Jamo Speakers
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Bought a pair of their C93-II's. I went in knowing they have a U shaped sound profile. That means they were mostly top and bottom end with not much mid-range. They were good looking well built speakers they just didn't sound good. Mids are the meat and potato's of music. Highs were very good bass was ok but with no mids Ugh, Glad I bought on Amazon for the free returns as they went back very quickly. There are lots of fans of Jamos but if you like midrange I would stay away from that model. Sony's SS CS-5 is a better speaker, not perfect just better.
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BradV
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In the last decade or so they have appealed more to the mass market and home theatre.
Jamo 707's I've owned two sets of them. One of the most 'musical' speakers I've ever heard. Plenty of information on the web about them.
All Jamo speakers are above average for the money though as I said in the last decade or so they're a bit more 'mainstream'.
Jamo 707's I've owned two sets of them. One of the most 'musical' speakers I've ever heard. Plenty of information on the web about them.
All Jamo speakers are above average for the money though as I said in the last decade or so they're a bit more 'mainstream'.
I found a pair of Jamo Cornet 40 IVs in excellent condition at Goodwill a couple months ago for thirty bucks. These are average sized bookshelf speakers, which retailed for about $200 in the 90s. I scooped them up without hesitation.
Here is how they compare with my other similar sized speakers in my house, my three listening rooms/areas, my ears.
Jamo vs:
Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary; Dentons, of course, by a wide margin.
KEF Q150; KEF, in every way.
Elac Debut 6.2; Elac top to bottom
Klipsch R-51M; Klipsch better highs, not quite as good low end, still prefer Klipsch
Pioneer SP-BS22-LR; Coin toss. I swap these in and out in the kitchen/dinning area. Both sound great in that environment.
Sony SS-CS-5; Jamo. More heft, weight, meat on the bone,(haha) I sold the Sonys.
Sony MB-150; Jamo. Not by a large margin though.
Radio Shack Minimus 7; Jamo in every way.
I believe without a doubt, that the room where the speakers are used makes all the difference in how any set of speakers will sound. Well designed and well built speakers will, for the most part, sound good in any acoustically friendly room, assuming room size is taken into consideration.
We like what we like, not what others think we should like! Good listening everyone, regardless of what you listen to and what you listen through.
Here is how they compare with my other similar sized speakers in my house, my three listening rooms/areas, my ears.
Jamo vs:
Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary; Dentons, of course, by a wide margin.
KEF Q150; KEF, in every way.
Elac Debut 6.2; Elac top to bottom
Klipsch R-51M; Klipsch better highs, not quite as good low end, still prefer Klipsch
Pioneer SP-BS22-LR; Coin toss. I swap these in and out in the kitchen/dinning area. Both sound great in that environment.
Sony SS-CS-5; Jamo. More heft, weight, meat on the bone,(haha) I sold the Sonys.
Sony MB-150; Jamo. Not by a large margin though.
Radio Shack Minimus 7; Jamo in every way.
I believe without a doubt, that the room where the speakers are used makes all the difference in how any set of speakers will sound. Well designed and well built speakers will, for the most part, sound good in any acoustically friendly room, assuming room size is taken into consideration.
We like what we like, not what others think we should like! Good listening everyone, regardless of what you listen to and what you listen through.
malden
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I had a pair of Jamo (pronounced Yahmo) 12" 3-way acoustic suspension from the 1980's, nice sound and build quality. I liked them better than any of the 1970's era acoustic suspension speakers I had like KLH and Advent. The Jamo didn't have that mid-range honk like the others
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mad shadows
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Jamo is a huge company. They have made speakers that range from cheap crap to ultra high end. You have to research the speaker you are interested in.
EstherWard
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I wonder how much can a bad speaker with poor ERDI be saved by room treatment for the first reflection points with room EQ vs a great speaker with no or minimal room treatment. The second thing I wonder is if you EQ partially at poor ERDI ranges like meeting in the middle.
MrDevonair
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It’s true they have made a vast array of speakers but there are some real gems if you know where to look. If you can find them - look for a pair of C803, they are amazing stand mounts and compete with any floorstanding unit having a 7” woofer and an amazing tweeter. They play extremely loud if that’s your thing and bass extends way lower to my ears than the quoted specs. They are much bigger than the picture suggests and the cabinets are a cool design with each panel being curved which really stomps out any cabinet noise due to standing waves etc. These are the best speakers I own by a country mile.
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MrDevonair
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If your room is acoustically poor it doesn’t matter what speaker you use or how much eq you pump in. That’s a fundamental really and I have heard some technically amazing systems sound down right painful because of dodgy acoustics
Sgt Shultz
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Jamo was a Danish company that designed and built outstanding speakers that were not cheap. Bought out by Klipsch their last great speakers were the Concert line topping out at the C-109 which debuted at $6500/pair.
Those lucky enough here to be informed of the crazy Amazon sales about 7yrs ago when Klipsch discontinued the line scored big time.
I wasn't able to nab the 109's but did grab five pair of the outstanding C-103, retail $1800, sold four pair to buyers also in Australia lol.
You don't want to know what I paid for these great speakers, really lol. So of course like myself there were flippers on eBay for a few yrs later, consequently I was able to also nab the C-10 center, retail $1200 for ridiculous money.
I've heard their older speakers and they're excellent, can't comment on the newest offerings though
Jamo C-103, with a 7"mid/bass and close to 30lbs these are not your typical stand mount monitor.
Not my setup, this picture is from the net.
Those lucky enough here to be informed of the crazy Amazon sales about 7yrs ago when Klipsch discontinued the line scored big time.
I wasn't able to nab the 109's but did grab five pair of the outstanding C-103, retail $1800, sold four pair to buyers also in Australia lol.
You don't want to know what I paid for these great speakers, really lol. So of course like myself there were flippers on eBay for a few yrs later, consequently I was able to also nab the C-10 center, retail $1200 for ridiculous money.
I've heard their older speakers and they're excellent, can't comment on the newest offerings though
Jamo C-103, with a 7"mid/bass and close to 30lbs these are not your typical stand mount monitor.
Not my setup, this picture is from the net.
I can speak to the an excellent speaker in a poorly/no treatment room. Bought a pair of Kef XQ 1's dirt cheap. Great build quality and very handsome looks. Tried them in my small listening room(No treatment) and they sounded like poop so set them aside. Then i built room treatments. It made the room so quiet you could hear it when you stepped into the room. In the meantime decided to sell the Kef's just to get what I had in them. Guy from Cincinnati was coming to pick them up. Set them up to demo them for him. Making sure they were ready to go tested them out. Hit play and immediately knew I had made a huge mistake. They sounded marvelous. Guy was on his way so what was laid was played. About my only stereo thing I regretted selling.
I've owned a couple of Jamo speakers over the years, and I'd say they're generally a solid value rather than a "wow" brand. Most of the models I've heard have a fairly relaxed, easy-to-listen-to sound. They're not overly bright, so you can listen for hours without fatigue, although some people might find them a little less detailed than similarly priced speakers from KEF or Monitor Audio.Hi,
what are peoples thoughts on Jamo speakers, contemporary and vintage? I've never owned a pair so I'm wondering what sort of sound I can expect from them, and the sort of brands that are of the same sort of quality.
Thanks people
The vintage models seem to have a better reputation than some of the later budget home-theater packages, so it really depends on which series you're looking at. If you're buying used, I'd pay more attention to the condition of the drivers and crossovers than the badge on the front.
I'd put them in the same general category as brands like Wharfedale, Mission, or older Polk models—good performers if you find them at the right price, especially for music and everyday listening rather than chasing absolute accuracy. Price and quality are very important to me, and I applied the same principle when choosing https://mostbetbd.asia/app/.
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tx_polkhead
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I have a pair of Jamo 7.6 towers from the late 1990's that sound great! I went to purchase something else listed on Craig's List and the speakers were sitting in a corner I asked about them and the seller said something was wrong with them and I could take them if I thought I could fix them. A decade of more later they are and they are used often and I never found them to have anything wrong with them. I don't have great pictures of them but they are front facing MTM with an internal bottom firing woofer.
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restorer-john
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Excellent loudspeakers. The 7.6 was the successor to the 507a which I have a pair of in rotation right as I type. The 507/507a had two 165mm opposed internal woofers and a much lower crossover frequency for the woofers. I sold Jamo (lots of it) back in the day. Your 7.6 cost (feb 2000 price list) AU$2380 pr in black/mahogany or cherry and AU$3043 pr in Real Cherry veneer.
At that point in time, their most expensive pair of speakers was the Oriel at AU$23,811 pr and The Cinemaster System was AU$52,490 set.
I have way too many pairs of Jamo speakers as they were truly one of the best loudspeaker manufacturers. They were of course the world's largest manufacturer of loudspeakers by a huge margin for several years. That was until it all imploded and Klipsch destroyed what was left. Basically, once Glyngore (Denmark) manufacture was shuttered and production went to China, that was the end.
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