hello ! i found a pair of JBL l100 century in a very good price (200euro) but the mid-range speakers look a little different, just like the photo http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=htt...g#.Uao3K9jS2Vg
whats your opinion ?? aftermarket or recone ?
hello ! i found a pair of JBL l100 century in a very good price (200euro) but the mid-range speakers look a little different, just like the photo http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=htt...g#.Uao3K9jS2Vg
whats your opinion ?? aftermarket or recone ?
Sun damage/age difference is my guess. The reddish one looks like it has discolored due to environmental issues. I've seen others that looked that way.
Just guessing... either one could be a recone.
Widget
They could have been manufactured at different times. Take a look at the label and the color of the tweeter surrounds. The originals were yellow. Latter ones were black.
Rob
"I could be arguing in my spare time"
Is the one on the left an L100a? If you look closely you can see it has the orange JBL logo whereas the one on the right has the black logo
For what it's worth, my L100As (close serial #s but not sequential) have always had their grilles in place except when playing music.
I have one mid cone that is considerably darker than the other and it's not from Sun bleach.
And yes, the pair in the photo are two different speakers; one from L.A. the other from Northridge, so definitely mids from two different production runs.
Thomas
thats my pair ! can u see the dif between the le5-2??
i mean if the midrange cone is original!!
There were definitely two different LE5 cone colors. Having reconed many of them over the years using genuine JBL recone kits I can confirm that.
Thank you for that!
NOTHING beats "hands on", (I have had this conversation/debate 50 times but had nothing to substantiate it/back it up)
In all the years you have handled JBL, was it fairly common to see small "blems" in those LE25 cones?
Common at all in your experience?
Link a wrinkle almost, but the cone/dust cap absolutely having never been door belled?
I have seen it more than a few time and one of mine suffers from it, but I know for a fact that they have never been damaged by injury unless it occurred at JBL?
Just a little deformity and confined to only one spot, NOT a concentric irregularity.
You can feel the imperfection with a finger; it's as if a small piece of trash may have been on the form when they pressed those little cones.
Nipple is untouched.
What say ye?
Thank you,
Thomas
Anyone else noticed this (seemingly) production "flaw"?
I only persist in asking as it seems very unlikely (to my mind anyway) to have occurred in such a consistent fashion on the examples I have seen with no other signs of mishandling or damage?
And on every LE25 I have noted this little "flaw" on it was in almost exactly the same spot, to the left of center when viewed from the front.
Am I alone on this?
I am primarily interested on knowing how this may have occurred if anyone has any insight or theories more definitive (factual) than my speculation.
I find it odd that they could "get out the door" from the factory with these little evident "blems". Then again, compared to some of the New England stuff I have handled and seen, they are pristine!
Thank you all,
Thomas
What is the yellowing of the woofer on the left?
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