JBL Olympus

[rxonmymind]

Kinda cool seeing these in my neck of the woods. Love to give them a listen but "No tire kickers". Hurmph! Oh well.
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/ele/d/vintage-jbl-olympus-type-c50/6632054615.html

 

[Leland47]

WoW!

 

[toxcrusadr]

Pretty cool, clean enough to eat off of, except for that one cabinet top that looks like someone had a whole collection of potted plants up there. But that's fixable.

Those would go great under my living room window. Too bad I'm thousands of miles away and $6k short. I mean I could muster up a grand but that's about it.

Are those caster bases original? They say Olympus on them, was that an available accessory for moving them about or did someone build those to go with them?

 

[cyclotronic]

Are those caster bases original?

Nope, "with custom stands on casters". Personally I find the text printed on them to be really corny.

 

[toxcrusadr]

I thought so too, although at first glance I thought it might have come from the original crates or something. But as soon as you figure out it's not, it doesn't seem like a factory accessory either - just doesn't go with the style - and then you arrive at "DIY corny". Oh well, to each his own. One could always face that toward the wall.

 

[rxonmymind]

Maybe dress it up a bit.

 

[soundmotor]

Kinda cool seeing these in my neck of the woods. Love to give them a listen but "No tire kickers". Hurmph! Oh well.
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/ele/d/vintage-jbl-olympus-type-c50/6632054615.html

How about cone kickers? Would love to see the reaction to that.

 

[rxonmymind]

How about cone kickers? Would love to see the reaction to that.

 

[markshan]

Nope, "with custom stands on casters". Personally I find the text printed on them to be really corny.

Agree completely. Might have worked if there had been an attempt to match the font.

 

[markshan]

I thought so too, although at first glance I thought it might have come from the original crates or something. But as soon as you figure out it's not, it doesn't seem like a factory accessory either - just doesn't go with the style - and then you arrive at "DIY corny". Oh well, to each his own. One could always face that toward the wall.

The wall of your garage, where they live once you've placed the speakers. Occasionally you use them to move a heavy tool or something.

 

[hjames]

SO many OTHER JBL models I'd rush to collect before chasing after these -
but its ok, they are on the far side of the country from me ...

 

[baco99]

incentive for me to finish my Olympus project!