putz---your right this year was $500 if I could go without touching the money I could definitely do that, the problem is I honestly don't think I could sit for 3 years and watch the money without something else "thats perfect" slipping into my sub-conscious and sabotaging the prime directive...LOL. I just don't have that kind of self control, I'm amazed others can do that but your right......hhmmmm

By the way these are in a league of JBL clarity and smooth even sound I haven't heard before from my favorite logo. I love it, they are rear ported so I have them out a bit from the walls. Most of my collection of JBL's have that pronounced JBL sound, these are different, clearer and way tighter-which I didn't think possible. These were the ones I never seemed to get lucky and run into, the fact that I got them so cheap from a major online retailer just amazes me.