Thought I had missed out on this deal since I was maybe 90 minutes out from the posting time Sunday lunchtime or so....:sigh: No pix either, so all I had to go on was a make and model number, but that was enough....
However, maybe all the local Dark Side Flippers go to church on Sunday to atone for their sins.:nono: Anyway, I was the first in, and the seller was decent enough to hold them until 630PM today. Not that he didn't get some other offers. In fact he remarked how some of these guys were trying to weasel them away by offering more money.....:thumbsdn:
Then he asked me was there really a market for vintage speakers and such...
I had to work hard to keep a straight face but answered him honestly that there are plenty of guys like me who collect old gear, and that I wanted his speakers to go with my 4301b's. Then I told him there were plenty of guys who would also throw his speakers whole or in pieces up on CL or E-prey without thinking twice...
Anyway, I hurriedly but carefully put them in the back of the "Stereowagon" and hauled a$$ outta there to try and make at least part of the Scout meeting.....
OK I suppose you all want to know what just happened to fall into my hot little hands.....Here ya go....
Absolutely beyootiful JBL 4312c Control Monitors....
An almost invisible quarter-sized bubble in the "veneer" on one of the tops, prolly a water drop or something. Pots are a little dirty, and when I first checked them out, one of the mids was silent. Had me a bit worried until I twiddled with it a bit and heard the driver spring to life. For a split second I thought about bargaining a bit with him, but then I decided since he was honest, and obviously a poor student type, that I would pay his full asking price. I did tell him why though, and thanked him for waiting on me....All in all, not a bad day's haul.
Makes up for my $hitty day at work....:yes:
However, maybe all the local Dark Side Flippers go to church on Sunday to atone for their sins.:nono: Anyway, I was the first in, and the seller was decent enough to hold them until 630PM today. Not that he didn't get some other offers. In fact he remarked how some of these guys were trying to weasel them away by offering more money.....:thumbsdn:
Then he asked me was there really a market for vintage speakers and such...
I had to work hard to keep a straight face but answered him honestly that there are plenty of guys like me who collect old gear, and that I wanted his speakers to go with my 4301b's. Then I told him there were plenty of guys who would also throw his speakers whole or in pieces up on CL or E-prey without thinking twice...
Anyway, I hurriedly but carefully put them in the back of the "Stereowagon" and hauled a$$ outta there to try and make at least part of the Scout meeting.....
OK I suppose you all want to know what just happened to fall into my hot little hands.....Here ya go....
Absolutely beyootiful JBL 4312c Control Monitors....
An almost invisible quarter-sized bubble in the "veneer" on one of the tops, prolly a water drop or something. Pots are a little dirty, and when I first checked them out, one of the mids was silent. Had me a bit worried until I twiddled with it a bit and heard the driver spring to life. For a split second I thought about bargaining a bit with him, but then I decided since he was honest, and obviously a poor student type, that I would pay his full asking price. I did tell him why though, and thanked him for waiting on me....All in all, not a bad day's haul.
Makes up for my $hitty day at work....:yes:
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