Ok...I scooped up a SUPER minty pair of JBL L-60t floor standers at a bargain price of $55....Can't go wrong there. Floor standing, 2 way with 8" woofer and a rear bass port near the bottom of the cabinet.
......after giving them a pretty serious listening with multiple genre's of music and various placements as well as a 6 inch lift off the floor. I made several observations....some good....some not to good. I'm not an expert in describing or reviewing equipment but I think I have a pretty good set of ears so here goes my attempt at a review
Beautiful speaker...the mids and hi's are very clean and detailed without being overpowering. JBL never was accused of having crappy tweeters! The lower bass response very nice...all the way down to its limit...BUT....the mid to upper bass isn't really there. Basslines kind of dissapear until the frequencies get really low and then come on a little strong. I had a piece of electronic music with a sliding bass tone and the speakers hit a freq point on the way down where the sound kind of resonated. The deficiency reduced itself a bit with a boost in power but even playing with the bass treb settings on the amp...and even through my eq ,I never did get the mid/upper bass lines to come through very well. I am going to run them through my other amp and see how much difference it makes.
Anyone know anything about that resonance effect or how to work get some mid/upper bass out of these?
As a comparison, I switched to my freshened up RtR's and the bass while not quite hitting the 30kHz range was much better at carrying the basslines and had great mid/upper bass....something they have always been good at.
the cons:
......after giving them a pretty serious listening with multiple genre's of music and various placements as well as a 6 inch lift off the floor. I made several observations....some good....some not to good. I'm not an expert in describing or reviewing equipment but I think I have a pretty good set of ears so here goes my attempt at a review
Beautiful speaker...the mids and hi's are very clean and detailed without being overpowering. JBL never was accused of having crappy tweeters! The lower bass response very nice...all the way down to its limit...BUT....the mid to upper bass isn't really there. Basslines kind of dissapear until the frequencies get really low and then come on a little strong. I had a piece of electronic music with a sliding bass tone and the speakers hit a freq point on the way down where the sound kind of resonated. The deficiency reduced itself a bit with a boost in power but even playing with the bass treb settings on the amp...and even through my eq ,I never did get the mid/upper bass lines to come through very well. I am going to run them through my other amp and see how much difference it makes.
Anyone know anything about that resonance effect or how to work get some mid/upper bass out of these?
As a comparison, I switched to my freshened up RtR's and the bass while not quite hitting the 30kHz range was much better at carrying the basslines and had great mid/upper bass....something they have always been good at.
the cons:
