I had a pair of the JBL L26's in the late 70"s and early 80"s They were seemingly indestructible and I abused them quite frequently.
My amp was an advent model 300 receiver a no nonsense little unit that boasted a whooping 15 watts per channel.... yet incredibly I was able to play the JBL;s at ear splitting levels. Needed more bass and now I know why the L26's probably didn't do so well with deep bass...15 watts. Had no idea back then, I just wanted to party. Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, The Cars, Boston, Santana, ...you get the picture.
The L26's lasted a long time between several moves and beer party;s and beer party's... and were even stolen from me one time but I hunted them down and found them.
My ex wife and I fought over them but there was no way she was keeping them! Finally the woofer foam rotted, the tweeters were push in by my kids and I dropped out of the listening hobby. I think they ended up at my ex wifes house and she had them re foamed but I lost track of what happened to them. Not sorry one second that I bought them, they provided me with almost a decade of great listening .
My amp was an advent model 300 receiver a no nonsense little unit that boasted a whooping 15 watts per channel.... yet incredibly I was able to play the JBL;s at ear splitting levels. Needed more bass and now I know why the L26's probably didn't do so well with deep bass...15 watts. Had no idea back then, I just wanted to party. Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, The Cars, Boston, Santana, ...you get the picture.
The L26's lasted a long time between several moves and beer party;s and beer party's... and were even stolen from me one time but I hunted them down and found them.
My ex wife and I fought over them but there was no way she was keeping them! Finally the woofer foam rotted, the tweeters were push in by my kids and I dropped out of the listening hobby. I think they ended up at my ex wifes house and she had them re foamed but I lost track of what happened to them. Not sorry one second that I bought them, they provided me with almost a decade of great listening .