Your first JBLcomponents??

[soundboy]

My first was a 2110A, which I promptly coupled with a dynaudio horn tweeter in a ported cabinet....in 1979....6db filters:blink: Actually, sounded pretty decent at lower volumes....suprising....however within 2 years I was playing with 2235's, 2108's, E140's, horn/lens...:blah::blah::blah:....but in years I haven't seen a nice pair of those 2110's on ebay....emphasis on nice...if nothing for fuzzy memories, they would do ok in the shop/garage, with a tweeter...for FM radio, anyway....so what was your first JBL component??

[4313B]

A pair of Lancer 77's were my first JBL loudspeakers.

Shortly thereafter a pair of LE14A's were my first components.

It quickly got out of hand from there.

[louped garouv]

JBL 075s were my first JBL components...

[saeman]

Bought my first pair in 1974. After listening extensively to the L200, I bought the Sovereign I S8R. Still have them today (in the bedroom) and listen to them near every night. Condition after all this time is an easy 9 out of 10. First components were D130's, 075's and 2400's in 1979. Those are long gone.

[johnaec]

Used S-99's. They later survived a flood with water halfway up the cabinets, and JBL reconed the Le-14's for free!! I also built new cabinets for them at that time...

John

[Mr. Widget]

My first was a 2110A, which I promptly coupled with a dynaudio horn tweeter in a ported cabinet....in 1979...I went the other way...

My first JBLs were a pair of DIY S7s... then S7s + 2405s... then :blah: :blah:

Then I went over to Audax, Dynaudio, Focal, ScanSpeak, Seas.... etc. etc. for a decade or so and then back to JBLs... :blink:


Widget

[Chas]

It quickly got out of hand from there.

That's gotta be the understatement of the century! :p

Welcome back :)

[Robh3606]

I started in 1974 with L25 Primas and then grabbed L88 Plus on closeout with M12 expander kits in 1975. Shortly there after I mirror imaged the L100's then upgraded them to 4312A years latter. I found E-Bay got a pair of L80t3. From then on I have been trying new stuff ever since. New for me that is.

Rob:)

[JBL Dog]

In 1982, I traded a pair of L150's for a DIY rig that consisted of 2205A's, 2397's with 2328/2327 adaptors, 2420's and 2405's. Included was a 5234 with 500hz and 800hz cards. I still have the 5234.

[Don Mascali]

2426H and 2344A horns. It has since become a disease.:blink:

[4343]

1969 A pair of D130's. Followed by a pair of K140's in '75, then 2470's on Community radials, 2345's with 2461's, followed by 2420's with 2307+2310, and a pair of 2220's. Lately I've added more...

[Ducatista47]

A pair of 075's and their networks. Then I got away clean for 35 years, but last year I went nuts with JBL gear. Still am nuts, but the stereo sounds light years better. :bouncy:

Clark in Peoria

[Ian Mackenzie]

Two 2231A's in 1978.

[John]

The year,1977
The components
LE14A
LE20
LX8

Still have them in d.i.y. cabinets.:)

[Guido]

2 JBL 2225H in 4530 rear loaded horns
2 EV 1824M on Sentry Horns
2 JBL 2405 slots
DIY crossover

It was an ass kicking system!

Addiction started...

[northwood]

2 LE8T ,1991

[Ken Pachkowsky]

L26's 1974
030's DIY 1975
4350's 1976
4345's 2003
Westlake HR1's 2004 ( till death do us part );)

[Mr. Widget]

Westlake HR1's 2004 ( till death do us part );)Especially if one of them falls on you.:rotfl:


Widget

[Ken Pachkowsky]

Especially if one of them falls on you.:rotfl:


Widget

Quit running up and down the coast and get back to work!!!:biting:

Every time I call your gone....:)

Ken

[Ian Mackenzie]

Hey Ken,

You must be as fit as a fiddle moving the Westlakes with your on going run of Flips:D .

I mean what are they?...600lbs!

[jbl]

L 100s. !975.

[jandregg]

L14a and L20 in 69. JBL ever since.

[Fangio]

L166 Horizons, in 1977. Still have them.

[hjames]

L36 Decades, new in 1976
bought with a Yamaha CR400 receiver (20w/ch but very clean) and a Philips 212 Turntable ...
Upgraded to a Thorens TT (w/SME arm) and later to a Denon DP45F table that I still use.
The Yamaha is in the guest room with the L36s (refoamed) - still sound great.

[Titanium Dome]

You mean you can buy this shit without the cabinets? :dont-know

[duaneage]

128H and 2214H in 1990.
The 2214H pair ended up in my car, knocked the rear view mirror off.

[scorpio]

2426 on 2345 horns, little did I know that the voice coils were shot. After I got 136As and a filter, the 2426 were swapped for LE85A, about 2003.

[northwood]

many people got JBL in the middle of 1970s,I was not born then:(

[JoshK]

A pair of 2123H's about a month ago. (I was born in mid 70s).

[paragon]

A pair of this (2205A) in 78, later another pair (for project 4520).
A year later 2390 Horn-Lens and last the 2441 driver.
All new and still here since 25 years (exept 2390), playing loud. :D

[JBL Dog]

A pair of this (2205A) in 78, later another pair (for project 4520).
A year later 2390 Horn-Lens and last the 2441 driver.
All new and still here since 25 years (exept 2390), playing loud. :D

BEE-YOU-TEE-FULL!

:applaud:

[paragon]

Wie jetzt ?

Hab ich wieder was falsches gesagt ?

Sei-du-Tee-voll ?? :D

Better is to be "beer full" :D , i think.

Regards, Eckhard

[mikebake]

The fabulously efficient and musical 4663A, but instead of a 2370 it had a 2345, and a beautiful phenolic 2461 instead of a 2425. The whole system was mint. I should have tried the 2461 on a 2370. The 2345 was a bit of a turd. Then came 2370A's, 2225's, 2404's, etc. I still love the 2405H. The 4560BKA box is still a winner in my book; it never fails to deliver the goods.

[Tom Loizeaux]

I aquired a Fender Showman in my twenties. It had a JBL D140F in it. It didn't take me long to fall in love with the sound, efficiency and quality of JBL drivers.
I'm still enthralled!

Tom

[Thom]

I was working in a store that sold JBL so I knew I didn't want any of the little stuff. I had a nice Mac setup. I got a chance to buy a couple of JBL/Ampex theatre woofers a customer helped me build two C55 horns the store loaned me two 15 inch EV's all I could afford on top were used 500 altec horns and drivers and I built my crossovers out of almost motor run caps and wash machine solonoids and I had the Grateful Dead at my house. If the band down the block bothered me I'd just turned the music up. If they pissed me off I put on Normon Greenbaum and turned the music up and someone would come over to make peace in no time. When I'd get stoned sometimes I'd modify the crossovers till they were just right, but in the morning someone had messed my crossovers all up.

[soundboy]

When I'd get stoned sometimes I'd modify the crossovers till they were just right, but in the morning someone had messed my crossovers all up.
:offtopic::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

You are funny man...Thom
Ahhh, back in the day....

[sa660]

My first JBL component
Then I ordered the 2226 and received the E-145, I was upset.

[Triumph Don]

Well if you can imagine, my first were...L-100's!!

[aca.divac@yahoo]

My first JBL component
Then I ordered the 2226 and received the E-145, I was upset.

Dear Sir,

Please send me link for frequency response 076 driver.

Thank & regards

Aleksandar

[email protected]

[louped garouv]

Dear Sir,

Please send me link for frequency response 076 driver.

Thank & regards

Aleksandar

[email protected]

a thread you may be interested in...
(ring radiator comparison thread)

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=6368

[oldsoundz]

You mean you can buy this shit without the cabinets? :dont-know

:D

[Doc Mark]

Greetings, All,

Back in the 1970's, I was playing in a 10 piece horn band, down in San Diego. We needed a better PA, and I scraped up enough money to buy a pair of Altec 816 boxes, loaded with JBL D130's, and 811B horns up top, with Altec 806A drivers. I quickly found out that it needed a REAL crossover, instead of the crappy little non-polarized cap that the seller gave me to protect the compression driver's diaphragm, Blew it up on the first set of the first night of use!! :blink::biting::banghead: Had two monitors for myself, too, both with single K120's in them, and one 2105 in each cabinet, with no tweets at all.

But, I got a nice, sturdy crossover made, and after that, fell in deep lust with the clean, clear, and crisp sound of that system!! I would take them home, between gigs, and hook them up to my crappy Sansui 15 wpc quad receiver, and crank up the Tower of Power, Chick Corea, Chicago, BS&T, and Cold Blood!! Ohhhh, that system sounded good to me!! Later, I sold that system, and then kicked myself in the arse for making that mistake! Shortly thereafter, I wanted a really nice pair of speakers, as the ones I'd gotten with my Sansui, Dow Stereo housebrand "Apollo 600's", were a POS, and I wanted a JBL/Altec sound instead. Didn't have a ton of money, so I removed the crappy woofers from those POS "Apollo's", and replaced them with my K120s, and the mids with those 2105's. I added a soft dome tweeter from Peerless, and then couldn't understand why I could NEVER hear it!! Poor little bastard couldn't keep up with those JBL's!!!! :D:D;)

From there, I bought every JBL component that came my way, and a few from Altec, too, and here we are today, with me FINALLY getting an actual and complete, original JBL stereo speaker system, my first.... L300's!! I had some 4408's before that, but they had aftermarket cones in them, and no grills, so they don't count!! ;);):D:applaud: Take care, and God Bless!

Every Good Wish,
Doc

[Joe Alesi]

anyway....so what was your first JBL component??

Hello Soundboy,

Good idea for a topic!

My first JBL was a 2235 which I made into a B380 type sub together with my version of a bx63.....for 6 channels for you guessed it future HT expansion in the early Dolby Surround/Prologic days. I never did find another five 2235 woofers.

Best
JA

[locanti]

L36 pair back in 1976.A lot of stuff since.:D recently got a pair of C54 TRIMLINE in very good shape with original LE8T surround still pliable.Lack of bass but a true live sound at a moderate level:applaud:

[Beowulf57]

D130 & D131 in DIY back-loaded folded corner horns: 1960.

[sergelisses]

K140 from an Ampeg Guitar BASS ampli :1979

Serge

[BMWCCA]

Aren't these old threads the best! :banghead:

OK, I give in: 030 (D130/N2400/075) in my house since 1958 and in my room since my Dad switched to Stereo in 1964. Mated with a JBL C37 bought used in 1968. Still in daily operation as this is written.

[robertbartsch]

...I suppose these were a pair of 077 tweeters and crossovers that I added to an Altec VOTT system in 1975 or so....

[ratitifb]

4301B in 1978 (still have them)

and then ....

LE5-2, LE5-5, LE5-6, LE5-8, LE5-12, 2105H, LE25, LE25-2, LE25-4, LE20, 035TI, 077, 075, 2402, 2402H, 2404H, 2404H-1, LE85, 2420, H91, H92, 2308, L94, 1217-1290, 2380A, 2426H, 2450H, 2118J, 2118H, 2212, 123A-1, 123A-3, 2213, 2213H, E145, E145-8, 2240H, 4310, 4628B, 3105, 3110, 3110A, 3115A, 3120, N1200, LX5, 5234, 5235, M552, M553, and all i have forgotten ...

and tomorrow ... a 4312 pair :bouncy:

and next week ... 2123H ?

... but never a 4343 pair :banghead:

(still married ... but ...)

[gsb001]

Good idea for thread.

I worked at a retail appliance / stereo store from 1979 to 1992. As I learned about and heard all the different brands over the years, JBL was always my favorite. I never used the 50% employee discount, and bought a pair when I had the chance. Wish I would have got pair of L150A’s.

Last April when I was cleaning the basement – I hooked up an old pair of Technics bookshelf speakers I bought my wife when she was in collage. I was ready to put them in the trash – ripped mid range on one and beat up cabinets. I was literally carrying them out to the street for trash pick up, when for some reason as I was walking past my stereo I decided to hook them up and see what they sounded like.

I A/B them against my Bose 5.1 with powered sub ($1200 from Best Buy in 2002). It was amazing. The bookshelf speakers sounded so much better then the Bose. I had forgotten how good cabinet speakers sounded. The Bose were loud and filled the room nicely so I was happy. It took a side by side comparison to appreciate the difference.

Two weeks later I bought a pair of almost mint 4311’s from local vintage store.That started a domino effect and my current quest for bigger and better pro JBL’s.

All in the last 6 months.
Bought 4311’s.
Upgraded from Sony AV receiver to Carver separates.
Added pair of 4312A’s.
Rewired basement with 700 feet of video, audio cables and speaker wire.
Built custom sixteen shelf thru the wall component stand/storage.
Reconditioned and sold two pair of 4312A’s. I still have 5 more pair to finish.
Added Pair of 4671OK’s (two way’s - 15” with horn).
Pair of 4311’s that need reconditioning.

If I hadn’t hooked up the 25 year old Technics speakers that day, I would have never gotten the JBL bug.
Steve

[Mr. Widget]

If I hadn’t hooked up the 25 year old Technics speakers that day, I would have never gotten the JBL bug.
:banghead:

Damn Technics! :applaud:


Widget

[jbl4ever]

Le14A's for a DIY which used Altec 511B horns and 802/8A's I think.
Horns were changed within 1 week. They sounded like I was at the
race track. You know and here they come out of the corner with the
echo. The 2397 with a 2420 sure did its thing back in 1978 such a
great horn

[Akira]

Those dam Century's that so many people hate.
1974
My first girl friend...I still love em...changed my life. Still prefer a 3way box to this day.

[pmakres1]

My first was the L100's....of course!

Pete

[JeffW]

A buddy had some L100's and back in the day, they were like a revelation, none of us had squat for gear and they easily were way better than what we were using (I think my system at the time was a integrated Panasonic something). They get thrashed here, but I credit them with pointing me in the JBL direction, finally got that pair of 250ti's a few years later. Listening to Al Di Meola on them right now.

[hjames]

Ok - but this thread was about your first JBL COMPONENTS,
not factory speakers ... L100s are not components ...
2425s are components, 2123s are components, and 2245s -
those are components ...
(check back through the posts - most folks have posted drivers, not systems)

When I was playing with those 4320s (2215s and LE85-pro combo),
I got a pair of 2405 slots and built a crossover - what a revelation!

[JeffW]

Or a speaker is a component, an amp is a component, a cable is a component...

Sorry, I didn't read the entire thread, looked like speaker systems were being cited, so I went with that.

[BMWCCA]

I'll confess. I stole an LE175DLH out of a friend's Mom's Harkness 001 system she had by the curb to give to the Goodwill. I think that was 1968. Honest, I don't remember how I got the D123 or the 12" Altec coaxial I have sitting in the closet. It must have been the weed.

[Mannermusic]

D130s in 1962! Added a pair of 075s / N2400 XOs a few months later that I still have. Built the cabs to JBL specs. In those days, we thought the 030 system in a 6 cubic ft. enclosure (C35) was about as good as it got. :) MM