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JBL 4329p 8”active Studio Monitor series
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I'm not seeing any indication of them being Roon Ready on JBL's website, although media articles are mentioning it. Is this the type of thing where it's just hung up in certification?
I don't see any mention on the 4305p product page either. "Wireless Streaming Audio via Chromecast, AirPlay 2, and Bluetooth" is all that shows up for both.
I don't see any mention on the 4305p product page either. "Wireless Streaming Audio via Chromecast, AirPlay 2, and Bluetooth" is all that shows up for both.
It's roon ready: "For those with extensive music libraries, the 4329P will be certified as a Roon-ready product."
source: https://news.harman.com/releases/releases-20230103-6886205
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Must still be hung up in certification (I own a miniDSP SHD and KEF LSX II so I know what that's all about). Neither one is showing up on Roon's page either.
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from the press release it sounds like certification is planned or in the works but not official yet. I would wait and confirm before purchase if this a requirement
The specs state that speakers have a line level subwoofer out with built in cross-over already
It's normal, they haven't been released yet. Certification is done near the end of development.
I dont disagree but from prior experience (e.g. , minidsp, NAD) timeline for the roon certification is non trivial
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100%. And the 4305p has been released for a while and still doesn't appear to have certification either.
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Wait for the 4329p
Wonder when they will be available here in Sweden, might take a while… They should of course perform better but they are also probably twice the price as the klipsch.
Yeah. Dynaudio really showed up JBL and KEF with that Focus line. I think we are approaching critical mass with the whole Active Streaming All-in-One systems, so it will just be a matter of time before more big players jump in. The pressure is already there to offer more/better dsp, as well as power, good measurements, and so forth.
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Roon helps a lot with this, although not for every source that you might hook up (that's where Dirac would be ideal).
At least for critical listening with Roon, it's possible to get an excellent set of measurements and corrections via REW and import them into Roon as convolution filters. It works very well for my other Roon Ready sources that don't have Dirac built-in.
agreed! but like you point out only works when streaming roon (which is my main source) and not for other inputs. Also still requires use of REW and more savy. Something like Dirac is easier to implement and tune the curve
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