1. JBL rarely has any in stock.
2. If you happen to catch them on a day that they do have a PAIR you then have to contend with:
A. UPS losing them in transit.
B. Ryder not packaging them right and they end up busted in half on delivery.
It appears that more and more people at JBL are becoming familiar with the never ending nightmare of customers not being able to get replacement drivers. The story I heard last week is that Mexico refuses to build "extras" for replacement purposes, quite simply, they just don't fucking get it. They refuse to answer emails FROM HARMAN, they refuse to answer phone calls FROM HARMAN. Basically the place needs to be shut down.
Perhaps we'll be seeing more and more vendors in China stepping up to the plate. Hopefully they'll put Mexico out of business and the sooner the better. I asked for a pair of 476BE's a couple months ago and I was told "we're actively searching for a new vendor". That doesn't seem to bode well for Harman Audio de Mexico.
I still agree with the assessment that the jackass who moved production out of Northridge should have died in a fire the day he made the announcement. Seriously, we just flat out don't need fucking losers like that in our country. If someone mentions moving manufacturing overseas just drag them out into the street by their hair, tar and feather them and run them out of town tied assbackwards on a mule. They serve no purpose.