Hello all,
After much deliberation, first on the 4425 and L65, I decided to spend quite a bit more and get the elusive L300. This I blame mostly to the sound I heard from a late "local" guru who had passed away a couple of years ago but still remember the best horns to date, at least for me. I thought that I would hunt for them later on, but the more I researched here and in other sites like Audio Karma I decided that if I did come across a mint pair, I would go for it. Seeing that there is such a following for these speakers. i do love the glass tops, could come in handy in a party
I barely missed Dan's mint one at Audiogon for about 3.6k and was gonna settle for a pair of Jubal's but for about 1.6k landed (i live in the far east) I wasn't yet that convinced. Scouring the net (oh yes, hunitng them down is very fun indeed) I finally found one through a contact in Singapore, no I don't live there. The pictures justified it's 3k price, 3.6k landed. All in all I guess a fair deal considering if I got a mint pair in the US for 2.5k the shipping and handling would come close. This way my contact got to see and hear the units and pack it himself.
Reading the many posts on the L300s I have a few questions to the owners here, again kindly excuse these newbie questions:
1. I've read the caps and crossover will benefit from updated ones, wht are the values of these caps and how many so i may procure and see what is out here. What about internal wiring?
2. How can I tell if the woofers need refoaming? Where can I get these for repair?
3. There are True Value shops here, any suggestions and instructions for maintaing the L300 veneer? Am i supposed to keep the speaker away from the window/sunlight?
4. How far apart do you guys reco the speakers should be? Toed in?
5. Speaker cables - silver or copper?
I do appreciate in advance the tips and suggestions, also thanks to those who "influenced" the investment Aslo to MM54 and the other L300 owners who too share the same passion and love for these classics
cheers!
raffy
unit arriving in 3 weeks, will be my first jbl, will send appropriate pics when they rrive if someone can point me how to do it