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In Reply to: Krell vs. NAD vs. Musical Fideltity - which one? posted by Victorymoto on March 2, 2007 at 16:16:30:
IMO yr approachin the problem from the wrong end sadly yr JBL's are not very good the weak link so to speak.. Sorry but there's no other way to put it. JBL made exquisite speakers..up untill the Business was sold in the early 70's. Resultant production is as different as a K car is to a 50's/60's Chrysler 300. Same name plate is the ONLY similarity.
Lose 'em First... then... think about spending large (or small :-) on an Amp.
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the JBL 240Ti is a fine speaker.Thinking back to when I was selling gear we would often have after hours listening sessions that would carry on for hours (OK this really means drinking and eating while having alot of great toys at our fingertips). Everybody would rave about the Klipsch K-Horns driven by Rowland electronics. That is, until we picked up the JBL line and brought in the Ti Series. The 250Ti was absolutely fantastic at around $3400 a pair (quite alot a that time) and the 240Ti was just a half step behind. Those titanium tweeters just totally out classed the K-Horn's horn tweeter IMO. Midrange was Classic JBL. Bass my have been a tad loose. Anyway, they were great. It was fun remembering them. I would have owned them myself if they were'nt so darn expensive...
The 240ti is a very strong speaker. In the mid 80's it retailed for $ 1900.00 pair, which was about the same as a pair of Kef 104's or B&W matrix 3's from the same era. They sound very good particularly with jazz and rock and roll. They image nicely and have a wide soundstage and they can play louder than hell with modest amps. At the time of their production JBL speakers were known to work best with powerfull amplifiers hence my three candidates which, are in my price range.And.... they are very well built with a very pretty teak finish and they are a gift from one of my best friends who now listens to Revel, which, if you didn't know, is another speaker built by Harmon International, the corp that owns JBL. To the best of my knowledge no one has every compared a Revel Salon to a K-Car. Maybe you could be the first.
While not the very best, these are hardly crappy speakers! You would be surprised at how good they can when sound using a good hi-end amp.One of my relatives has this model. We once used my Accuphase C-200 and P-300 with them. They performed every bit as well as the best speakers in the $2K range (maybe higher)!
On a side note, Accuphase uses custom, post 1970 Pro JBL monitors.
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