Awesome Deals For JBL And Infinity Speakers!! (Thru June 30th)

[Pogre]

They're at it again with some awesome deals on JBL Studio 5 Series and Infinity Reference 263 speakers!

Infinity REFERENCE 263 | 6-1/2" 3-Way Floorstanding Speaker

Infinity's Reference R263 three way floorstanding home speaker offers detailed, spacious, room-filling sound that will bring your music and movies to life.

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Loudspeakers | Harman Audio

All the speakers you need for your home theater, under one roof. Floorstanding speakers, bookshelf speakers, in-wall, outdoor speakers, subwoofers, & more.

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[Pogre]

The Infinity has their flat piston midrange driver. I've always wanted to check those out. $199 each is a smoking deal for those.

 

[Mark E. Long]

Jbl seems to be offering the studio line more and more frequently they’ve been on the market a couple years I think they may be coming out with a new line in a year or two . I’d like to give the HDI series a good listen too . Although Iam not fond of there cabinet colors these days .

 

[lovinthehd]

Jbl seems to be offering the studio line more and more frequently they’ve been on the market a couple years I think they may be coming out with a new line in a year or two . I’d like to give the HDI series a good listen too . Although Iam not fond of there cabinet colors these days .

Been thinking that about the Studio 5 series for the last several years and they keep hanging around...but maybe HDI hasn't pushed them out of the way yet?

 

[Eppie]

53% off on the Studio 590? Wow.

 

[lovinthehd]

53% off on the Studio 590? Wow.

Almost as good as the price I got a few years ago ($450 ea).

 

[Mark E. Long]

Been thinking that about the Studio 5 series for the last several years and they keep hanging around...but maybe HDI hasn't pushed them out of the way yet?

When they start pushing the HDI’s I wouldn’t mind trying the biggest ones and the center to match looks to be interesting too . I kind of look at the HDI’s as couple year high end run kind of like the HP- 520’s to darn pricey for most .

 

[shadyJ]

Been thinking that about the Studio 5 series for the last several years and they keep hanging around...but maybe HDI hasn't pushed them out of the way yet?

HDI is not replacing the Studio 590s. HDI is on a level above the Studio 5 series, they are much more expensive.

 

[lovinthehd]

HDI is not replacing the Studio 590s. HDI is on a level above the Studio 5 series, they are much more expensive.

I meant it more in the way of JBL's general approach to home/consumer speakers, they haven't done much "new" except for HDI that I can think of. I just expected the Studio 5 series to not get replaced once it's had its run.....or am I missing something from JBL?

 

[lovinthehd]

When they start pushing the HDI’s I wouldn’t mind trying the biggest ones and the center to match looks to be interesting too . I kind of look at the HDI’s as couple year high end run kind of like the HP- 520’s to darn pricey for most .

It could be the price point keeping them alive....but Harman has other brands like Revel to go after the higher price points....

 

[shadyJ]

I meant it more in the way of JBL's general approach to home/consumer speakers, they haven't done much "new" except for HDI that I can think of. I just expected the Studio 5 series to not get replaced once it's had its run.....or am I missing something from JBL?

I think the JBL series that supplanted the Studio 5 series was the Studio 6 series. The problem is that this series was never released in North America for reasons I do not know.

 

[davidscott]

Thanks for the info Pogre. I also wanted to check out that flat piston mid driver. So if anyone has these let us know how they sound compared to the standard infinity mids (on my Primus 363s). I happy with the 363s and if I ever get the itch to upgrade again I'm leaning toward some smaller Magnepans.

 

[Mark E. Long]

I think the JBL series that supplanted the Studio 5 series was the Studio 6 series. The problem is that this series was never released in North America for reasons I do not know.

Wasn’t the 6 series released in like Japan or somewhere in the Far East or Europe ?

 

[Pogre]

I think the JBL series that supplanted the Studio 5 series was the Studio 6 series. The problem is that this series was never released in North America for reasons I do not know.

Wow. Those do look like an update. They more resemble the the HDI series, imo. I found some images, here's the 690.

Plus they have a bigger model in the line, the 698. Comes with a dedicated 6" midrange. They look pretty nice!

 

[Mark E. Long]

Wow. Those do look like an update. They more resemble the the HDI series, imo. I found some images, here's the 690.

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Plus they have a bigger model in the line, the 698. Comes with a dedicated 6" midrange. They look pretty nice!

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I see the 6 series on eBay Japan at lot in all sizes they will ship for a hefty price . I’ve seen the smallest of this line on our eBay over here about a grand a pair . If you didn’t look close you would think there the HDI’s !

 

[Pogre]

I see the 6 series on eBay Japan at lot in all sizes they will ship for a hefty price . I’ve seen the smallest of this line on our eBay over here about a grand a pair . If you didn’t look close you would think there the HDI’s !

It's a damn shame they don't sell them here. I can see those selling like crazy in NA. I'm reading up on the 698 right now and you get a lot of speaker with it. Bass to 36 hz. They don't specify if that's -3 dB, but I'd tend to trust Harman with specs. Looks sharp too.

Studio 698 | Home Audio Loudspeaker System

The JBL Studio 698 is a high-performance floorstanding loudspeaker utilizing JBL's 2414H-1 1-inch compression driver mated to a High-Definition Imaging horn complemented with a 6-inch midrange driver and dual 8-inch PolyPlas cone woofers. The elegant cabinet design includes a magnitically...

www.jbl.com.sg

 

[Mark E. Long]

It's a damn shame they don't sell them here. I can see those selling like crazy in NA. I'm reading up on the 698 right now and you get a lot of speaker with it. Bass to 36 hz. They don't specify if that's -3 dB, but I'd tend to trust Harman with specs. Looks sharp too.

Studio 698 | Home Audio Loudspeaker System

The JBL Studio 698 is a high-performance floorstanding loudspeaker utilizing JBL's 2414H-1 1-inch compression driver mated to a High-Definition Imaging horn complemented with a 6-inch midrange driver and dual 8-inch PolyPlas cone woofers. The elegant cabinet design includes a magnitically...

www.jbl.com.sg

Somebody’s bringing the little ones over here and selling them in the U. S. On eBay . From what I see it looks like these have small black bottom . But they do look like the HDI’s mabey a smaller wave guide at the high frequency driver . I’d like them in real black Ash too same with the top of the line HDI’s if they come in real Ash I’d be very interested in them .

 

[Mark E. Long]

Looks like from the back those are setup to tri-amp ??

 

[lovinthehd]

Maybe this 6 series would sell better with the different aesthetics, but would definitely be helped out by 50% sales offers like the 5 series They still have relatively small center speakers, altho they did go slightly larger driver and doubled the number of midwoofers on the 665....

I only see the typical bi-amp connections....

 

[Pogre]

Yeah, if you Google a larger image you can see only 2 sets of binding posts, tho there's a reflection of the bottom set on the jumpers that almost looks like a third set.