I'm a newbie to this forum but not to the JBL sound. The first pair of speakers I ever owned when I could afford a pair were the JBL L100s. I bought them in 1973 and kept them in mint condition for 25 years. I promised them to my son when he graduated from college and moved away from home in 1998. He had been using them for about 7 or 8 years by then. I've been an audiophile for 30 years and now I want another pair.
I have a question for you JBL L100 owners I hope you can help me out with. I know there are 3 versions of the JBL L100. I had the first version with the speakers in a vertical alignment. I believe these were only made through 1974 when JBL went to the off-set tweeter and mid-range. My question is this. I'm not playing shake-the-walls rock n' roll like I did in the 60s and 70s and am interested in knowing which version of the L100s has the warmest, richest sound. I remember them as great rock n' roll speaker with great bass. I also remember they were known as speakers that were all "boom and sizzle" but as I recall they also had a great mid-range.
Have any of you guys compared the sound of the different versions of the L100? If so, can you fill me in on the tonal quality of the different versions. It's been too many years since I've heard my original L100s. I can't remember the sound any more as they sounded hooked up to analog gear.
Thanks for any help you can give me.