1946 jbl d-101

[tomt]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-Rare-1948-...item3366a3fbd0

[Altec Best]

Yes it ended already. $455 a lot less no doubt due to the cone.

[Steve Schell]

Wow, that one went cheap. Drivers with the Signature paper label which say San Marcos are extremely rare; I've seen very few. I have one D-130 with this label. It must have not been long after settling of the scuffle with Altec over use of the terms "Lansing" and "Iconic" that Jim Lansing moved his operation into the Marquardt Aircraft facility in Venice.

The seller states "It is said to be an exact copy of the Altec-lansing 515." I am not sure who he is quoting though, as there are several differences. Although there are strong similarities, the basket is a different casting. The Altec 515 used an edgewound copper voice coil, phenolic spider and paper dust cap, where the D-101 used an edgewound aluminum voice coil, corrugated cloth spider and aluminum center dome.

[tomt]