JBL - almost nothing for sale, why?

I wonder what the new and improved $4k JBL L100 offer that the originals did not?  

I was there back in the day and, while JBL made maybe the best drivers, I was never knocked out by the speakers, except for my uncle’s JBL Paragon. When I was in my teens, my bud had the Century 100s and even then I preferred my Cerwin Vegas. Almost hard to believe. But I certainly understand that people want them now because it reminds them of their youth. Just like the newer Mustangs and Camaros are based on the 69-70 models. (Had a 70 Mach 1 myself, so I know) When I worked in the studios, the JBL4311 was the big thing before the Yamaha NS10m and the joke about the JBLs were that they sounded so bad that if you got a mix sounding good on them, it would sound good on anything. But I think it's great that JBL is reissuing the older models.  I bet they will sell a ton in Japan.  

Because only 2 guys got them.

another thing to consider is that jbl is far from the last word in what is considered 'hifi' so you will typically not see them listed as often as other brands on audiophile focused websites like audiogon.

Back in the late 70's-early 80's I sold equipment at a high-end store in DC and sold a ton of L100's and not a single pair was returned by the purchaser.  I always thought of them as "rock and roll speakers", but I must say, I sold these to people who enjoyed classical, jazz and even to one of the members of the Seldom Scene (a bluegrass group).

I thought I read somewhere that Samsung bought the brand name from Harman International?  If that's so, interesting that they are re-releasing updated versions of these classics!