JBL HDI-3800 Floorstanding Speaker & HDI-4500 Center Channel Review

ErinH

ErinH

Audioholic General
James did a review on the HDI-3800 last year, I believe. I haven't read his review recently but I do recall he seemed to have a mostly positive reaction toward these speakers. However, that wasn't my experience. To be honest, I was underwhelmed. Which just goes to show you, even two people with experience testing and listening can walk away with different impressions. For my thoughts you can read the review in the link below or watch the video. Whichever you prefer.





 
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shadyJ

Speaker of the House
Staff member
Good stuff, Erin. I loved these speakers, but maybe they were friendlier to the kind of music I like than the stuff you like, or maybe I just missed some attributes that you picked up on. The vertical dispersion is a bit odd, and the optimal listening angle on the vertical axis looks to be more like -10 rather than zero. I wasn't able to listen at zero since my seating places me too low; the tweeter is kind of high. I suspect that those changes make less of a difference the further back the listener is from the speaker.
 
cbecker33

cbecker33

Audioholic
Very timely, a single HDI-3800 popped up locally for $1k and has me tempted.
 
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