Jamo Speakers

[RunOutGroove]

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.
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Not my setup, this picture is from the net.

I have a pair of those C-103 speakers that I continue to enjoy, having bought them some 6 or 7 years ago, largely due to the recommendations I got on this forum. I managed to find a pair of the walnut ones (really sharp looking!) for $300, and though I'm not sure they would be my favorite speakers for the much bigger money they retailed for, I'm pretty confident that there is little if anything I would like more in the sub $1000 category and certainly nothing used for anywhere near what I paid that would be the equal of these things. Since buying these things, I've experimented with a number of other bookshelf speakers and though some of them did some things well, nothing sounded quite as all-around good to me as the C-103s.

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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I can't comment on those speakers, having never heard them, but I must compliment you on that cabinet. I love the look of those mid-century modern pieces... and that one is particularly stylish. I like to have a room that both looks and sounds good!

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.

I've heard that fact, and it kind of blows my mind how big a brand they were when they didn't seem to have a presence in the US at all. I think those of us in the US assume that since it's such a big market, that if a thing is popular enough it would certainly make it to these shores, though that's obvious not the case. Nowadays, they seem popular enough, having been bought out by a mega-conglomerate, and marketed really heavily here, even if the new version of the brand isn't anything like the quality of it when the company was Danish owned.

 

[opnly bafld]

I've heard that fact, and it kind of blows my mind how big a brand they were when they didn't seem to have a presence in the US at all.

Maybe you were just unaware.
My small Midwest town had two home/car stereo stores back then and both places sold them (not at the same time of course).

 

[restorer-john]

I've heard that fact, and it kind of blows my mind how big a brand they were when they didn't seem to have a presence in the US at all.

I can give you the numbers if you want, but the US was just really small-fry and a hardly important market to them when it came to the number of loudspeakers Jamo produced year on year. They honestly did not care one tiny bit about sales in the US. Europe, the UK and the rest of the world was their goal.

By 1991, they had manufactured and produced over 7 million loudspeakers in total and a sustained production of 3000 loudspeakers per day. Yes, per day.

No other loudspeaker company came remotely close. And their legacy remains to this day.

We loved Jamo in Australia, their products were honest, beautifully constructed, sounded incredible and were an easy sell. Nobody ever returned a pair of Jamos.

 

[RunOutGroove]

Maybe you were just unaware.
My small Midwest town had two home/car stereo stores back then and both places sold them (not at the same time of course).

Sure, but it couldn't have been many. Since the corporate takeover, they seem to be far more common on these shores. I've wasted plenty an hour searching Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace for speakers and rarely, if ever have I seen vintage Jamo speakers for sale.

I can give you the numbers if you want, but the US was just really small-fry and a hardly important market to them when it came to the number of loudspeakers Jamo produced year on year. They honestly did not care one tiny bit about sales in the US. Europe, the UK and the rest of the world was their goal.

Exactly... Just what I'm saying!

 

[tx_polkhead]

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.

Wow! Thanks for the info, I could tell they were class but no idea they sold at such a high price point. Mine are real wood veneer with some minor damage, thankfully they are set up in my bedroom which is typically pretty dark so I don't notice it.