Vintage loudspeakers....Sleeper models....

The JBL L-100 and JBL L-200 don't sound anything alike. The JBL L-100 is a 3 way with cone drivers and the JBL L-200 is a 2 way with a 15" woofer and a horn.
They both have high quality drivers with Alnico magnets and they are very efficient.
JBL was sold to a new owner and one of their chief designers didn't like the direction they was taking, so he quit JBL only to be hire by Pioneer and designed the HPM series.
What about Klipsch? There are many models to chose from.

Look for EV. Seen some of craigslist for low $ some Altec models are greatly over looked and under price like model 15 14 etc

Marty

Are thinking of the Sony ssm9?
I owned them and they are outstanding but were built in the 90s

Bill

Bill,

Now that you mention it.....

I seem to recall that mine were the ssm-7 (smaller 3 way), but yep, that's the series. I thought they were quite good in a lot of ways, but I did eventually sell them. (I geuss they weren't quite good enough to keep for the long haul.) I do remember buying them pretty cheaply on closeout somewhere and thinking they were a steal, so when I sold 'em, I pretty much recouped my purchase outlay. My memory of the ownership experience is largely positive.

Marty

Klipsch LaScalla
Thiel CS 2.2
Thiel CS 3.5
Thiel CS 3.7
B& W 801
B&802