jewa wrote:To me the JBL is clearly better though completely missing some of the bass content. But I am a huge of bookshelf speakers so, no problem there. The looks are terrible – but, it is mostly a problem with proportions compared to the rest of the system/room. Might work! I need to compare these with klångedang.
Thanks for this Thomas, and very nice with some Jethro Tull!
Charlie1 wrote:They both sound really good Tom. I think we do get a flavour of what the real thing must be like.
Instant impression of the JBLs is nothing sound related, they look massive! Like, really big. I know you know what 'massive' means but I feel a need to say more. Second thought, what does Debbie think of them!? Have you got some Klingon cloaking technology up your sleeve? Or maybe a thin black veil is easier to obtain.
At first I thought the ATCs were better. They sound more like what I'm used to hearing but having listened to both tracks I think I prefer the JBLs. It's like a layer has been removed. They seem more direct, almost like hearing through headphones. There seems to be less in the way. I also think they are probably more tuneful and easier to follow but I'm not really sure.
Any idea why the JBLs seem to generate less room ambiance? Maybe this is why they strike me as having a slight headphone quality.
One last comment - it's one thing reading about someone's experience but to have this as well adds another dimension. I wonder if this is the future of HiFi magazines? A bit like the car magazines often post a video to accompany their report.
Music at Home wrote:The JBL's remind me a lot of Rehdeko speakers. Not the fullest, smoothest or refined of speakers but there's an immediacy and quickness about them, like spongy layers of artificiality have been removed and your listening to something live rather than recorded
I can follow a lot of what has been said about the JBL's in the above comments. It is as if we are looking for some fundamentals that we have lost on the way. I actually find the JBL's to capture the tune in a more natural way than the ATC's.
I have changed my view on hifi over the years and am seeking a sound that can capture the essens of what I hear when standing in front of a live band and the JBL's are a step in that direction.