Found our (my wife alerted me to their presence in the local Salvation Army - "Get over here NOW!") set of L65s for $35 *Yes, for the pair...*
We use them for every day audio output and they are very nice.
$600 nice? Not sure, but they are excellent once they are separated from the carpeted floor.
Ours are on concrete blocks, which gave the bottom end some definition and the midrange some clarity. I suppose those who aren't partial to them may have them set up incorrectly. (Then again, we might have them set up incorrectly too - but it's working for us!)
All around - Compared to several JBL sets we have on-hand (D-48 / L88 - Nova / L-166 / L4311 - Plus, I grew up listening to L96s) we really enjoy their sound - Great for every day music listening - Great with nasty compressed DirecTV audio and listening to digital output with a WDLXTV box -- These are our *preferred* daily runners. We love the sound of JBL, so there may be a very very slight bias here...
We use them for every day audio output and they are very nice.
$600 nice? Not sure, but they are excellent once they are separated from the carpeted floor.
Ours are on concrete blocks, which gave the bottom end some definition and the midrange some clarity. I suppose those who aren't partial to them may have them set up incorrectly. (Then again, we might have them set up incorrectly too - but it's working for us!)
All around - Compared to several JBL sets we have on-hand (D-48 / L88 - Nova / L-166 / L4311 - Plus, I grew up listening to L96s) we really enjoy their sound - Great for every day music listening - Great with nasty compressed DirecTV audio and listening to digital output with a WDLXTV box -- These are our *preferred* daily runners. We love the sound of JBL, so there may be a very very slight bias here...