After searching for something like 10 years to find some nice L220s that were within driving distance, reasonably priced, and having the time and $$ simultaneously, I scored some big time.
Here's the short version:
I was sitting in front of the computer last Tuesday night, googling things that I would like to own, when I came across a CL ad for a pair of L220s for sale. I figured that they were going to be located about a hundred miles east of BFE, but the heading said Corvallis. Hmmm... I click the link, and in the pics the speakers look very nice, usual missing foam. Guy that has them is the original owner, paid something like $2G for them in '81.
The price is good, so I'm pretty sure that they are gone, and I just forget about it and go to bed.
The next morning, I'm checking my email and decide to check and see if the listing is still there. Well, it is, so I call the # and leave a message.
Fast forward to Friday around noon, I get a call from the guy with the JBLs.I compose myself and get to talking turkey. I talk with the guy for a bit, and let it slip that I've been wanting a pair of those for a very long time, which is good because he would like them to go to a good home.
So just as soon as my kid was out of school for the day, I closed up shop and hauled ass for Albany, about 120 miles from where I live. I meet the guy and check out the speakers. They are in better shape than he described, even the bottoms look good. A deal is struck, and for $650 I have my prize.
As I'm driving down the road, I notice the cones on the passives are really flapping in the breeze, so I pull over and get out a screwdriver and pull them and the woofers to put them in the cab so they won't get ruined.
Lo and behold, giant magnets? LE14H? Cool beans! L220As. Bonus!!
I had LE14 foams and dustcaps on hand, but it's going to be a long week waiting for the foams for the PR15Ds to come in.I've been playing them a little without the PRs, and they're pretty tubby with the passives out.
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