![]() ![]() ![]() In the late 60s JBL already had a great reputation for making very accurate, full size monitors for studios. You will not get the same sound if you buy them and leave them in original, out of spec condition. This means that my subjective views below refer to the sound that could be achieved with these speakers, with a bit of work. Speakers in their original conduction, were unlistenable, mainly due to the poor connection at the l-pads, which caused distorted and breaking sound. More details about these upgrades can be found in the upgrades section. I also recapped the crossover with basic polypropylene capacitors, as the original ones where slightly out of their tolerances. Please note prior to this review, I replaced the crackling attenuators with like-for-like l-pads. As expected from 40 years old second hand speakers, they had normal wear and tear marks on the cabinets, slightly pushed in tweeter dust caps and crackling potentiometers nothing that would put me off from buying them.īecause I was redecorating the whole house, these were placed in the attic and not touched until very recently, when I decided to finally test them. ![]()
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