Great for parties and some movies? Generally I like purple color
Glad to hear it. It's growing on me. I wasn't expecting as much of a violet hue, and was taken back a bit when I saw them.
The refin job looks nice but I'm not a fan of the grilles. I just kind of think with a grille the driver shouldn't be visible, and JBL's speakers tend to have fairly classy fabric or foam. To be honest, this one looks a bit... Rubbermaid.
And to each their own but if I was spending the money on speakers like this and then spending to refin them, I would have gone with a wood veneer. But that's very much dependent on the nearby decor. If the wife says blue paint... blue paint it is.
Thanks for the comments,
@Prana Ferox.
I reassembled everything for the first time about half an hour before posting. And I see what you mean about 'rubbermaid'. I have a second set of grills that I can pop on with cloth. The stanard JBL cloth was a little too gray and looked out of place, so I bought some dark black grill cloth to recover the second set of grills, but haven't had a chance to do so yet.
Re: nearby decor
Good point! And decor played a role here vs. the nice wood veneer.
They're going in a dedicated room. The main walls will be black brick, with blue LED accent lighting. The front and rear walls will be dark wood with RGB wall wash lighting to set the mood (like a live music venue). My other half thought the veneer was too upscale (and I agreed with her), and she thought the blue against black brick would work well.
In a living room I would have done something like this:
I really liked the idea of a polished nickel insert!
