Originally Posted by
jeffczar
Finally after a few years of buying and selling some of the big speakers of the month (KEF's, Monitor Audio, Spendor, NHT). I decided to go get something that I REALLY wanted and lusted after. I got rid of my excellent L20T's in the mid 90's and began this fruitless search for something better. I finally came to my senses and bought a full set of the new L880/L820/LC2 setup for a HT room. I thought, those remind me of JBL's from the glory days, a facsimile of a classic JBL sound but not the real thing. Even though I liked them, I wanted to achieve my dream of a L112 or L166 pair. My day came, picked up a nice pair with all drivers perfect and only in need of a little fine steel wool and oil to make look nice. But the sound.....Oh the sound is BETTER than the memories I had in my mind, of going to audiophile friends homes as a teeneger and hearing those new L112's. I said then I will get these someday. Now is my time. They sound as close to perfect as any speaker I have heard the past 10 years. Careful adjustment of the Lpads to (2-3) on the mid and (6-7) on the tweeter give the speaker a very surprising soundstage and imaging as well. The detail is awesome, albeit a slight bit forward compared to modern speakers, the bass is very tight and deep but not overblown, but the bottom line is they make beautiful music. I finally have my L166's and I have never been happier with a speaker in my life. This is truly a testament to the incredible engineering and care that went into making these. Thanks to this site for rekindling my interest in one of my first loves. I will honor and treasure these forever! I highly recommend these to anyone, they do almost everything right and nothing poorly. Most importantly, you CAN go home again, and that's where I am staying. No more straying for some flavor of the month, lesson learned. Long live classic JBL! Why doesn't JBL just produce these classic speakers AS IS and see how they would sell, I bet you would be surprised!