Jbl Studio L Series - What About Performance??

[avliner]

Hi all,

does anybody has any comments regarding to the new STUDIO L SERIES from JBL? Any comments will be appreciated.

Cheers / Avliner.

 

[mike c]

without grills, they look cool from afar. but close-up, they look cheap (not quality, just looks)

the studio L's apparently reach 40khz? because of its ultra-high freq tweeter (it has 2 tweeters)

http://www.jbl.com/home/products/series.aspx?SerId=SLS&Language=ENG&Country=US&Region=USA

I never bothered to listen to them, because I just bought my set when they came out here, and I DID NOT want to get buyer's remorse.

although if you put much weight in my audio salesman's opinion, he said he preferred the Infinity Beta series over this JBL studio L

 

[avliner]

As an additional info, I've, I've found the review on Sound & Vision Magazine site and the Studio L range seems to be pretty good.

There's one thing that pretty much reinforces the above review; i.e., although the L/R/C speakers shows an impedance of 8 ohms on paper, the bench results has proven that they go further down to 3.2 - 4 ohms load instead!!

For that reason only it makes me believe that the Studio L's are pretty damn good ones and most definitely worths an audition!

Cheers / Avliner.

 

[j_garcia]

Impedance varies with frequency, so an 8 Ohm speaker going to 3.2 Ohms is not unusual. The former Studio line was pretty good, and though I have not heard these, I'd expect them to be at least as good as those, though I haven't heard much discussion about them.

 

[jeffvee]

Studio L 's

I currently have some of the Studio L series speakers and they sound very very good.

I have the Studio L8400 600 watt Subwoofer, as surrounds I have the L810's.

For HT, these are excellent sounding speakers for a home application. My room is 14 x 19 and I am very pleased with the performance.

I only listen to music in 2 channel with the sub ,and it too sounds amazing.

Hookup:

Harman Kardon AVR630
JBL E 100 main fronts
JBL EC35 Center
JBL Studio L8400 Sub
JBL Studio L810 rear surrounds

 

[avliner]

Jbl Studio L - Review

Hi,

thanks for the feedback, jeffvee.

On the review (Sound & Vision), the studio's have been highly regarded.

They do emphasize, however, that some caution must be taken when matching those with a receiver, due to their impedance ( basically the fronts & center channles ), as they go down to 3,2 Ohms (they're all spec'ed at 8 Ohms, though).

Have heard a lot of people saying that the higher JBL ranges are pretty damn good ones ( even those who doesn't like them...).

By next week I'll try to audition them somewhere in Orlando, FL.


Cheers / Avliner.