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JBL L166 Horizons - How much?

I am the original owner (1976) of a pair of JBL L166 speakers. They have not been used for about 5 years and thought I would see if there is any interest in them from someone who like the 70's equipment.

They are in very good shape. Never abused.

My question is, what is a fair price to ask for a pair of these? How do people go about shipping since they are 55 lbs each and I don't have the original boxes?

Thanks for everyone's input.

Jim
jimlarson
xiekitchen
821 posts
 
I have a pair I bought on ebay about 10 yrs ago... for I think $400 or 450 plus shipping... around 550 total.. If they are in good shape (nothing broken, badges on grills, no dents in domes, properly re-foamed woofers) I would say they should fetch $550-650 plus shipping. Have a UPS shipping store profess. box & ship that way damage is out of your hands. That will cost the buyer more in shipping but worth it I think. I re-wired mine with new connectors, I had my woofers re-coned, they ROCK.. I would keep 'em.
rrog
1,958 posts
 
Rewiring and changing connectors alters the tonal balance. I got talked into changing connectors on my L-300s and the bass was missing in action. I quickly changed back to the funky original connectors.
jimlarson OP
1 posts
 
Thanks for the responses, everyone. They were much appreciated. I'll see if I can move them locally first and see what happens.
xiekitchen
821 posts
 
Rrog: I find that.. odd.. changing the connector should NOT affect bass response negatively unless you miswired something... I have never run across that problem.
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