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In Reply to: RE: $50 JBL Northridge N26AW II 2-way, 6" speakers ($200 list!) posted by thump on January 02, 2017 at 22:20:32
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.
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oh they sounded bad cold out of the box, but now that they're loosening up, i'd call the sound acceptable with potential to be pretty good, but they were spitting like a rabid racoon in the first few minutes.
i don't know what's going on, but within an hour's worth of listening to the new speakers, my amp started making a squealing noise. after checking all of my connections, i started listening again, and in less than a half hour, the sound became intermittent and the squealing returned. after that, i rewired my entire power system with 8 gauge (up from 12) and reset the speaker wires in the terminals, and again, even sooner, the sound became intermittent again even though i was listening at quite low volumes.
just before shutting everything down until i can hopefully find some answers, i noticed that the right channel doesn't seem as loud as the left on the new speakers.
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