cuz "they ain't worth anything". (I wanted to smack the guy!)
There were at least three different versions. Each had a different 12" woofer, and JBL I think was experimenting with the best port placement with each model, as the location of the port could be low or high.
Not so sure about the placement of the binding posts. Mine are more or less centered on the rear.
Also try and make sure the woofer and midrange are original JBL. I paid $400 sight-unseen for my L65 pair, which I thought was a screaming deal from an unsavvy seller. Discovered non-JBL 12" drivers in them and I've spent another $500 replacing them.
So, uh... where are you located?
There were at least three different versions. Each had a different 12" woofer, and JBL I think was experimenting with the best port placement with each model, as the location of the port could be low or high.
Not so sure about the placement of the binding posts. Mine are more or less centered on the rear.
Also try and make sure the woofer and midrange are original JBL. I paid $400 sight-unseen for my L65 pair, which I thought was a screaming deal from an unsavvy seller. Discovered non-JBL 12" drivers in them and I've spent another $500 replacing them.
So, uh... where are you located?
Looks correct to me. Go get em!
Hah! You can buy mint-in-box 250Ti's for not much more than that. Ask me how I know!
I don't really like the sound of the L65s, myself, and have never wanted to own a pair. And certainly not for that money! The woofer's not that great, the mid isn't either, and the cabinet is too low for the tweeter to work well without stands. IMHO, of course.
I have the pro version in my 4345s and I have to say it's probably the main reason the L65 brings as much as it does. That being said the 077 and 2405 are ultra-high-frequency drivers. The 4345s cross to them at 10kHz while the L65 crosses at 6500Hz which is the lowest limit for the radiator if not a bit lower than it's comfort zone (the L300 crosses at 8500Hz). 
