About vintagejbl.com

I have been a huge fan of Music and good-sounding stereo equipment since I was in grade school. My first serious stereo set-up was an all-in-one Zenith Console my grandmother gave to me when I was 13. It was incredible-sounding! 

In 1983 I bought my first separate component system (Pioneer) at age 18 at the PX while in the Marine Corps. After that I went back to a Vintage Kenwood Receiver that belonged to my wife and we listened to music with that set up until 1992. The Speakers were some off brand model she bought outside of a Pacific Stereo Store parking lot from the Infamous White Van Guys that seemed to be everywhere at the time. She nor did I know better. We were teenagers.

In the 90's I switched my interest mainly to car stereos and lost interest in home stereo gear, mainly because I didn't care for the way any of it looked or sounded.

In 2004 that changed from a chance meeting I had with someone selling Vintage Magnepan Speakers from the 70's. I bought them for $50 and went in the rabbit hole. And I'm still in it.

After years of buying anything vintage 70's I could get my hands on, I learned how to restore the Speaker Cabinets and Receiver cases to resell and move on to the more desirable and expensive stuff that everyone including myself wanted. (Mainly JBL and Marnatz) 

My focus now became getting my beat-up JBL L100s to look new again. After showing them off, other vintage gear owners started asking if I could restore their stuff. So I started taking on weekend projects that turned into every night after work, "Work"

I did this for about 6-7 years and in 2020 because of the demand, I decided to create a full-fledged woodworking shop and do this fulltime. 

Although I work on many brands and models, I specialize mainly in the original 1970's JBL L100 footprint. 

My restorations have expanded from Local Buyers, Collectors and Stereo Repair shops to many of the same types of people all over the country. 

Speaker Cabinet Restorations was only the beginning, I've since expanded into Making Brend new L100 Replica Cabinets, Custom Speaker Stands, Media Consoles, Receiver and Amp Cases as well as Crossover Recaps.

If you love the way your Vintage Stereo equipment sounds but not the way it looks, Contact me. I'll make it look new again!