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JBL Floorstanders

ryanward84

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My fiancee gave me the number of a coworkers husband who has some JBL's he would sell me. I texted him and he said that he couldn't remember the model number but it was L something. He said he bought them in the early 80's and that they are wood veneer floor standers.

What could they be? I'm excited!
 
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L was a prefix for a good many of JBL speakers thru many years.
Assuming they were new when he bought them,those models sold in that time period (early 80's) might help zero in on a few possible candidates.

If you're really lucky they could be some L150/L150A ~ L220/L222 ~ L250 or L300.

Other possibles:
L40
L50
L86
L96
L110
L112
Among a few others that I'm sure I've missed mentioning.

Mid 80's and you can include the L60T,L80T,& L100T,which are also great speakers.

Now if he bought them used,,,all bets are off as they could be almost anything back to like 1970...

FWIW

Bret P.
 
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L26 or L65, both of which I have would be really good scores.

L3, L5, or L7 - still pretty good, but not what floats my boat. [Er... I guess these arent wood veneer.}
 
L3 ~ L5 ~ L7 were from the early 90's IIRC,so almost certainly not those if these were bought in the early 80's.

IIRC the L26 & L100 were available to the mid 70's and the L65 were available to '79,obviously some models from that late 70's era carried over into the early 80's,but I dont think any of these did,though I freely admit that I could easily be wrong. Pretty sure a few I mentioned above were like that (carry-overs from the late 70's).

Again a big part of this depends on whether these were bought new -or- used. And no doubt some of those 70's models did'nt always sell right away either,so a few of them could've lingered on the shelves for quite some time. And of course there were others models as well,but many of those would be considered bookshelf speakers or studio monitors and not necessarily "true" floorstanders.

There's a price list over @ the Lansing heritage site that has dates for when certain models were available,so the OP can look that up for more specific dates/models.

Without more info it's just a good old fashioned guessing game,,,all we can do is work with the clues given thus far...

Good luck to the OP,it sure will be interesting to find out what they actually are.

Bret P.
 
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L3 ~ L5 ~ L7 were from the early 90's IIRC,so almost certainly not those if these were bought in the early 80's.

He initially said L5 rung a bell but then he said 80's and WOOD, which I believe he meant was that the finish was a natural veneer. My guess is whatever they are, they will be nice speakers. I'm hoping for some L150's!
 
watched this thread! exciting to h ear what they are,

My bet is L80T.

If I were you, I would show up at their house and it would actually be a pair of Technics from the 80s with radio shack woofers, pushed in tweeters, and a midrange completely missing.

Thats the sort of luck I have. I get myself so worked up that I almost cant sleep... and then I get there and I want to cry.
 
If I were you, I would show up at their house and it would actually be a pair of Technics from the 80s with radio shack woofers, pushed in tweeters, and a midrange completely missing.

Thats the sort of luck I have. I get myself so worked up that I almost cant sleep... and then I get there and I want to cry.

Why would someone use bartertown instead of CL or Ebay???

There ya go.
 
watched this thread! exciting to h ear what they are,

My bet is L80T.

If I were you, I would show up at their house and it would actually be a pair of Technics from the 80s with radio shack woofers, pushed in tweeters, and a midrange completely missing.

Thats the sort of luck I have. I get myself so worked up that I almost cant sleep... and then I get there and I want to cry.

Haha yeah I've been there too! Once i saw an ad for a nice vintage silver face Sony receiver with no pic and showed up hoping it was a STR-7065A but it ended up being a dusty 20 something watter from the 80's. I bought it anyways for a few bucks and gave it to my friend.

But hopefully the JBL's are a score! I'll post when I find out what they are.
 
The gentleman with the JBL's said he has been too busy to find them since they are tucked away in storage. I dont want to be that guy texting him all the time but i will likely ask for an update from him today. He also offered me some BOSE 401's but they hold no interest for me.
 
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Good luck! maybe you should offer to help find them and dig them out of storage. Just bring a small amp with you to test, but check the woofer surrounds first. Actually, if he's giving them to you, just take them. JBL's are pretty reliable and can be fixed.
 
How's that song go..?? "Anticipation......" Good Luck and hopefully a SCROE!!! May be a SCROE already since for free and JBL....
 
Well big let down... Turns out he couldn't find them and he thinks he may have sold them a few years back! Haha. Yep.
 
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