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I went into my favorite thriftstore today looking for sweatshirts and after finding none to my liking went over to the electronic section. There were a pair of jbl speakers for $49.95 and after removing the grills and much to my joy and surprise saw they were jbl l100 centurys. I checked to make sure the base, tweeter and midrange were not ruined and other than the rotting foam on the midrange the centurys are in great shape. I already purchased the surrounds on ebay today I hooked them up to my Pioneer 737 which is also driving a pair of JBL 4311s and Pioneer hpm 900s and they are just plain kickin butt. I have read of others finding great deals on jbls in the thrift stores and always wished it could happen to me. Well today my wish came true!! My system sounds absolutely fantastic But then it should with two pair of jbls. ROCK ON.

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Hi
Have own them since 1970. The latest years i have bought and sold sevrels of cd´s amps,speakers,cabels and so on. Always trying to improve the sound. I thought that the L 100 was out of time,and tried to change them to something better. What has happend is that evrything else is gone sewerel time,and that L 100 is still with me,they just play better and better by what you feed them with. Today i have good Quad ll as amps,and the latest change with nordost red dawn as speakercabel,and heimdall on rca it has got a taste of the old esl 57,electrostatspeakers...transparans,+ a vibrant powerbass and good mids,never thougt they could play this good.!!! They are underpriced,( a speaker of my dream whould be Quads 2905,plying better then real life.)

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Well what can I say - I got my JBL 100's as and "hand me down" from my Dad who originally bought them in the late 70's. I've had them since 1984 when I enticed him into buying some Bose system he had his eye on (which he regretted in a matter of days) but there was no way I was giving them up!!

I've upgraded the binding posts and crossover myself - courtesy of a company in Denmark called Jantzen-Audio - they produce a kit you can install yourself. As most of these speakers have lost the foam etc after 30 or so years they need a bit of work to restore them. I stumbled across this audio company specialising in components to JBL!!!! and I thought why not - cost me £190 for the kit and I spent £75 on new speaker cloth and foam for the tweeters as well as some sound insulatiing foam for inside the cabinets as recommended by Jantzen Audio.

Wonderful sound - very much improved in the mid range and tweeters - no need to replace them as many of the other reviews have stated. Have a read of Jantzen Audio's testing etc here http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/JBL_L100.htm

Strengths:
Pure quality in every respect (with the new crossover and binding posts)

Weaknesses:
absolutely none - it'll cost you £3000 for an equivalent sound today and alot more for something better.

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Hi,

I have a pair of JBL L100t3 speakers and looking to sell them. I'm not a audio person and have no idea what to ask for them. An friend gave them to me b/c they were too big for their apt. After reading some reviews, I'm getting a general idea of what they might be worth but there is a huge price discrepancy for one review to another.

Can anyone help?

Thank you.

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I recieved these speakers from my grandparents when they no longer had need for them. Their hearing aids made the speakers virtually unlistenable and I was slated to recieve the speakers.

I already had a custom pair of JBLs manufactured from a Bozak cabinat housing LE-14A's and rather large JBL horns, the names of which elude me at the moment.

The Century L-100's sound fantastic. Mated to a McIntosh MA-6100 Integrated Amp and a Bang & Olufsen Beogram 1800 Turntable fitted with an MMC-1 cartridge the speakers yield a warm tone that recalls the era from which they derive. The speakers are certainly suited to playing music of a louder sort.

My one complaint about the Century is that the details of the highs are lost in a sea of lows and mids. Taking into consideration the technologies at the time and the sheer care in construction of the speakers they come highly reccomended by myself.

I was lucky enough to recieve a pair that had intact the original grilles (in chocolate brown) that perhaps affects the sound.

I do hope that if the opportunity presents itself the you do listen to this piece of audio history.

Strengths:
Strong bass and realistic soundstage. A true contender in replicating the sould that defined 1970's high-end audio.

Weaknesses:
Occasionally tubby bass that tends to drown out high frequencies.