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JBL L80T
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Chris Brown
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Nice speakers. The same mid and tweeter were used on many JBL models including the L100T/L100t3 as well as the 4410 and 4412 Studio Monitors which are very highly regarded. The 035ti tweeter is very good but can come off as a bit bright on some speakers. The successor to the L80T was the L80t3 which uses the same components, but a slightly different crossover that tames the tweeter a bit. I would get them, see if you like them as is. Upgrading to T3 crossover will always be an option.
They are the consumer version of a JBL studio monitor, right down to the drivers. Get them. (4310?)
mars_volta
Super Member
I had a pair of L60Ts (IIRC) that sounded pretty nice. High end was sharp and detailed.
Kyluckyman
Well-Known Member
I love JBL's. I would go for them and refoam them.
Nope. Send them to me for proper disposal.
nclh77
Super Member
JBL sold their monitors to the public and they were sold nearly every where and easily available. The L series was not a consumer version of the monitor series, the monitor series was a consumer version of the monitor series. Most owners of JBL monitor series never used them for studio work but in home.
BMWCCA
Addicted Member
Actually many of the L-series had Studio Monitor equivalents using the same drivers with normally less-expensive networks.
Just posting that last sentence does not make it true!
4410.
mech986
Lunatic Member
Well worth the relatively small expense (about $30 for a surround kit, glue, instructions, and tone CD from Rick Cobb, plus maybe a couple hours of your time) to do the two woofers with new surrounds. or pass them along to another AK member as is.
BMWCCA
Addicted Member
I've have two pair of L80Ts now. One had NOS drivers from JBL replacing the rotted surround prior to my purchase and the other I did the surrounds myself with Rick's kits. Easy!
They are a fine sounding speaker and no way if you already own them that you shouldn't try the surrounds yourself. Not the best from JBL but certainly as good as anything else out there around the $400 range.
They are a fine sounding speaker and no way if you already own them that you shouldn't try the surrounds yourself. Not the best from JBL but certainly as good as anything else out there around the $400 range.
nclh77
Super Member
Using some of the same drivers does not make the L series a "home" version any more than it makes the monitor series a "professional" version of the home version.
BMWCCA
Addicted Member
If they use the same driver complement as the studio monitor and especially if the studio monitor came out first (4311/L100, 4411/L112) then it is certainly accurate to say the L-model is the home-version of the studio monitor. To insist otherwise is simply some sort of semantic masturbation.
