It's always a good day when Kelvin uploads another video. Cheers!

Thanks Kelvin,. They are nice sharp looking speakers and look excellent on their stands

I love the passion you have for audio equipment. It's something I can relate too.

Good one. Really liked the comments on amplifier matching, please give us more of that whenever you're talking about speakers. Also that shop is doing itself a favour by working with you.

Thanks Kelvin, always enjoy your video’s. I use to visit Audiogold a lot years ago when I lived in Finchley, to buy their records. My best bit of vintage gear is a NAD 3020B from 1985, love the sound of that amp. All best from Rob.

Offset tweeters help with edge diffraction and I'm glad they mirrored these instead of keeping the baffles the same for each side which would be loss and performance. Another great video good to see you again!

Another excellent review really enjoy your down to earth approach to reviews thanks Kelvin.

I own a pair of JBL 100. With Sansui au 717....... Heaven on earth Kevin. Nice and correct revieuw..... keep going on what you do is what we oldies need.... and the Young one can learn a lot.... 👍👍👍👍

Great review Kelvin. Very thorough and informative.

They're near-field studio monitors. The tweeter's offset design allows the tweeter's to be closer together or further apart to afford tonality and imaging to be tuned to the control room's acoustics. Kelvin: the David Attenborough of hifi reviewers. Good luck with the channel, mate.👍👍👍

I am about your age and had a pair of L100s some 5 decades ago. When it was reintroduced recently, I looked into purchasing them, they were 7 times what they cost me back in 1973. But these are a bit cheaper and share many characteristics with their older brother and may suit my needs better.

New to your channel and I am a lover of old school Hi-Fi gear. In the 70's and 80's I used to sell JBL in Germany to US military. My favorite JBL was the 4311 speakers. Those were used in most recording studio control rooms back in the day. You should see if you can borrow some of those and give them a try. Enjoyed your video.

Hi Kelvin great video and very interesting, as I'm aiming to get a pair of JBL L96, my dream speaker at the moment. A friend of mine had a pair a few years back , great sound, around the same size as the ones in your video but a three ways ported. Good to hear your review as I think the quality of JBL runs through all their speakers of the mid eighties and nineties large bookshelf size, and the prices reflect this. My dream awaits. I'll be going to view some amps to power them next month, looking at the Arcam A38 FMJ especially. Thank you , always look forward to your vids. Stu

I grew up with paper cones love them. I know what you mean. Great review, thank you.

I'd love to see and hear you review the "infamous" BOSE 901's. I believe both of those speakers were introduced around the same time ('72 - 73). (maybe that was the L100...) The JBL's were marketed as "studio monitors". Funny, you talk about relocating tweeters to improve the imaging. I added four 'external tweeters" to my system a few years ago just for that purpose. It works.

Great , entertaining review Kelvin..

Love my L82 Classic speakers and drive em with a Sansui Seven! Huge low end. No mud to the darker, warm tones of flat wound and gut bass strings. Just slamming. JBL!

I’ve always placed tweeters outboard thinking surround sound effect. But the way U just explained, inboard, imaging, direction, makes sense. I’ll give it a go with my JBL 4311’s.

Really love your reviews! Watching them all - new to your channel

Thanks for the review I've recently found your channel and subscribed. I have demo'd these speakers here in "the states" and they are vastly underrated and definitely not a "rock speaker." Much more detail then their looks. As an aside, my dealer says the tweeters go to the outside as opposed to the middle.

I want some of what you have been having!! Yeah? You are flying. Changged right up

Thanks again . I really like your videos. And I agree with you . I like the old sound better.

I just aquired a pair of ADS L620's..... pleasure to listen to. Driven by a Marantz PM 8004.

I’m still a young fella 26 years old. But I remember when I was 12 I would speaker swap tweeters from a Sony bookshelf to to a Kenwood tower. Because I liked the treble but it lacked the bass Hahaha I’ve learned a lot since then. Great video Thanks for sharing

I would love to hear these one day!

I was just looking at these recently and I wanted them really bad. Well, I want them even more now. You can't get a 2-way 8" bookshelf front ported type speaker anymore. I've got JBL N28II's that I'm really fond of which are that way. Those speakers with paper cone fun, Oh yes. I want. I've been drooling over the JBL Stage A190's for a while now too cus those paper cones seam like they'd be a lot of fun. The JBL Studio 530,570,590's I have are a paper cone with PolyPlas coating on the front of the cone. I"d love to send you my Studio 590's with a transporter beam.

Nice to listen to something new, eh? ;) Its cool to see older companies reissuing the old workhorses that so many loved. Thanks for the review!

What a fantastic review. I just love your passion and you always make me smile. I've been looking for a speaker that can produce that 'old school' addictive base! Will need to try it out. Any vintage speaker that would compare to these JBL's? Thanks again. :-)

Hi Kelvin, still enjoying your channel, as you are by far the most charismatic reviewer of all things HiFi on this You Tube. It's not long now until you hit the big time I expect on the Beeb or something. Plus you review some super interesting stuff. Anyway, just wondering if this new JBL is like a newer version of a BC1 or BC2 with a bit more power handling? I have heard the mid range of the BC1's and found it truly beguiling. Big JBLs were my last speaker (250Ti) which did the big sound thing, too big for my room actually and whilst the mid-range was good, not as magic as the Spendor, yeah. So, what do you think, is the L82 along the same lines as the old Spendors? I was thinking of SP1 or possibly BC2, but a good refurbished pair could be easily half of what you pay for a brand new pair of these JBL. I can't get to hear any of this stuff as I am in Ireland, hence the reason why I am such an avid viewer of your channel.

I had the l100 and no doubt they were good... But I ' upgraded ' to the jbl LX66 (solid oak and weigh a ton) new in the 90's. In my opinion they blow these out of the water so much so that I bought another pair. I have spent a lot of time and money in my youth in studios mixing/recording equipment..etc and can honestly say I have not heard speakers to match these for all round sound quality beautiful bass /mids/highs....These are under the audiophile radar....

They remind me of the JBL 4408 monitor speaker, which has the titanium tweeter. I got a pair for nothing and it was my first expierence with a good speaker. I wish I still had them. Sometimes you can find them cheap.

Hi Kelvin, first of all thanks for the review, very well done. By the chance did you try the combination with the NAP100? I am thinking about getting this combo. Cheers Jakub

Good vintage sound is like cream it will always rise to the top! Modern gear needs to blend with vintage in my opinion! Some modern stuff sounds amazing in every way in the lows,mids,highs...but just lacks soul! That's why you enjoyed these JBL's Kelvin! JBL blended modern and vintage and boom there you have it! Great looking speakers too! Nice to hear your thoughts mate👍

I wonder how they would compare to vintage Pioneer HPM 40 speakers. I found the HPM 40s absolutely fantastic. I have vintage JBL 100s in my system now and they are great too. I wish I had some modern versions to A/B.

It's good to see you review a high end American product k...Will make a our yankie friends feel at home a little bit...Is it because I'm a Londoner....;-)

Another album I know you'll enjoy is by a sub-contra electric bassist called, Yves Carbonne and his album is called, Seven Waves. Again, a reference recording of a 10 string sub-bass! An incredible instrument, (you'll see it on the album cover), more than capable of bass harmonics below 20Hz, ( human hearing's lowest limit). His playing is beautiful and melodious. Check him out too, Kelvin.

Hello Kelvin, I really like your reviews. What do you think of the combination of this speakers and a Sansui 881? I was thinking it should be a good combination since it does have that good low and mid base you were talking about. Thanks

You've got to get a copy of virtuoso bassist Victor Wooten's album, A Show of Hands. I've taken it to many a hifi show both here in England and abroad and nearly every time I've handed it to a manufacturer to play, they've put it on their "albums to get" list. His playing is off the scale, ( no pun intended), and it's a proper reference recording of the instrument. A must for your reviewing style, Kelvin.

Any insights as to why early titanium tweeters were so harsh and now smooth like silk? Yes, like the Energy 22's - a popular Canadian speaker, "inside" tweeters help with imaging.

Those type of JBL’s to me always perform better on their sides with tweeter inwards and on top as placed in recording studios. I aways hear a wider soundstage and is easier to get a neutral listening position that way.

The only drawback that prevents me from owning the L 82's is the fact it does not have magnetic grilles.

What do you think of Au717 sansui combination?

It's all about da bass. Vintageness?? New one on me

ok so he is he saying get above 140 watts rms / ch continuous program power amp?

What an excellent looks of this vintage JBL,hi actually I have a mission cyrus amp but the confusion is can't choosing the right budget speakers, but which I am getting nearby that is Mordaunt short aviano 2 & Psb alpha B1 which one is better if this is the not right pair please sujjest.

The official specs say 25 to 125 Watt recommended, you sayed 150. I‘m no expert but to you think an amp like the Lyngdorf 1120 would drive them well?

I wouldnt exactly attribute the paper cone to the JBLs sound signature, but moreso the "AquaPLAXX" treatment on the paper cone. That stuff is still a JBL guarded recipe to this day!

These JBLs were a serious value for money gear back then and they are still now given the lack of real progress in budget loudspeaker design since the late 1990s. Though not as detailed as the "century series / 100-series" JBLs. The larger 3-way century series JBLs will win in the end if you use G N'R's November Rain as a test track against these smaller 2-way JBLs.

Hi Kelvin - I only Just discovered you, and you speak my language, Just fantastic. Lovely informative reviews. I have not had time to check out all your videos, but i wanted to ask - seperate from this review - what do you recommend as good vocal speaker? I have Mission 760i's that i think are good but lack low punch, wharfedale 30's with 6.5" woofer and Diamond 9.1's that are powerful but i feel deliver a bit of a brash shouting effect! - i can't get the vocals - is that the Kevlar cones? Should i look at some old Kef coda's or what might you suggest? Thanks

These are coming in a new mk2 version now.

Hi, does anyone know, the sound is similar to the JBL NORTHRIDGE E 50, they are more or less the same size

How much are JBL L112s worth today?

Kelvin I trust your ears 👍

Come vede queste JBL L82 Classic con un amplificatore Sugden A21A?

Old paper cones remind me of a British sports car from the 60's....Not massively powerful but light, agile and nippy! In other words...fun! Modern cars are powerful, fast and relatively safe but like driving a brick! Heavy. Quite a lot of modern speakers are like that also.

I know you like the LS35a, if you had to choose between those and the JBL what would you pick and why, imagine there are only two speakers in the entire world, which ones?

It seems JBL has found their way again. Now what do they cost, I know the L100's are over the top in pricing. And where are they made?

Get the big brother Kelvin. One question:. If can only chose onr pair between these and BBC Ls3/5 for all sorts of music, which one to chose? They are both 2-ways. Thanks

Great video , am I right these are about 2k too buy ?

Always a pleasure, Kelvin. Keep them coming. Do you think they’re worth $2500 yankee dollars?

Any experience with onkyo integra?

Speakers are a personal choice, not everyone likes the same thing.

Sorry, but here we have an often mistaken Thing: The treble Attenuation! Fact is, the "Flat" Position is when the Wheel is turned to "max"! And turning it left to the "min" position, is just taking away signal strength from the tweeter! There is physically and electronically nothing else possible since this is a passive speaker! I know, the "0Db" point may fool you, but this is not the point where the Tweeter itself is in the "flat" position. It´s just the point where a 90Db/1m is matched down to the 88Db/1m efficient Woofer. So seen, the tweeter has a 0Db advantage over his Woofer-Partner in the House... So, for all who think they are smarter here: You cannot deliver with a Driver what is not there in the signal! That is impossible! And, an attenuator only can take away something from the signal. Never in this Galaxy, an attenuator can add something when mounted in a signal path in a passive system.

For a mere $5,...JBL coudl have added magnetinc grilles. I also like paper cones. My '74 Pioneers has paper, still performs today. I just don't think they are worth the price!

Got a pair of Dovedale 3s that look like the bigger brother of these

Paper cones on a woofer aint a great idea tbh, at higher volumes you will get the oilcan effect where the driver flexes, the ideal material for a woofer is aluminium

I understand why 'lampizator' is found of papercones with alnico magnets....

Do you know you know you know you know?

These speakers are $2500!

They cost about the same as their bigger brother L100, I'd get the bigger one when I would have the money to spend on them. (And a Sansui AU-719 or so to drive them)

Young man, did you ask your wife permission before you removed the grills? Her friends might be coming over for tea and she may get upset to see them removed.

Wow here we go again with more crap speakers... I am only JOKING !

JBL stands for Junk But Loud.

I heard these are not very good

I prefer to hear the gear rather than some fella banging on.