So I found refurbished Studio 220's from JBL's web site for only $130 so I ordered them up. Also got my A130's just last week and was able to compare them directly. I was hoping the 220's would be smoother and not have the raised mids and 15k rise of the A130, which I was right. The tweeter and mids are much smoother. But the Studio 220's are designed as surround speakers in the back and they simply have no base. It was so apparent that I looked to see if the ports were plugged because that's exactly what it sounded like. You can see the roll off in my graphs below where the base disappears below 250Hz. My PSB Alpha 3 speakers don't do that and they are smaller. But the mids and tweeter is more controlled than the A130's. I returned the 220's though I wanted to try swapping tweeters, lol......It's really hard to find good reviews of the A120 or the Studio 220. I guess it stands to reason the A130 would be the best, but I'm trying to gauge how much of a tradeoff it is to go down to A120, which I understand has the same tweeter but a smaller woofer. And also how much difference there is from the Studio 220, which I think uses different cone materials.
There are just so few reviews of the A120 and the 220 out there. Was curious if anyone has any impressions.
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NOTE - these are the first measurements I've ever done in REV using a UMM-6 mic so there are no room corrections!!