Quote Originally Posted by filecat13
If you would read closely and get down off your high horse, you'd discern that not every comment is about you. In fact, I can't believe I'm wasting my time responding to you.

Yet, since you saw the need to quote my post not once but twice, I can only assume you were confused and not aware that you had already proven you don't know what you're writing about in the first one. You are in no position to lecture me about JBL, its history, its success, its premier products, or its place in the development of loudspeaker design. You are making random points with no connection to any rational line of thought or any reflection of actual history.

It was Life Magazine (not Look) in 1953 that the Hartsfield was first mentioned and in 1955 in Life that it was part of the Dream Set at an astounding $1625. Neither the Hartsfield nor the Paragon were top selling speakers, though they helped to establish the image of JBL as a quality speaker manufacturer. However, they never were popular in the sense that the average Joe could have one. It was in fact the L100 that brought JBL into the mainstream consumer market, and its success popularized many other JBL models both during and after that time.

You may think you can rewrite history by pulling an incorrect factoid out of your hat, but in reality you merely reinforce your ignorance by grabbing meaningless tidbits out of your spotty recollections and scattering them like birdshot, hoping to perhaps hit at least one target. Yet you miss, miss, and miss again. We are not fooled.

You could be an asset to this site, yet you persist in removing the -et by making ridiculous claims and posting nonsense. Please believe me when I write this: it's not about you. Except for this post, I have not and will not reply to your postings in anything that I write. If you read something of mine, and you think it might be aimed at you, it is not. Please do not waste my time or the OP's time by trying to respond to or attack my posts. They truly have nothing to do with you.

And to the OP, my apologies for placing this in your thread.
You can rant and rage , The JBL L100 Century was a bad speaker, I have yet to see a test report that did any thing but criticize the L 100 speakers.
The AR's out sold the L100 by a mile. The L100 test report I posted by Consumers
Digest quote: This is a speaker system with a definite personality of it's own,and coloration of sound is well above average "

The JBL Hartsfield sold for $ 726.00 when introduced in 1954.it was a two-way system.
In 1964 a tweeter was added the last year of manufacture Hartsfield never cost for$1625.00. In 1963 the price quote by Stereo Hi-F Directory was $993.00 In 1964 the Harsfield with tweeter installed sold for $1250.00. It was life magazine that called the Hartsfield "the ultimate dream speaker " you are correct.

Having owned a pair of Hartsfields for 41 years I think I know a little about them. I will not comment on your remarks regarding me. It is a waste of my time.
I have owned one other JBL speaker system the JBL C 34 ,with the 001 speaker system.
I have listened to the L100's on several occasions , I considered buying a used pair for my daughter. I choose AR2a's. There were some bad speakers built in the 60's in my opinion the JBL L100 Century's was one of those speakers.
That is my opinion.