Joined on 01/04/09
"Real World" review- will indicate facts that audiophiles may wonder about
Pros: 1. Nice fit and finish. 2. Small footprint. 3. Nice relatively flat frequency response. 4. Can absorb significant amounts of power without evident strain. 5. Does not have overly harsh/sibilant tweeters. 6. Lowest midrange is crossed over at a low frequency negating the "woofers are on the side of the cabinet" thing.
Cons: 1. Unusual 7/8" spacing on the terminal cups(old standard is 3/4"). Important if purchasing unified banana plugs. 2. VERY slight port noise while playing demanding bass inputs when port velocities are high. You can only hear this if listening for it, and it is barely noticeable.
Overall Review: This is not a "acoustically padded room, high dollar test equipment" review. It is a "real world" review from someone with past experience with higher-end speakers and amplifiers in a home stereo setting. Setup- -JBL Loft 50 loudspeakers, standing on a carpeted floor, 10" from the wall to the rear and nothing closer than 12" on any other side of the speakers. -New Acoustic Dimension 2600 monitor series power amp, 150 watts continuous/average into 8 ohms, 4.7 db dynamic headroom. 60 amps power supply output capability to speakers. -New Acoustic Dimension 2200 used as the pre amplifier. 14 AWG equal length speaker wires. -Phillips cd player -Some VERY demanding classical pipe organ cd's. Everything sounds nice and flat in regards to frequency response except very slight accentuation in the 70-100 hz area. This may be due to lack of long term "break in" of the woofers if you even believe in that, or the result of enclosure tuning itself. In my opinion, there is no need for a subwoofer with these towers unless you are a bass-head and need overpowering bass. The bass output is similar to my vintage JBL L-36's these just replaced. They have NO problem reproducing low 32' pedal notes from a recording of a large pipe organ, shaking my living room significantly down to 16 hz. This is a lot to ask for from speakers with a small woofer setup and this is where port noise becomes noticeable, ONLY if you have your head in front of the port listening for it. The midrange response is excellent. Not too overly "present" and sounds accurate. The lowest mounted midrange is crossed over at a lower frequency than most I have heard so the transition into the woofers' upper area of frequency response is clean. The tweeters are nice and easy going. They may actually be a little too quiet, have not made my mind up on that yet. As a whole, the middle and high frequency system of the speakers sounds very good. I played all program material in my "test" in the range of 80-100 watts continuous and never heard any evidence of strain. These actually play music with more detail than my old L-36's which is no easy feat. 1/2" thick enclosure panels, 5/8" thick front baffle. All grilles are removeable and framed in MDF which is painted black.
Leak! Not compatible with MY socket 775 Motherboard...
Pros: Looks to be well built, clear instructions, quiet pump,
Cons: Does NOT clear large 8 phase power regulation on my Asus P5Q-E. Oversized contact block/pump(mainly the attachment screws for the mounting brackets on the underside of the block/pump) assy interferes with the capacitors and chokes surrounding the socket NO MATTER HOW the block/pump assy is "clocked. Inferior RA machined finish on the copper contact plate. Fans can be quite noticeably loud, probably in my case because the lack of contact with my cpu as evidenced by the thermal compound witness mark upon removal of the cooler. They were "ramped" up.
Overall Review: So after fighting with various mounting positions of the block/pump assy my 10 year old son says "coolant, coolant"! A very small pinhole leak had occurred in one of the coolant lines near the pump. It was so small that it was only forming a pinhead sized drop every 10 seconds or so. Luckily the system was powered down while we were experimenting with different clocking positions of the block/pump assy so no coolant was spilled on anything inside the case. I had to glue the leaking area of the tube just to effect safe removal of the cooler from my case.
This is the best deal right now in wireless headphones.
Pros: Comfortable, good battery life, easy to pair with devices, great wired performance when driven by quality amplifiers. Classic JBL stout, lively bass response despite what a lot of other reviews might indicate.
Cons: None yet.
Overall Review: Classic consistent JBL sound... they sound like my L36's did which sound like my studio 190's which sound like my JBL vehicle system etc. Wireless performance is good, but the real surprise(not to me) is the wired performance. Plugged into an average device (tablet, cell phone) the wired performance is good. When driven by a high power source, my alienware 14, the jbl sound comes out. High efficiency, classic west coast JBL bass, loud midrange presence, and clear high frequencies are realized. They can also handle more than 30 mW if monitored closely for clipping.
A real "Mover"...
Pros: Superb build quality, inaudible below 1500 rpm, nice looks, excellent packaging, maintains rpm to the single digit place number. Extremely powerful at full speed(2109 rpm in a positive pressure case). It literally turns my positive pressure case into a negative pressure case at full speed working with 4 140mm intake fans! Very low amp draw for its air flow potential, only 2.16 watts at full speed.
Cons: It still has brown in it...
Overall Review: Only two of these even in a in a huge case, one intake and one exhaust, would literally create measurable wind speed within the case itself.
Good
Pros: Quiet, high pressure, high cfm, super solid frame.
Cons: Heavy, Harness WAY too long, no drop to harness breakout from frame increasing chances of pinching harness between fan and mounting surface, slight blade runout.
Overall Review: Quieter and more powerful than the Noctua FLX-140 it replaced.
Neat little robot. High value!
Pros: Durable, interactive, a great value.
Cons: Caution should be taken screwing down the battery door. The electrical contact springs on the door are very strong and the screws fine threaded and small.
Overall Review: A lot of people say that the instructions are hard to understand. It actually takes a slight effort and some trial and error to understand. Once you get it, it all makes perfect sense.
Honest seller
Super fast handling and shipping. I ordered it on the weekend and I have it here today on Tuesday, and yesterday was a national holiday. Quality, un-opened product. Thank you!
Outstanding customer service!
Very fast shipping and handling of a completely brand new product! Thank you!