JBL Speakers....can you identify? Horns maybe?

[avguytx]

Can anyone identify the model or even the series/generation of these JBL speakers pictured below? I know it's not a lot to go off of but I know there are some JBL experts in here! The picture makes them look BIG but they actually look to be bookshelf speakers. One could only hope....

 

[Zilch]

Look like HLS to me. There's a HF waveguide behind there, with a conventional tweeter, not a compression driver.

HLS 610 got good reviews. 810 seemed "unbalanced." There was also a 410 "mini," plus floorstanding and dual-woofer versions, which I never heard, and a center. A sub was rumored, but I don't think it happened.

http://manuals.harman.com/JBL/HOM/Technical Sheet/HLS610 ts.pdf

http://manuals.harman.com/JBL/HOM/Technical Sheet/HLS Center.pdf

 

[avguytx]

Those would be the ones. I was hoping you'd chime in as I figured you would be the one to know! Thanks!

Being as they are a bookshelf, I don't need anymore of those. They are on the Austin CL if anyone is interested. (no affiliation) I'm not putting a link and price here either as this isn't what the thread was intended to be about.

 

[Zilch]

Entry level HT that actually sounded kinda nice two-channel....

 

[wiredbecker]

Heya Zilch, that's the JBL bookshelf I saw at the thrift a while back minus one woofer!

 

[Zilch]

Heya Zilch, that's the JBL bookshelf I saw at the thrift a while back minus one woofer!

With that driver layout, they'd clearly be candidates for Zilchification....