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    Join Date: Mar 2019

    Location: Ann Arbor MI., USA

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    I'm Greg.

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    I have to say they do sound pretty amazing...Have had them for a long time. Was not able to use them until we built this house in 1987-88. Last house the living room was not large enough.......Used them for "occasional" tables until we moved....LOL
    Story on how I came to purchase them...........
    There used to be a local buy,sell & trade paper called the Trading Times...this is back in the late 70's or so.....internet was just getting going so craig's list had not been invented yet........
    Anyway only picked up a trading times maybe once a month or so......so one day I bought one and found an ad in the stereo section for a pair of JBL 4350's for sale...$1,200.00. Well that's a lot of money to me back then, anyway the paper sat on my kitchen table for a week or so....kept looking at it and finally decided to call on it figuring they had been sold already but to my surprise that had not been sold. The person trying to sell them was a plumber who had finished up a job at some rental hall, the owner for some reason could not pay him so he took the speakers and was suing for the rest and just needed the cash. We agreed on a price of $1,000.00. Just a matter of being at the right place at the right time with the cash. Cabinets are a little scratched up, Had to repair the cover frames, put new fabric on them, cabinets do need refinishing but they sound just fine........ One of thing I really like about them is they do not need to be loud to sound great.....but when one does turn them up it is like your right in the recording studio.....

    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Nice one, Greg. They must have some serious bass!

    Marco.

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    I'm Robert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by soundhd View Post
    I have to say they do sound pretty amazing...Have had them for a long time. Was not able to use them until we built this house in 1987-88. Last house the living room was not large enough.......Used them for "occasional" tables until we moved....LOL
    Story on how I came to purchase them...........
    There used to be a local buy,sell & trade paper called the Trading Times...this is back in the late 70's or so.....internet was just getting going so craig's list had not been invented yet........
    Anyway only picked up a trading times maybe once a month or so......so one day I bought one and found an ad in the stereo section for a pair of JBL 4350's for sale...$1,200.00. Well that's a lot of money to me back then, anyway the paper sat on my kitchen table for a week or so....kept looking at it and finally decided to call on it figuring they had been sold already but to my surprise that had not been sold. The person trying to sell them was a plumber who had finished up a job at some rental hall, the owner for some reason could not pay him so he took the speakers and was suing for the rest and just needed the cash. We agreed on a price of $1,000.00. Just a matter of being at the right place at the right time with the cash. Cabinets are a little scratched up, Had to repair the cover frames, put new fabric on them, cabinets do need refinishing but they sound just fine........ One of thing I really like about them is they do not need to be loud to sound great.....but when one does turn them up it is like your right in the recording studio.....
    Love it !!
    My System:
    Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
    Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
    Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.

    CDP - Pioneer PD-91
    Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
    QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
    Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses

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    Join Date: Aug 2009

    Location: Staffordshire, England

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    I'm Martin.

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    Not a JBL I've heard but they certainly look the business. JBL's blurb on them here for anyone who's interested http://www.jblpro.com/pub/obsolete/4350b.pdf
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    I'm Allen.

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    I'm John.

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    260lb each!


  6. #16
    Join Date: Mar 2019

    Location: Ann Arbor MI., USA

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    I'm Greg.

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    266lbs. I think...that's why I built the stands/boxes with casters...alot easier to move...not that I have moved them much...they sound better when at ear/eye level when sitting down...they do have a metal framework that is set up to "hang" the cabinets if needed to save on floor space in a recording studio.

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    260lb each!

    Greg

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    Join Date: Dec 2013

    Location: Lincoln UK

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    I'm Mark.

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    Alphason stands ? I am sure the wheels facilitate equipment and cable changes but from a sound quality point of view ............... Yes spikes and filling the separating tubes with builders sand would have a significant effect. Great collection of equipment too.

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    Life long music lover and Hi-Fi enthusiast for over 40 years, avid live music supporter, dismayed by the current dynamic ticket pricing applied to so many events !!



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