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    Call me a madman...

    What's really bad, is when you actually start considering buying a pair of 4435's and then not finding those, you start thinking 4628's. Then you find a used Pro audio site that's selling 4871's for $875 apiece. You see ads for L-300's for $3K the pair and you have to think "Fools!". Gawd, imagine a pair of 4871's in a house. Four 18" woof's, two compression horns and a 2404H! Heck, you could move furniture around without lifting a finger. It'd be like one of those vintage electric football games where the playing surface vibrates. You sure wouldn't be lacking in bass!

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    I have 300's at home. I wouldn't trade them for 4871's . Different speaker, different application.
    The 4871's would probably be better for a deck party in the middle of the sticks.
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    Home vs. the pro pricing is what I'm thinking of...

    o way do I want to discount the L-300! In fact I lusted after those back in 1978, but settled for the L-65A's. What I'm pointing out is that the prices for "home audio" speakers like the L-300's have gone beyond astronomical! The rest of the JBL L-xx's are following along. The bang for the buck has to go to the used "pro audio" market. The bad? Some of these are some "black-ugly" speakers! The good? On Craiglist for a pair of 4628's recently went for $275! That is an amazing price for a set of speakers with that kind of performance! As the 43xx and 44xx supply dries up among collectors, I envision the next area of "collectability" will go to the 46xx Cabaret series. I believe it's possible to remove the black paint and garish decals, redo the cabs with some nice veneer (I envision leaving the flush handles alone and covering them with a velcro'd "Tile" square of matching wood and then build/add some cloth grills.

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    Man you guys are driving me crazy with all that L300 love stuff. I just missed out on a pair of 4333As for BIN $375 last night local pickup (kindof).

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

    I had them, I had them, my wife had me (and boy did it hurt). Guess who won. Love is a many splendored thing!

    (must have been the waking her up after she had been asleep for an hour and all the "no, no, really..."s.)

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    Crazy

    No big deal. 4333s and L300s are OK if you like that JBL kind of sound, get some Bose cubes and make your wife happy!

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    "No big deal. 4333s and L300s are OK if you like that JBL kind of sound, get some Bose cubes and make your wife happy!"

    Gee I would have thought the Bose Radio for the L300's and save the cubes/acoustimas for the 9800?? Oh well

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    Originally posted by andresohc
    I just missed out on a pair of 4333As for BIN $375 last night local pickup (kindof).
    D'oh! I would have snagged them for that in a heartbeat.

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    NO S**T!!!

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    Originally posted by Robh3606
    "No big deal. 4333s and L300s are OK if you like that JBL kind of sound, get some Bose cubes and make your wife happy!"

    Gee I would have thought the Bose Radio for the L300's and save the cubes/acoustimas for the 9800?? Oh well

    Rob


    BOSE ! now that is four letter word if I ever heard one

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