I need to have the woofers from an old pair of JBL-L110 speakers re-edged and have found many online sites that offer this service. While I understand this can be done with the purchase of a kit I'd prefer to have it professionally done. Anyone have any experience with a online vendor that they feel comfortable recommending?
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Hi Kenneth, welcome to The Guide! :welcome:
You may want to post this in our Mission Possible DIY forum. In fact there's a thread that mentions this and refers to another thread that possibly got lost when we moved to a new server. Anyway, after reading that thread, you could ask Thomas if he remembers any specifics. I hope this helps..
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Hey Kenneth,
JBL L110's were a nice speaker. I own a pair of JBL L36's that I'm still using on my second system. I remember when I bought them, I really wanted the next speaker up in the food chain (L110) but couldn't afford them at the time and settled for the very nice three way L36's.
I bought my L36's in 1974 and they served me well until about 1991 when the foam completely disintegrated on the woofers. I dragged out my original warranty and it said the drivers were guaranteed for life! I found this hard to believe, but went to company that reconed speakers and had them done. JBL paid for the reconed job after all that time.
On my own dime I also had to replace all the capacitors in the crossovers which had deteriorated after that much time, plus I upgraded the tweeters to some nice Vifas I bought and I added binding posts to replace the cheap push pin speaker connects they used to use.
I still really like the sound of these as much as I did back in the 70's.........heheh I'm giving away my age... :roll:
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Hey brucek,
Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I couldn't afford the L110's either. I remember getting them mail order and saved BIG (I have the original receipt around somewhere). I still remember the truck driver dropping them off saying what nice speakers they were (funny how certain things stick). I've been using them all this time. Little did I know the "L" series is now considered a classic.
I did check my warranty card and there is nothing about lifetime driver warranty. Five years in my case. I'm going to send them to JBL-speaker.com as they claim to be an authorized service station that uses genuine JBL parts. Can't wait to hear them again. Peace.Comment
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I got a kit and re=foamed my AR10?. I did a good job on one but only passable on the other. Still they sound pretty good. It might help to have 4 hands.Comment
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