Re: BOSE 901 series

Mark,
I remember when I bought them they had a listening room all set up with
switches for trying different combos of amps/preamps, receivers,
turntables, and speakers, etc... . with the push of a button. The Century's
sounded great UNTIL the switch to the HPM's. The difference was clear.
I also had a friend who was really into stereo gear. He had 4, yes 4, JBL
4350's hanging from chains in his living room. At the time 4 channel was
just coming to the home and he had everything hung from chains in the house
to isolate vibration. Remember Frankenstein, in 4 channel? His wall was
nothing but outboard gear on a homemade hanging rack. However, this guy was
a bit goofy and after a couple of tunes he switched to am radio out of
Chicago(wls). The only redeeming factor was that while he was all enthralled
with his radio, his wife was enthralled with me. The guy couldn't have cared
less.

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jeff wald
"Mark D" <mmd49@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I bought a pair of HPM 100's in '75. They are excellent. I had gone to
> buy a pair of JBL Century 100's but when I A-B'ed them, the JBL's
> sounded like they were buried in mud.
> ======================================
> Hi Jeff, Perhaps not exactly the best description of what these L-100's
> souded like, but I never heard the L-100's sound being described as
> muddy, or lackluster. You may have been listening at the time to a
> blown, or faulty example?
>
> In essence, all the L-100 was, was a home version of the JBL 4311 Studio
> Monitor. Yes, they weren't exactly identical, in that the pro version
> used slightly different design x-overs, and the pro drivers had a
> different # designation, (and usually a higher power handling rating)
> but I believe re-cone, and diaphram kits would work on either version.
>
> The 4311 was desired in the studio for it's flat frequency response,
> which was required for accurate mix-down-monitoring in the studio.
> (Sure, there's better monitors made now days, Dynaudio comes to mind,
> and they sure ain't cheap)
>
> Rarely if ever, were any of these older "L" series JBL's muddy. I fact,
> I would say some of them had too much of a shrill sound, and needed to
> be tamed down a bit running them flat at their L-Pads, and at the front
> end (Pre-amp, or EQ).
>
> One of my favorite in this entire L lineup was the L-200 Studio Master
> (a 15" 2-way)
>
> Then there were the larger models in the 4300 Series, and many of these
> to this day are highly sought after. Models like the 4433, 4335, 4350.
> All used 15" Bass drivers, and really weren't ideally developed for
> bedroom sized venues.
> (Not unless you wanted to be deaf within a month's time) If memory
> serves me correctly, the 4350 weighed 235lbs each.
>
> Another killer speaker of the day was some of the KEF Speakers. These
> too are sought after by many, and build quality, and sound was very good
> indeed. A less efficient speaker though (Compared to L-series JBL's) and
> needed a hefty amp (200 watts + rms) to properly drive them. Mark
>


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