What’s a mistake you made by being impulsive?

You are going to laugh, but I bought the new JBL L100 Classics because of the orange grills. I wanted them when they were out in the 70’s so when the new ones came out with those grills, I bought them. So, I disconnected my GE Triton Ones and set up the JBL speakers on their stands. Bass was aenemic and I was surprised, especially since the JBL's had 12 inch woofers.

After a month, I tried a Bellini and Schiit 4 band EQ. Well, I liked the Schiit, but the extreme low frequency was at 20 hz while the Bellini wa @60hz, so I kept the Bellini and boosted the bass 3db at 60hz and decreased the 2K frequency by 2db. It was much better, so then I bought a SVS PB2000Pro 12 inch sub. That necessitated a long pair of interconnects which I had to buy (Blue Jeans Mogami) and after 5 months, the sound is as good as the GE Triton Ones were that I sold to pay for the sub and EQ.

There was nothing wrong with the GE, if only JBL didn’t come with orange grills, I wouldn’t have bothered. I bought orange fabric (pretty much see through) to change the SVS sub grill to orange. If anyone has hints on doing that, hit me up!  So that is my sad story, all for orange grills.

Another big mistake I very much regretted was buying a pair of Von Schweikert VR33 speakers of course without ever hearing them. They were marketed as a $15,000 pair of speakers for only $3750 sold factory direct and covered with a black sock. When I read Greg Weavers review, I decided to buy them. There was a 9 month wait for a new pair but I was too impatient to wait.


I bought a pair here, used for $3500. The guy wouldn’t budge on the price and I really wanted them. With shipping, it cost me more than a new pair. I was so disappointed when I opened the boxes, they looked so underwhelming! The sound was very thin with no mid bass weight at all. The speakers were “ugly looking” (my wife’s words) and again, the sound was anemic.


After futzing with them for 3 months, I spoke with Albert Von Schweikert and he gave me a lot of set up tips but nothing changed. Then, I stopped listening to them for over a year and mainly listened to my office system, upstairs. Eventually, I sold them for a tremendous loss and bought a pair of new GE Triton Ones which I replaced 3 years later with the Triton Reference in July 2017. These are my end game speakers.


My main reason for purchasing the Von Schweikert speakers was because of Greg Weavers review. At the time I didn’t realize he was a big VS fanboy, having praised the 5 different models of their speakers he reviewed and also having bought their Model 55 speakers. I actually wrote him a letter complaining about the speakers but he never answered.


I’m so ashamed😇