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Bought a pair of these lovely early 90s JBL L1s a few months ago for $30 locally and have swapped them in and out of the system. Been in for a few weeks now and boy, they are terrific. Paired with stereo subs on placed sand filled stands, they throw a big, natural soundstage. They love to be...

I have AR11Bs. Awesome speakers. Do replace the black/red tweeter and mid caps. They are trash. Typically the big bass cap is ok. I left rest of crossover as is. My woofers were done by Millersound. They are as good a speaker as I’ve heard. Best of luck.

30 watts is not enough for any AR 12” 3-way. Maybe at low volume in a smaller room. I had AR4X driven by a small Kenwood 7100A and it was very nice sounding. Smooth and pleasant. My AR11Bs (my fave AR 3-ways) are driven by a high current amp putting 175 watts per into 4 ohms with 3db...

I have the LP Gear Carbon. It’s very, very good. Tracks great at 2.3g. My buddy is borrowing it now and using it in a high end system. He raves...

The lounge...

Down to 3 pair I really love— all mint and or restored: AR11B Snell E ll JBL L1 (currently swooning over these) 2 Boston Acoustics VR500 subs

I just picked up a pair of mint JBL L1s last week for the price of a six pack. They are wonderful. Best 2-way JBLs I’ve heard and plenty of great reviews online. I’m pushing mine with a very nice and powerful Sony ES amp/pre. They seem to like some juice. Take a look for a nice Adcom...

REL certainly knows subs!

I have always run my speakers full range and the subs 10hz over the -3db for mains. Works great for me. Purely music and never above moderate volume. Helps that my subs have a steep crossover slope of 24/db too.

These are pretty great speakers. Sound is mature and pretty neutral (for JBL). Have them on 24” stands about 24” from back wall and using stereo subs crossed at 55 hz as their -3db is 47 hz. They pull that nice disappearing act on good recordings...

...driving by a yard sale that was ending and spied a pair of speakers on table...looked familiar...walked away with a pair of near mint JBL L1 monitors with the original user manual. These things are fantastic... I’ve paid more for six-packs than I did for these...

As a Snell E ll owner, appreciate the work here! They are fabulous speakers.

I love my Marantz 2225 paired with my Snell Ell. Excellent setup!

Are the Swiss nude available again? First was problematic

Am I crazy, or is the cheap Kyowa elliptical stylus for the V15lll pretty damn good!? I’ve got a whopping $20 invested in it and I haven’t wanted to upgrade in almost a year... It’s on my Technics 1600 Mk ll at 1.5g running into a Project DS+ phono stage with proper loading... I’m sure a...