In the summer of 1974, purchased a Pioneer SX-838 receiver, a Dual 1229 TT, and a pair of EPI tower speakers. After a few months, I happily sold the EPI's to a friend and bought a pair of JBL L-88's from a slightly older acquaintance, and I was in heaven. The L88's are similar to the L100, but hove a ported 12" woofer and adjustable tweeter (via a knob on the back of each speaker), wheras the L-100, also known as the Century, included a midrange driver. My L-88's had the wood on the bottom two thirds of the front grille with a 12-inch diameter cutout in front of the woofer, and fabric on the top third vcovering the tweeter. Yes, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Kansas, BOB'S "Secret Treaties," Black Sabbath's Master of Reality were well played and well heard. My dorm room was a very popular place most nights. Years later, I was forced to downsize, and went for JBL Ti-14's, or thereabouts. The Ti stands for the titanium tweeters. They were OK, but the thrill was gone. Later got a pair of Von Schweikert stand mounts, but I eventually ditched those too, and replaced them with Sony R-10 headphones, with ear cups made from the wood of the Zelkove tree, which grow only on the northernmost island of Japan. Recently replaced with Dan Clarl Audio Stealth closed-bacd headphones, and I got my musical mojo back, sort of like the JBL-88s that only I can hear!
