The JBL S Series with the ORIGINAL Copper Colored drivers were better then the series II's you now own. If you take a look at the Ports of the older S Series speakers compared to the newer Series II's, you will see the ports have been changed. BOSE was threatening to sue the **** out of JBL for copying their port design, so JBL changed it. More @Wikipedia
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