Discerning college dorm rooms and recording studios rejoice! JBL's famed L100 speaker from the seventies has been rebooted as the L100 Classic (left, in the photo above), which, despite the familiar look, Harman's Todd Eichenbaum says is new from the ground up.
The tweeter is a titanium dome "which harkens back to some current and classic JBL designs," explains Eichenbaum. "The styling is very much reminiscent of the seventies classic." They will naturally include a sculpted foam grill (most excellent!) which will come in bright orange, blue, and the more discreet charcoal color seen in the photo below.
"What's new is that the sound is very much updated," he adds. "So it still has the dynamic JBL sound but I would say with a little more refinement than the old model." Retail will be $4,000 a pair and release date is several months away, so start saving now!
My favorite JBL L100 true story: a recording studio owner once told me he would only allow the L100s to be used when rock bands came into his studio (though he had better monitors available), since they could sustain a bass guitar being dropped on the ground with a fader wide open. Classic.
"What's new is that the sound is very much updated," he adds. "So it still has the dynamic JBL sound but I would say with a little more refinement than the old model." Retail will be $4,000 a pair and release date is several months away, so start saving now!
