The 70’s are back

d2girls,

Please let me know how you like them after you get them home for a few weeks.

JD

mapman,

I had a friend who had  Ohm ??? With the large Walsh driver. Man did they suck power.  Sounded pretty good though.

JD

LoL, I had a pair. They were my first “Big” speaker. Kept them until I got my DQ-10’s. The sound was pretty good for the time, but even if you adjust for inflation $4k is quite a bit more expensive.

JD

jbhiller,

The Forte lll’s are great with tubes. I didn’t get into tubes until the 80’s, but by then the JBL’s were long gone.

Happy listening.

JD

When I bought mine in ‘73-74, I paid $625 including speaker wire. Everyone thought I was nuts to pay so much! 

JD

So I looked up inflation from 1973-2018 and the $600 I paid then is now $33xx.
With manufacturing costs coming down on most (not all) things, I wonder if JBL is looking for me to fondly remember yesterday and want to relive those days.

JD

< And today’s audiophiles had Nakamichi cassettes back then ? >

I did LOL

JD

imnop,

Great find!  So far I haven’t  found anything worthwhile around here (mid Missouri), but I keep looking.

Enjoy!

JD