Well I got my D136a's back from Edgewound and installed them in my L300's.....cranked them up and they really are nice....I am very impressed by them. They are the nicest sounding JBL I have yet to hear, except that I have a set of 4333a's that I am restoring and the difference between the two is almost undetectable. However I think the 4333a's just seemed to be a little "tighter" and more "accurate" just ever so slightly.
Of coure the L300's are my fronts and absolutely fabulous.....they ain't going anywhere! I am driving them with my Carver M1.5 amp and using my Yamaha RX-V870 as a pre-amp. I have my L101's for rears....I just love the horns front and back....hard to beat.I moved over the L65a's to the outside....through the weekend I will audition all four sets....thank God for a gracious wife! although she is becoming quite the JBL/Altec hound herself....
I am using a little Radio Shack switchbox that balances the impedence as you add speakers....being fed by the Carver (1200 watts RMS), its got plenty of juice to spread around and can be run no sweat at 2 ohms....
I haven't attracted any cops yet, but I think the neighbors all around for half a mile know who I am for sure by now....!
The Altec Santanas I picked up last week at a thrift store....they are 8/10 and the sound is hard to believe that it is coming out of a coaxial driver! They aint going nowhere either except for my newly married 20 yr old daughter says she wants to take them home....she cant believe the sound either.
Plenty of vintage JBL goodness here....we sure are enjoing them!
Happy New Year to all you forum members and thanks so much for your help and support in 2008! Hope you have a happy and blessed year!
Shaan