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I’ve been at these for well over a year, carefully and lovingly restoring them back from a pretty sad state.
These JBL C60 Sovereigns were rescued from a studio in Byron Bay. Unfortunately, by the time I found them the crossovers had been butchered, the cabinets painted black, and the original grilles thrown away. I couldn’t stand seeing such historically significant 1960s JBLs treated like that, so I took on the repair and restoration myself.
Be under no illusion - these speakers have cost me far more than the asking price. This is not a flip.
The black paint was fully stripped to reveal the original timber veneer underneath. The cabinets were then French polished and have come up beautifully - honestly, the cabinet condition is the standout feature here. They present extremely well and look fantastic in person.
The crossovers have been completely rebuilt with new L-pads, new capacitors, and new inductors, all returned to the original JBL schematic.
Unfortunately, the woofers had previously been worked on by a certain Queensland speaker repairer who absolutely butchered them - spiders glued on spiders, surrounds glued to the front of the cone, destroying the original coil height on an already underhung voice coil design. The incorrect surround was carefully removed by Boyd at Total Recoil, who did his best to preserve the original appearance while correcting the damage.
hey are now fully sorted, working flawlessly, and performing exactly as they should. For a speaker from the 1960s, they sound and look fantastic - genuinely efficient, dynamic, and with that unmistakable JBL wallop. You won’t be disappointed.
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