With technology progressing at the speed of light and computers now in most everyone’s hands, home recording studios are popping up everywhere. Whether you are a professional artist or a home recording enthusiast the two most important parts of your recording system are your microphones and your monitors. A vintage enthusiast should consider the same variety of speaker and microphone that set the standards for the era for which they have become so famous.

The JBL 4311 came in in the late ‘60s and were used throughout the 70s by almost all of the major studios. These monitors are still considered a high end industry standard product. Designed to have a flat low frequency response at a mind boggling 22hz just below the human hearing level. 4311’s also have a user adjustable midrange and tweeter frequency adjustment on the front face of the speaker, this helps you to smooth out your sound to get the right balance in your room. The 2213 woofers were coated with a material called Lansplas which is easily recognized by it’s white color, this coating dampened out mid and high frequency response to ensure an efficient low frequency transducer. Not only is the 2213 woofer an alnico magnet but built with a super heavy duty cast aluminum frame. The midrange model LE 5 is a huge alnico magnet equipped 5” driver. It too is a cast aluminum frame and housed in it’s own isolated compartment within the cabinet. To top it off the LE 25 tweeter is positioned in a cluster form so the woofer is a top on the speaker and the mid and tweeter are at the bottom which  should set them at ear level when placed vertical a very distinct configuration. The purpose was to make them a near field monitor. These are a large near field monitor compared to what you would find today but the sound is incredible. To top it off these monitors have a beautiful reddish walnut veneer that gives any studio a warm classic look.