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JBL Centurys - $1,200 (Rialto)
condition:
good
make / manufacturer:
JBL
model name / number:
L-100 Century
size / dimensions:
12x14.5x24 "
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Here's the story: I've had them since the day after Eddie Van Halen died. I obtained them from a flipper, who said (take this part with a grain of salt) they're from the estate of a JBL employee who owned them from Day 1. He added oak veneer over the OG walnut, as well as a fascia to the front, and removed the foil badges (thus the serial #s). Supposedly he preferred a driver-only presentation.
These speakers perform flawlessly and are LOUD and CLEAR. Be it Wagner, Waylon, White Zombie, WAR, whatever, they are capable of delivering a holographic soundstage--floor, headroom, air between the strings, all that good stuff. Drive them with a clean-enough signal and, placed well, they indeed can "disappear" into the listening room. Presence and brilliance controls work. I have never opened them up, one cabinet has been upgraded to banana posts, the other has the OG guillotine connectors.
Reason for sale: I wear hearing aids; my ears simply can't take the volume these things are capable of delivering--before long, they start to ring. I've downsized, and these Centurys could use a proper home.
I can demo these with an excellent tube rig, vinyl and cd. Price is firm, and quite fair for the sound alone; the extras included make this quite a deal.