It’s likely going to be from the wide dispersion in the upper treble vertically.I thought this thing was gonna have way more elevated treble, based on my in room measurements.
It’s likely going to be from the wide dispersion in the upper treble vertically.I thought this thing was gonna have way more elevated treble, based on my in room measurements.
As I was considering to try using a studio monitor with my avr some time in the future, its interesting to see that an active studio monitor like this is still outrated by a cheaper passive speaker like elac dbr62. Any thoughts or comments anyone?Preference Rating
SCORE: 5.6
SCORE w/sub: 7.4
Frequency response: +/-3.2dB 45Hz-20kHz
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As I was considering to try using a studio monitor with my avr some time in the future, its interesting to see that an active studio monitor like this is still outrated by a cheaper passive speaker like elac dbr62. Any thoughts or comments anyone?
Man this is good! It is very hard to get this kind of precision in a passive speaker.
It is on purpose, trebles wouldn't glide so smooth..The large plastic waveguide is really in your face. Wish JBL would provide a matt version of it.
Those distortions at 96dB are definitely within range of audibility...
And the hiss. I think it might be made more obvious due to how wide the treble dispersion is.
Shame as these can be deal-breakers for otherwise high-end frequency response and directivity. There is definitely a market demand for something with this performance with the flaws removed.
Hopefully we find such a beast as we keep testing. We are so close....A more impressive and bass extended speaker like the IN-8 by Kali or an improved 708p would have gotten my money if such a thing existed for around $3,000 and competed with the Devialet Phantom Reactor.
Gradually turn up the volume with deep bass though and at first, everything sounds wonderful. When you get to pretty loud levels, the sound gets muddy at first before reaching quite distorted levels. It is not distortion you are used to due to limiter. But it is there. Suspecting it was very low frequencies that was giving it trouble,
The large plastic waveguide is really in your face. Wish JBL would provide a matt version of it.
Mmmm, face plastic! (they do dominate my living room, but my brain has learnt to conversely not see them and when I do see them on occasion they've grown on me with their 'boldness'....I do live alone though!)Re: Estimated In-room Response
Maybe JBL figured out how to game the Klippel...
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I have the earlier version 308, I wonder what's different, other than the face-plastic...
Only the cheap ones.As usual, active speakers suffer from not enough power.
This better product exists (JBL 708).Why not building the product to a higher standard.?Monitors that have no hiss up close seems reasonable.
Intuitively this makes sense to me, sometimes hear a buzz during parts of some frequency sweeps and the feel of the build of these speakers suggests what you're saying. I wouldn't go far as to say "vibrating like crazy" as you say, but I think there are some improvements to be made in that area.Is it entirely clear that the distortion comes from the loudspeaker-drivers ?
I dont think so.
I think its mostly depending on :
1. Lack of damping material inside the loudspeaker. The box is almost empty, making standing waves inside the loudspeaker to appear: - distortion. It should be about 3 or 4 times more of the damping material.
2. Lack of crossbracing inside the loudspeaker. The walls are vibrating like crazy: - distortion. Cured with a cross bracing L - to R wall.
All of these things are easily corrected by the owner, making this loudspeaker a ”kick-ass” loudspeaker, especially for the money