JBL price jump on Ferrite drivers!

[Allanvh5150]

I am saying what I said ...

"JBL has made some great speakers, and there is also some junk out there with the JBL badge on it too -
the name alone does NOT guarantee quality any more."

Not too hard to understand, is it?

It is. Are you talking past tense or do you presume they will make some good speakers in the future? And "Bold" and "capitals" dont make a point.....

[hjames]

It is. Are you talking past tense or do you presume they will make some good speakers in the future? And "Bold" and "capitals" don't make a point.....

Pretty sure what I said speaks for itself - I made no such presumptions ...

But let me break it down for you ...

"JBL has made some great speakers,
and there is also some junk out there with the JBL badge on it too -"

I mean that some JBL is good, and some JBL gear is crap ...
are you following me so far?

the (JBL) name alone does NOT guarantee quality any more."

That statement is clear as an azure stream ...
- the implication is that at one time, you could buy JBL and assume a quality product.
These days, when you buy JBL, it might be good, or it might be junk - but there is
NO GUARANTEE which you will get if you do buy by name alone.

[Chas]

Hey, freight from Mexico ain't cheap!

[volero]

Scapa , Glengoyne ---- Girlie whisky Heather , I thought you were beyond that and into the flavour zone. Have a go at, if you can find it Daluaine 16yo.

Found two brands of 16yo Dailuaine for sale in Australia, around $1000.00 for 700ml. Almost the same same price as a quality second hand JBL driver. Tough decision.

[Lee in Montreal]

Speaking of whiskey, just curious. What is Loch Lomond worth? It is Tintin's and Captain Haddock prefered Scotch Whiskey ;-) I'd buy a bottle just for the sake of putting it beside my collection of Tintin albums...

http://www.lochlomonddistillery.com/

[macaroonie]

Sadly it is not one I would give any kind of recommendation. I was given a bottle of ' ten' year old once and gave it away to my local pub. It stayed on the top shelf there for a good couple of years before it was gone.
Kinda poor effort given the brand awareness that Loch Lomond gives.

[badman]

Not when the price is supporting corporate treason... that is a line alot of people won't cross.

And this is the Lansing Heritage website, not the JBL forum. The JBL of today has nothing to do with Lansing Heritage, wish as they might.

Yep.

[4313B]

Hey, freight from Mexico ain't cheap!

I'd imagine the cartels are charging them a pretty penny for safe passage.

[Maron Horonzakz]

And what do you manufacture ? Are all of us Wal Mart Door greeters..

[4313B]

And what do you manufacture ?

Cheeseburgers dude... I manufacture cheeseburgers. My neighbor to the left manufactures pizzas and my neighbor to the right manufactures burritos. We are doing our share to fatten up America for the slaughter.

[cooky1257]

Expect a significant increase for neo drivers too +30% I'm lead to believe.

Currently on uk TV-his vain quest to get healthy food into LA schools

http://www.jamieoliver.com/foundatio...od-revolution/

[maxwedge]

Expect a significant increase for neo drivers too +30% I'm lead to believe.

Oh well, we don't live in 1974 anymore!

Where's that scotch anyway!
Unfortunately JBL and Scotch don't mix that well, I blew one up that way LOL!

[Tom Brennan]

Well if one wants American made drivers with a Lansing Heritage and prices which evidently haven't shot up there's always GPA and Radian.

JBL just ain't Kalifornia Kool anymore.

[lgvenable]

And this is the Lansing Heritage website, not the JBL forum. The JBL of today has nothing to do with Lansing Heritage, wish as they might.

I agree, too bad they don't have a clue and have managed to walk away from the core values that they held for Decades. (pun intended)

In one thread or another someone once quoted a Senior VP from the current JBL regime as saying that he thought speakers ought to be replaced every 2? years.

That speaks volumes about the company that once upon a time built my L100'S & 4312'S. Now the pioneering spirit of old is left to folks like Great Plains Audio and others.

That's great for audiophiles but James B would blanch at the thought.

[louped garouv]

In one thread or another someone once quoted a Senior VP from the current JBL regime as saying that he thought speakers ought to be replaced every 2? years.

That speaks volumes about the company that once upon a time built my L100'S & 4312'S. Now the pioneering spirit of old is left to folks like Great Plains Audio and others.

disposable society at it's worst....
where would all of the speakers go, in that line of thought...
a landfill?


makes me :sadface: