JBL,s

[rod]

what does everyone think of the brand, I have JBL L5 towers and love them, all answers are wellcomed .

[SpankingVanillaice]

I dont know the L5's but I can say I do love JBL too since they are soo percise and clear. I only buy JBL speakers. Since JBL's are top of the line.

[Florian]

Well you have to put everything in perspective
JBL is surely no bad brand, but definetly not "state of the art" in home audio. While i am sure they sound great to some people, i surely wouldnt want one over the speakers i have owned.

[JSE]

If you are happy with them, enjoy. It does not matter what others think of them.

JSE

[McFly]

My experience with them is that they are great if all you want is loud, boomy, sloppy music. If you listen to anything other than Metal or Rap, I don't suggest buying them. They make good loudspeakers, but their mids and highs are horrendus. But its not buying them, so if you like them, all the power to you.

[Florian]

Well thats why my new speakers have a mixture :-) Many ribbons and planars and regular drivers. Will see how it works out, but my best compromise seems to be ribbon planars with subs. Maybe a Apogee next Ill report on the RM30's tough. 4600$ tough. Not for everyone, but darn good.

Otherwise ill go to Apogee or Magnepan 3.6R with Rel.

JBL, are more party speakers in my opinion. Even tough my RM30s will cleanly hit above 110db in room.

[proaudio]

I like JBL's the best. You can go to www.jblpro.com for current models.

[proaudio]

JBL AE's are good. If you can, get a 3 way speaker and a sub for a 4 way system. DBX 480 good or dbx 260 good for 3 way prosessing. 3 or 4 amps. QSC SRA or crown k1 or k2 have no fans. powerlights, powerlight II, macrotech's,cts,i-tech good amps. crown xls okay amp. Cheap amps will make JBL's sound bad. Good wire such as audioQuest makes it sound excellent such as CV-6 and good interconnects. LSR6332s are good for smaller rooms with a sub. Most of these speakers are $1000.00 and up

[proaudio]

The best vocals I heard are from JBL's. They have great horns. up to 130DB
Some horns can cost $700.00 Just from the horns . Using Highend Audioquest and American made amps.

[McFly]

I agree that JBL does have some decent sounding speakers - if you spend $5000 for them. When it comes to anything apart from their high end stuff, they are big, sloppy and down right horrible - unless all you want is something that is loud. I second the motion for the jamo speakers above the JBL. I would argue that the bass response that comes from them blow the JBL's away not to mention that the mids and highs on the Jamo (from all of their lines) simply squash JBL. I actually just purchased the Jamo E855's and compared them to the JBL's that retail for $300 more - no competition - Jamo got my money.

[SpankingVanillaice]

I found out that my JBL Control 1X are way flatter response than the orginal Control 1's so I am excited. These are the flattest speakers I ever owned. Its like +- 0.5 db.