The Studio 620 should be hitting US shores in a few months. I picked up one from Japan.
A few comments
- it's a dark red color, with the web images representing what it would look like under bright lights. It's darker in real life and I have shown a comparison to the classic JBL walnut finish wood veneer. The iPhone camera used for these photos adds extra saturation, so it's so intense in color in real life.
- fit and finish is great. It feels dense and well-built. A clear step above the Studio 5. The vinyl wood-style wrap is much nicer than the Studio 5 series although you can see the seam of the vinyl wrap on the rear.
- magnetic grill is great
- Made in Indonesia
(My JBL 4319 is used as a Front Height Dolby Atmos speaker along with a "center" lift feature where the front heights and center channel below the TV are mixed together to create a phantom center at the level of the TV itself)
In room measurements, stereo, listening position ~4 meters away. Microphone is about 10 degrees off-axis (microphone stand on sofa cushion, not at ear level)
1/1 octave smoothing to capture overall tone/balance and then a screenshot of whatever smoothing REW uses for the distortion page which looks ~1/12 octave.
Sound Impressions
It measures really well with low distortion too, but it doesn't have the transparency of the $4K MSRP 4319 (I'm assuming it's the jagged frequency response; unfair sighted comparison). This is a nice/petite speaker that has a lot more invested in the furniture aspect. [edit: It's a 5.25" woofer]
I do like the JBL 4319 and the Studio 530. When @amirm has measured both, he has seen that the 4319 and 530 have a less downsloped tilt than what most prefer, so my preference may be different from “most listeners”.
A few comments
- it's a dark red color, with the web images representing what it would look like under bright lights. It's darker in real life and I have shown a comparison to the classic JBL walnut finish wood veneer. The iPhone camera used for these photos adds extra saturation, so it's so intense in color in real life.
- fit and finish is great. It feels dense and well-built. A clear step above the Studio 5. The vinyl wood-style wrap is much nicer than the Studio 5 series although you can see the seam of the vinyl wrap on the rear.
- magnetic grill is great
- Made in Indonesia
(My JBL 4319 is used as a Front Height Dolby Atmos speaker along with a "center" lift feature where the front heights and center channel below the TV are mixed together to create a phantom center at the level of the TV itself)
In room measurements, stereo, listening position ~4 meters away. Microphone is about 10 degrees off-axis (microphone stand on sofa cushion, not at ear level)
1/1 octave smoothing to capture overall tone/balance and then a screenshot of whatever smoothing REW uses for the distortion page which looks ~1/12 octave.
Sound Impressions
It measures really well with low distortion too, but it doesn't have the transparency of the $4K MSRP 4319 (I'm assuming it's the jagged frequency response; unfair sighted comparison). This is a nice/petite speaker that has a lot more invested in the furniture aspect. [edit: It's a 5.25" woofer]
I do like the JBL 4319 and the Studio 530. When @amirm has measured both, he has seen that the 4319 and 530 have a less downsloped tilt than what most prefer, so my preference may be different from “most listeners”.
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