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    1Audiohack,

    Is that one-way or round trip? Nice!!! Those just went on the bay today, right? You guys with the JBL Transporters make me sick. My Jetta TDI gets me there and back quite economically but payload, ain't there. Still some room for some 4425's in there, right?
    Control 25AV on the deck - L1 - L20t & L80t in piano black - 4312A - 4430

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    One way form the shop. It would have been less than that bothways from my house. These are in fact the ones listed on the bay this morning, one of my buddies from MI alerted me to them. Thanks Jeff!

    I have never seen a pair of these that weren't beat half to death that I could afford, these are near pristine.
    If we knew what the hell we were doing, we wouldn't call it research would we.

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    Cool

    Every time this subject line pops up, I read it as "How far have you driven Your JBL's" for some reason.

    Sig line is my answer to that.
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    Drive 'em to the Xmax!

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    In my naive youth, I found ($100) and sold ($alot) a pair of Sovereign S8Rs at a Salvation Army. The surrounds on the LE's were rotted, and I never even got to hear them. My friend and I borrowed a truck to deliver them from sacramento to los angeles. We only had adam green's jacket full of danger and the grapevine was on fire so they detoured us through a part of death valley. I want to say it was eight hours one way. I know that album pretty well now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rusty jefferson View Post
    Annapolis, MD to Providence RI and back for my UREI 813's. About 800 miles round trip.
    Annnd now those 813C's belong to me! Along with the custom B460 subwoofers you made and their BX63A crossover. So lets see.. According to the Mrs, we travelled some 1,112 miles going from Roseville, MI to Annapolis, MD and back. Spent about 18 hours on the road including traffic. Straight shot both ways, with about one hour of sleep while waiting to pick up the Uhaul trailer. Made possible by more Java Monsters than I can remember, they work!

    Thank you again, Rusty!

    Whoa, looks like I've revived a long since dead thread..

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    It looks like about 830 miles round trip for me. But, I’ve made that same trip three times,,, so far.

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    Barry.
    If we knew what the hell we were doing, we wouldn't call it research would we.

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    Across town for a couple of 2242 someone had listed on Facebook marketplace dirt cheap. He also stated while I was there that he had 2 more that werent in great shape. The dust caps were demolished in the second pair, and debris in the vc gaps, but they spec'd out for dc resistance right at the value they should be.

    I got the 4 of them for $150 CAD

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1audiohack View Post
    It looks like about 830 miles round trip for me. But, I’ve made that same trip three times,,, so far.

    Thank you Mr. Widget.
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    Perhaps it’s time for another road trip? What can I tempt you with?


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    I just sold a pair of 4350'S and the buyer drove 1751 miles one way to get them.

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    Also in Ohio, last month went from Cincinnati to Columbus about 120 miles to pick up a pair on 4312's

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    Looks like a lot of JBL gear changing hands this year.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Widget View Post
    Perhaps it’s time for another road trip? What can I tempt you with?
    Widget
    Well, there's the Mr. Widget project 4 ways, the Mr. Widget compact home theater system, and probably a bunch of parts on a shelf waiting for a build.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Allanvh5150 View Post
    I flew from Christchurch, New Zealand to Los Angeles to pick up a bunch of 128's, Le5's and 044's. Does that count?
    Only if you actually enjoyed the voyage and the projects! Was that a tent sale, B-Stock sale, or ? Heck yes it counts. I would love to take another trip to Tokyo and be able to overload a cargo plane with Kenrick swag. Wait! Who just pinched me???
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    Santa Maria, Ca. to Sherman Oaks Ca. [1978] and back, to pickup a pair of 4311's in the parking lot of the Galleria in the wee hours of the morning. ~360 miles total. Santa Maria Ca. to Nadine's Music in Hollywood Ca. and then on to a stop in Northridge, [1987] and back, to pick up a pair of demo 4410's at a steal price. Had burned out tweeters but JBL did them in warranty. Drove to that shop in the back of the huge building on Balboa Blvd, where the tech replaced them on the spot. It don't get much better that that for service. Probably 425 mi round trip, not far. Should I include the many side stops at Recycled Stereo in the LA area whenever I was in town? Yes I count them as long as I bought something Lansing-wise. Then the numerous times we took the tour at Glendale. Fun times
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    Quote Originally Posted by badfish View Post
    4333A (2 pair), L65, L166 (2 pair), L100t3, L100 century, 4312, 4311,L50, L26...I exercise them all, sometimes all together- just to be silly!! It's a fun way to dust the shop-ultrasonically. Happy New Year All!!
    In 1983 I installed a pair of Valencias at one end of a 6500 sq. ft cabinet shop, at about 26 feet above the floor. The owner supplied his 125 watt/ch. Marantz receiver. Sources were the FM of the receiver, or a CD player in an auxiliary counter top assembly shop about 200' away in a separate and dust controlled building. The CD player output to a professional TAPCO graphic EQ which drove the 250' or so long Belden cable to the Marantz. I mention this because of your anecdote about "exercising" your JBL's. You could walk up to the Marantz and give the volume control a quick goose, which sent a huge cloud of dust blasting out of the bottom of the Altecs' bass sections while freeing rafter dust from several courses of the roof trusses. More than one visitor was left slack-jawed gawking at the spectacle. It was a fabulous sounding system with punch for days. I had bought the Valencias from a high end vintage used gear horsetrader I dealt with a lot. The pair was $175 in 1981. When the shop owner relocated the business to a nearby town, he relocated the Altec's to his house. Long Live Rock!
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    Quote Originally Posted by KTG View Post
    I just sold a pair of 4350'S and the buyer drove 1751 miles one way to get them.
    Not far.
    "Why don't you Mine your own Bismuth, so you won't be mining mine?"

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