JBL L82 Classic: This retro ride will knock your socks off with its amazing sound

JBL is on a retro kick. The speaker manufacturer introduced the $4,000-per-pair L100 Classic loudspeaker at CES in 2018. Those were a nod to JBL’s best-selling speaker of all time: the iconic L100. The company now has a downsized and more affordable follow-up in the form of the L82 Classic, which promises to deliver much of the L100 Classic’s performance in an enclosure with a smaller footprint and at a considerably lower price of about $2,500 per pair.

But don’t let the bookshelf label mislead you into thinking the L82 Classic has anything in common with the typical mass-market speaker you’ll encounter at a big-box store. This is an audiophile product featuring state-of-the-art components and design. And it probably won’t fit on the average bookshelf, since each 28-pound cabinet stands just shy of 19 inches tall and is 11 inches wide by 12