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got my speakers today... so far? MEH

Posted by thump on January 12, 2017 at 17:49:30:
i've been listening to the JBLs for about 10 minutes, and so far, they aren't blowing me away. their cabinets are really light and made of similar "brittle" plastic that model kits are made of. the binding posts are on the cheap side and the terminals are too closely spaced to easily connect bare wires, but they get the job done.

the thing that's making me indifferent is that they don't have anywhere near the bass my 6 1/2" JBL bookshelves had (yet) and there's a high mids/lower treble emphasis that's making them sound thin & spitty. i don't know that i'd spend the $200 list price for them, but they'll pass for $50.

here's to hoping they smooth out with some break in. they MIGHT have a touch more bass than my bass challenged proels, but other than that, the proels are much more laid back sounding which is surprising as they have waveguide tweeters, but then again the JBLs are probably using poly tweets.