Hello,
Would installing them horizontally make a big "sound" difference ? anyone try it ?
I'm about to order them and wondering how i will install them in my bookshelf... ideally horizontally for space purposes...
thanks !
Yes, the dispersion will be affected, they are definitely designed for upright use. I wouldn't do it myself with speakers I paid $$$ for.
Also these are really meant to be pulled out from a wall on stands. What kind of bookshelf situation do plan to use?
The front port will allow them to be able to be right near wall but these have really good bass response pulled out away from the walls and so I think they may be a bit over full near the wall.
Seriously considering the L82, since it has minimum 7Ohm impedance across freqs and 88dB sensitivity. Also I saw some reviews saying that these can play at low level ie at 60-70dB volume and not lose detail, an at the same time can do loud 96dB with low distortion. Ie some speakers can't really play at low volume well.
Is it as good or better than the 4309 that Amir reviewed?
Aesthetically, the L82 is just right for placing on the short floorstands in my office room of about 19x15feet
Saw this review with some impedance measurements. Not sure why it's reported to have only 83dB sensitivity.
https://stereo-magazine.com/review/jbl-l82-classic-review
Thanks for the comments with your personal experiences regarding the L82 vs 4309. Found a set of L82 in bright blue at 35% discount. Couldn't resist and pulled the trigger. Can't wait to test these out with variety of music from heavy metal, blues, vocal and some piano concertos.
I do like the styling of the 4309s but it's only 4Ohm impedance and as you pointed out it's on the small side. The 4349s, I was eyeing for awhile until I saw the test results on ASR.
The L82 speaker has fairly low sensitivity.
The trade off is the woofer and design is simply superb. Extremely low distortion in the bass and able to handle vast amounts of power. Excellent room filling bass to 40hrz in my 12x23+ room.
I felt they were superb speakers for anyone who will crank it up(use a 100watt+ amp for this) but wants or prefers a smaller than tower sized speaker. The L82's are not so small for monitors but they are not big in grand scheme of audio. Really nice IMHO.
I had another speaker here with a 6.5" woofer and similar appearing bass response in measurements and in room MMM captures yet when actually playing music the L82 easily and I mean easily outdid that speaker in bass and dynamics at higher SPL.
That 8" design is a big gain over even great 6.5's in my space.
Anyway there is no question that JBL engineered these to handle very loud SPL's while still having HiFi characteristics.
I did turn/tilt the tweeter down so it is exactly -1db by 10k via the Knob
The 4309 is much smaller physically and does not have the bass response of the L82. That said if someone is high passing to subs around 80hrz-90hrz then the 4309 can play extremely loudly with a lot of life and at the same is somehow quite refined sounding and tonally correct. I have had no issues that some of the measurements here would suggest. They are very good.
I prefer the 4309's to the L82's as I have subs and really like the sound they produce. I do use them with the -0.5db setting which seem minimal and it is, but seems to be a good choice despite the tiny differences.
It was mentioned that the L82's can have the tweeter on the inside or outside. In my space they sounded best on the outside and actually the difference was not particularly subtle. At one point after I had swapped them back I kept thinking why do these sound so good now? And at another point I was think hmmm these are not what I remembered feeling. I did a little back and forth and the tweeter to the outside in my space was clearly superior to my taste. It was quite obvious there was a difference on most tracks I tried. I would play around.
I also have the L52's here and have only listened 3 times or so so far. So far they are incredible. Really. I need to do some further listening but as of now these are impressing me. They are very small and don't have much bass in my space but man are they good from 100hrz up. Tweeter is turned/tilled down -0.5db by 10k via the knob(Lpad).
