JBL L75ms Music System

[Dull Eric]

Having moved house to a small flat, I'm looking for a competent system that will not draw attention to itself.

This ticks all the boxes; https://www.jbl.com/loudspeakers/L75MS.html

It does not require a receiver or other electronics, allowing for lower energy consumption.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Cheers

 

[everettT]

Having moved house to a small flat, I'm looking for a competent system that will not draw attention to itself.

This ticks all the boxes; https://www.jbl.com/loudspeakers/L75MS.html

It does not require a receiver or other electronics, allowing for lower energy consumption.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Cheers

Never heard this one personally but with all in one units we tend hear more complaints. I'd go with a passive sound bar and an AVR personally, YMMV.

 

[isolar8001]

Having moved house to a small flat, I'm looking for a competent system that will not draw attention to itself.

This ticks all the boxes; https://www.jbl.com/loudspeakers/L75MS.html

It does not require a receiver or other electronics, allowing for lower energy consumption.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Cheers

I thought that looked very nice for a no fuss, no muss little system that you can just play in the background with no worries.

Until I saw the price.
1500 bucks is ridiculous for that piece.
500 would justify it.

 

[Eppie]

I would not criticize the JBL unit on price alone. The Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar | Plus for example is also $1500 and is recognized on many sites as being one of the better sound bars out there. Def Tech makes one for $2400. I bet the JBL sounds much better than your typical $350 sound bar. These types of units rarely get reviewed though so measurements are difficult to find, let alone an honest review.

 

[lovinthehd]

I wouldn't worry about power consumption particularly between this and a receiver. It does require other electronics as it has no source of its own. I hadn't seen this unit before, shame it doesn't come with a sub (but does seem to have some sort of auto-sensing hpf if one is used). Seems overpriced in any case for what essentially is a soundbar. I like the 70s revisit via the quadrex grill.

 

[Trebdp83]

Not really a soundbar but actually one of those all in one, supposed high end music boxes that rely on retro styling to justify the price.

While more and more of these devices offer ARC and sub pre outs, they are PCM 2.0 only affairs and cannot be expanded for more channels.

If a fan of JBL, a simple 2.1 system that can be expanded could be had for about the same money using a JBL MA310, JBL 250B speakers and a JBL Stage 200P subwoofer. The speakers can be positioned separately and optimally in the room. This cannot be done with all in one units.

 

[Dull Eric]

I would not criticize the JBL unit on price alone. The Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar | Plus for example is also $1500 and is recognized on many sites as being one of the better sound bars out there

Having internal amplification justifies the pricing. It will save me a receiver purchase.
It does appear to be a well built piece of kit. Trying to set up an audition.

Pricing may be negotiable at a local electronics retailer.

It does require other electronics as it has no source of its own. I hadn't seen this unit before, shame it doesn't come with a sub

I apologise for not being more clear.

When I said no other electronics, I meant there is no need for a receive/avr.

The sub can be added later if the need arises. The walls here are rather thin.

 

[lovinthehd]

Well a receiver does often have a built in source like radio/internet altho a closer look at the spec I see the L75 has built in chromecast/airplay/bt. It does have hdmi and some alternate inputs as well (even for a tt) and a remote so somewhat can act as a receiver. I'd still like better speakers as well as the sub. I was thinking something along the lines of a pair of JBL LSR308s (and the S310 sub option).

 

[Dull Eric]

Well a receiver does often have a built in source like radio/internet altho a closer look at the spec I see the L75 has built in chromecast/airplay/bt.

Absolutely agree with receivers having built ins Attempting to downsize/de clutter. That is why this piece of kit is intriguing to me. It ticks all the boxes in one unit.

 

[MrBoat]

Having moved house to a small flat, I'm looking for a competent system that will not draw attention to itself.

This ticks all the boxes; https://www.jbl.com/loudspeakers/L75MS.html

It does not require a receiver or other electronics, allowing for lower energy consumption.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Cheers

That's actually quite nice and probably sounds better than it ought to. I would wonder if it might go on sale for around half the price like so many other JBL products do, which would seem like a more fitting price for that.

 

[flippo]

Amazon.com

 

[Dull Eric]

That's actually quite nice and probably sounds better than it ought to. I would wonder if it might go on sale for around half the price like so many other JBL products do, which would seem like a more fitting price for that.

Agree.
Still trying to get an audition at a stockist.

Powered speakers could do. However, I'm seeking to retain access to Pandora, Spotify and other music streaming services.

 

[lovinthehd]

Agree.
Still trying to get an audition at a stockist.

Powered speakers could do. However, I'm seeking to retain access to Pandora, Spotify and other music streaming services.

Adding something like a Wiim unit with powered speakers (that don't have the capabilities) is a thought

 

[Mark of Cenla]

I have had good luck with shelf systems with good / way better speakers. Two out of five of our house systems are like that, and to me sound fine. Peace and goodwill.

 

[MrBoat]

Agree.
Still trying to get an audition at a stockist.

Powered speakers could do. However, I'm seeking to retain access to Pandora, Spotify and other music streaming services.

I have powered (JBL LSR305) speakers and passive speakers that I use for Pandora and Spotify. The powered speakers are at work. I have a budget (Aiyima) Bluetooth capable preamp for those, and the relatively inexpensive Fosi BT30D Pro amp for the passives (I have quite a few pairs due to an obsession with building diy kit speakers) which also does Bluetooth. It's really the only reason I carry or, find use for the additional features of a cell phone.

Once I got used to, and optimized the phone for streaming music, it kind of made other, more dedicated streaming products rather redundant. While many in the audiophile world may turn their snoots up at Bluetooth, good speakers still manage to overshadow whatever sound quality shortfalls it may have, IMO.

During hurricane Milton, we had no electricity or internet but still had cell service. All we had was a JBL Flip 6 portable speaker and it sure made life better to have music. I later had use of a portable Honda inverter generator to run the fridge, a lamp, and to recharge phones and the JBL speaker. All the 3 of us could do here was pass time sitting at the dining table around the only light, bs'ng and listening to music.

Currently, I have a pair of Paul Carmody design "Speedsters" as my bedroom speakers paired up with the Fosi amp and it's just too easy to control everything from the phone without getting up, and to my ears, sounds fantastic. It's also pretty handy to have it automatically connect to my truck's audio system, picking up where I last left off, and again to the system I have at work all rather seamlessly.

I would buy a dedicated streamer like the Wiim, just for the heck of it, but I am not finding any need for it since I have to keep and maintain a cell phone anyway. Otherwise, my PC based main home system does everything else I need when I want to play/stream music more seriously, play games or watch movies.