Something was nagging at me though and I realised that my slight (and self-diagnosed) OCD had kicked in. I had also ensured that the aforementioned dials on the front baffle were set to zero.Īt this stage, I had not attached the grilles, as I found the loudspeakers fascinating to look at, with their creamy white woofers shining down the room at me.
Once I had measured to ensure they were equidistant from the back wall I inserted my Tellurium Q Ultra Black II cable into the angled single wire binding posts and retired to a safe distance in anticipation of the fireworks to come. I positioned the stands where my usual speakers go in our lounge and lugged each loudspeaker into place.
They are tilted back to angle the loudspeakers up towards the listener. The stands themselves are simple enough, constructed of heavy steel with soft felt on the surfaces on which the speakers stand. JBL really ought to take a look at that, because it surely does not need to be so frustrating. Assembling the two dedicated stands should have been straightforward but the threaded rubber feet were awkward to attach. Between us we wrangled them in to the house and a fun few weeks started. Many weeks passed and I had actually forgotten about the JBLs when my friendly DHL man rang the doorbell and delivered two enormous boxes and one rather smaller one. Having seen press pictures of the new version, I lusted after the burnt orange grilles and the dials on the front for boosting or cutting the output from the midrange and high frequency drivers. To an impecunious Articled Clerk working for £500 a year (and Luncheon Vouchers – remember those?) in London with an already hopeless music addiction, these American beauties were the stuff of dreams, and way out of my financial grasp. People of my vintage (not a word I use lightly in this context!) may have fond memories of those days in the early 1970s, when the original JBL L100 first arrived here in the UK. Back in the spring when the editor asked me if I fancied reviewing the new JBL L100s I didn’t have to think about it long.
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