Final Touches Test and Listen on our JBL 4343 Monitors

We wrap up the wood repair, install drivers, show results and take a quick listen.
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[@wallisliss]

I remember selling these along with the rest of the JBL line of the times. Our shop was hosted by JBL for a tour of the actual factory in the Los Angeles. Handmade gear folks! Amazing time in my young life!

[@LogiForce86]

Quite a different time to nowadays where most stuff is from the Chinese conveyerbelt. Besides, I don't even think JBL does anything anymore other than bluetooth speakers.

[@reids_relics]

Hey Fernando, great video once again. Those 4343’s are looking beautiful. Keep up the great work

[@SkyFiAudio]

Thanks so much!

[@JayCee-md9zy]

Beautiful speakers. Thanks for posting!

[@waymorjameson]

As a master carpenter i must say.. that you guys (and everyone else) should just apply new veneer right over the existing old veneer. I see it all the time.. veneer is not made to be refinished. Ok it doesn't look to bad when lightly sanded and oiled or even stained. But "lightly" sanded. I'v done it myself. But at some point no. It's pretty easy to learn how to apply. Looks brand new to! And with speaker restores its the speakers and not necessarily the cabinets that make it what it is. Change is good.

[@golfplaat2]

Sanding wood in the same room as priceless high-end electronics. Thank heavens you're a professional.

[@SkyFiAudio]

You'd be surprised at our setup even if you saw it in person. Cleanroom-like on-demand filtering, vacuums that attach to different machines so no chunks of bits fly into the space, etc. There's no junk flying around here.

[@peterlarkin762]

I saw festool, my anxiety levels went way down. Macintosh of the power tool world:)

[@JukeboxAlley]

If you have a vacuum sander it's really not a big deal, virtually no mess. Maybe go give it a try and see for yourself.

[@AllboroLCD]

Lovely! They look perfect, and you didnt re-veneer, nice! Gives me confidence my black Altecs will be just fine doing the same!

[@garyalexander5686]

Wow - thanks for this.

[@777jones]

Dude you are a perfectionist. How are you so smart.

[@SkyFiAudio]

Wow, thanks!

[@steveennever9905]

Have to push 4343's to make them work - just like the 4350's. Low volume and the sound is very inaccurate.

[@JukeboxAlley]

Nice work on a rare set of the real classics. RIP James b Lansing. You see many 4310 models these days? I noticed lately their really hard to find around, and if you do they usually don't come cheap considering it was the first monitor of the lineup and was literally the L100 studio version.

[@m6j159]

Very nice...great work on the cabinets and I just know they sound sublime. Brilliant👍

[@barneyrubble4827]

Nice work. Need to force the bondo deeper into the splits with syringe or ptessure. Brown better on the bottom front edge. Velcro : lenses will vibrate at volume.

[@SkyFiAudio]

Thanks for the feedback Barney.

[@robertb5640]

Those speakers came out Amazing!!! Great job!

[@motorheadbanger7720]

One of the best JBL speakers along with JBL 4350. I love to hook up them with some Yamaha amplifier.

[@snuffesnuffs7777]

I use my Yamaha B2/C2, bought 46 years ago! V-FET...

[@motorheadbanger7720]

@@snuffesnuffs7777 46 yeasr ago? Wow... Amazing! I am 45 years old

[@WelkySchullin]

Hey Skyfi thx for sharing. Can I ask why you decided to place the tweeter like this? I thought it should be inside or outside both...

[@inonothing09]

Why not get a pro to do it ....?

[@pjbroke335]

Very nice job, i have a pair of khl model 6 that need a restoration.

[@nicoastylehifiman]

Alibaba's Cavern 🤩

[@thomasschafer7268]

In germany we say stümperhaftes arbeiten von Laien. A sander never ever. And not in a studio with high end components. Static and dust!!!

[@JukeboxAlley]

Sanding is just fine as long as you have a vacuum system, not much of a problem.

[@meshplates]

They need raising higher off the floor imo.

[@user-go9yz1gk7k]

I have this CD!

[@hifi.david.]

can u link what u used to shine it

[@willofomphalosgroomslll]

Good job…..💯🔥🏹

[@jontiffinphoto]

Noticed the tweeters are not arranged as mirrors as looks like the other pair. Please explain.

[@thomasandersen6014]

You can move the tweeters. That's why there are two holes

[@jontiffinphoto]

@@thomasandersen6014 , obviously, my question was why they are not set up as mirrored so the new owner doesn’t have to do that work. In their current configuration they would appear treble heavy to one side of the room.

[@spvlinn9009]

@@jontiffinphoto the tweeters of mine are also not symmetrical configured and works well in my situation because I have an unsymmetrical room. I think it is worth to redo the veneers and cut solid walnut bottom fronts for such classical pieces. It should be easy with right router bits. Hopefully new owner will do it.

[@weebooho8105]

Hi, Can you ship any purchases to Singapore?

[@SkyFiAudio]

Yes we ship worldwide all the time.

[@Justplast]

Just Veneer all the speakers.

[@tantainguyen4241]

Jbl k2s9800 se ok