JVC SK-101 3-WAY SPEAKERS * GREAT CLEAN SOUND * MADE IN CANADA

NICE, CLEAN, DUST-FREE, SMOKE-FREE, ALL-ORIGINAL, WORK AND SOUND LIKE NEW Come exactly as pictured

The SK-101 are some of the most underrated speakers on the planet, particularly considering that you can get a set of 3-Way 10 inch woofer equipped speakers for less than $200, and the fact that these were made either in Canada (with Japanese drivers and crossovers), or in Japan, not in f-ing China. Actually all 3 of those models, 101, 202, 303, can sound gold, when mated with the right amplification; the only difference between them is power handling. My first experience with SK line was when a friend of mine played an electric guitar straight into a set of SK-202 through a pro mixer; it was mind-blowing good, crisp, precise and very loud!

Hearing is believing; I will test for local Ottawa area buyer at the front door with a nice vintage amp and CD player.

From Japan Victor Co.'s brochure description for Model SK-101:

"Closer To The Musical Truth.

Across a ful sound spectrum from 40 to 20,000 Hz the system reproduces every note with surprising accuracy and definition."

* Type: 3-Way bass reflex (front ported) * 10 inch cone woofer * 2 1/4 inch cone mid range * 2-inch cone tweeter * Crossover frequencies: 4,000, 10,000 Hz * Everlasting cloth driver surrounds; no foams here * Wood grain vinyl enclosed cabinet * Impedance: 8 ohms * Frequency response: 40 - 20,000 Hz (+/-3 dB) * Power handling (old school real life ratings): 80 Watts Peak / 40 W RMS, each * Normal home listening levels: 0.1W to 3 watts output;l at 15 Watts continuous output they are dance club level loud, in average sized room

LINKS: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiophile/comments/9lu8xw/i_put_together_and_listened_to_my_first_system/

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/jvc-were-they-quality-or-bunk.64462/page-2

CAD $145: https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649293355-vintage-jvc-sk101-3way-speaker-system/

QUOTES (Google search):

"I'm using a pair of clean JVC SK-101's that I got at a thrift store today, a Yamaha RX-V659 receiver and a Hutchinson Car Audio NDFEB-1 18" neo sub in a 5.5 cubic foot ported box. I absolutely love the sound. If you sit in the middle of the lovesac it sounds like the snare drum is directly in front of you. The lows hit hard but also silky smooth depending on the song. With so much cone area at the loudest I like to play it you can barely see the cone move, so probably way overkill. The JVC's are definitely warm, with just a bit more in the highs left to be desired. I'm hooked, plain and simple. After years of lurking on this subreddit it's fun to actually experience what I've read about :)"

"I owned new pairs of both the JVC SK-101s, and the Sk-303s during high school in the early 80s. During their time, and what was available at reasonable prices, these speakers were very nice in those days. Depending on what environment they were played in they could sound quite fantastic! They were smoother, and more accurate than the EPIs everybody thinks were so great, which I had tried some of those as well. You got a lot of "bang for your buck" with them. They may not have had huge power handling like a pair of JBL 4312s or something, but for what the typical recievers put out back then, they sounded pretty dam*ned good! Better than most of these small speakers today they try to put off as something good with little 6" woofers. Sorry, but I'll put up either pair of those old SKs against any of the new Polk bookshelves, etc. The SK-303s had a good tweeter in them. Very precision, and high density, though paper coned. They had a tuned surround and a tuned metallic center cap not just for looks. They were very good drivers similar to some of the HPM pioneer cones, etc. The Sk-101s used the 303s tweeter as its midrange. This driver is what really made these speakers. I'd say it was the most expensive component in the entire speaker, so they knew where to put their money. They were not wood veneer in the US, or top of the line with huge power handling, but for a genral purpose, affordable speaker that played well with a 40-60 watt reciever, they did great! They were attractive, straight forward, no plastic, all metal flanges and grills, except the mounting flange around the tweeters (never tell by looking, and was still good quality), and they have also lasted over the years. They had fabric woofer surrounds that to this day have not desintegrated like all the overpriced, materially junk built Bose that are/were supposed to be so great! The SKs had far superior tweeters to any cheap Bose tweeters, I can tell you that! Buy a pair, and look closely at the tweeters. They are good tweeters. The 303s had a deeper, richer sound, and the 101s had a tighter, crisper sound, but they were good speakers for the money. Don't buy into these kids observations from afar who never owned a pair or were born yet, and think just because they had paper drivers, they must be the same as a pair of plastic and paper Fisher junkers, or some rack system air boxes. Absolutely not, they were not rack system speakers. They were moderate power handling, excellent sounding speakers is what they were. Read the ads where people are selling a pair and you will see how most comment on how they were surprised at how good they sound. I've had a hell of a lot of speakers over the years including Bose 901s, JBL 4312s, and even Onkyo Monitor 2000s running on Onkyo M-506, 508 power amps while stationed in Japan in the military, and I'm telling you that those high priced, big power speakers may have played louder, and shook the foundation better, but I don't recall them ever sounding so much superior to my good old pair of 303s, or even the 101s that I had started out with in high school. I only wish that we could still have more options today with the larger woofers like the classic SKs than just a pair of cheaper Cerwin Vegas, which DO NOT sound as good, lower build detail, more plastic trim rings, and foam surrounds! Cerwins may have better tweeters in them today than what they used to, but they traditionally were not a balanced sounding speaker. Good, cast woofers (their main asset), and big bass if you have the wattage for them, but ear piercing, ringing, 17Khz, "public address system" tweets on the top end, and a muddy, resonating cabinet in some models. The SKs were cosmetically more classy and appealing as well. Cerwins have always been crude and brutish. It's just that the Cerwins are all that is still left in production of the classic 70s, large woofered speakers. There is no substitute for a well made, and balanced large speaker. Using subwoofers and satellites for most people can not match the sound quality of a pair of good ole 12" 3-ways! Most subs are just resonance or too low to match up, or crossover well like a properly engineered pair of speakers that were designed to cover the whole spectrum. Subs lack detail as well. They lack the crisp bass a "woofer" not a "sub" woofer can produce, which is more in range of human hearing. A satellite system is a compromise to save space and be more physically flexible. It also blends many acoustic variables that become part and parcel to the sound result that is inherent. A self-contained, engineered truly full-range speaker is a different animal. It would really be nice if manufactures would make the big three ways again considering the advances in tweeter technology available today that was not widespread or available those days, but that's like saying they'll bring back the muscle cars new and improved. It's all about consumerism now. The smaller, and the cheaper, the better. Less shipping cost, less material cost, less quantity costs, etc. Less wood products. More plastics and foams, and lighter construction. Mass ratios have alot to do with sound reproduction. Mass ratios had alot to do with how well an LP cartridge sounded as well. Even today, your best speakers will inevitably have a high mass ratio and be heavy. The SKs might not have been HPM 100s, but $300-$400 a pair for speakers that weighed 38-40 something lbs. each, compare that to today's offerings. $300-$400 usually gets you a good pair of bookshelf speakers, or small, 2-way towers. A 27 or 30 lb. speaker with equal technology usually wouldn't be in the same class as a 40 lb. speaker even in the same brand and series but higher model number, etc. I guess you just have to be an old timer to appreciate the big old, quality, classic 3-ways. Just don't buy a pair of rack system junkers, or some air boxes, and then rag on the classic large woofer, 3-ways. Aquire a good pair and give them a try. If they aren't worn out, and deteriorated, they should give you a nice experience. I am one who has just never come to grips with the "new standard" of 2-way towers. I'd just like to buy back a mint pair of the ole 12" 3-way classics someday!"

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