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Thoughts on JBL L1 speakers?

RunOutGroove said:
It looks like my original post was from a few years ago. More recently, I replaced those Quad speakers in my bedroom office with a pair of Klipsch RP-600M mk II speakers and a small M & K subwoofer (the Klipsch speakers seemed a bit bass shy to me). I like this combo a bit better than the Quad speakers, but I have to admit that there's strengths and weaknesses with both. The JBLs, had I been able to score a pair, might have been all-around better to my ears than either one of the others. I'm more or less happy with what I've got at the moment, even if it isn't quite perfect, but if I do happen to come across another pair of those JBLs at a good price, I'll pick them up...
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Agreed….my JBL L1, are the best sounding bookshelf speakers I’ve ever heard….Loud & clear powerful with good strong solid bass….Im glad I don’t need to look any further….using a vintage Sansui amplifier / 80 WPC
 
They are not very efficient at 87 db 1 watt, response is only rated down to 47 HZ, and though the power rating is at 200 watts we know they mean peak rating So I would not want to see continuous power of much more than 75 watts. They are what I would call an almost near field personal monitor. A speaker that is mounted just above the mixer used in production studios or in small rooms while streaming music. Listening distance of much more than 8 to 10 feet would see the imaging and staging suffer. I haven't heard any in a long time, but I found them to rather nice and not fatiguing, unless pushed. Yes they compressed the bass a bit and with out full extension to 25 HZ I would never own a pair.
 
twiiii said:
They are not very efficient at 87 db 1 watt, response is only rated down to 47 HZ, and though the power rating is at 200 watts we know they mean peak rating So I would not want to see continuous power of much more than 75 watts. They are what I would call an almost near field personal monitor. A speaker that is mounted just above the mixer used in production studios or in small rooms while streaming music. Listening distance of much more than 8 to 10 feet would see the imaging and staging suffer. I haven't heard any in a long time, but I found them to rather nice and not fatiguing, unless pushed. Yes they compressed the bass a bit and with out full extension to 25 HZ I would never own a pair.
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Well, even the L5 and L7 only show range down to 30 Hz, so your criteria is very limiting! :beerchug:
Not sure what anyone should expect from a 6.5" "woofer" but I prefer to listen rather than interpret specs. :thumbsup:
 
Listening leeds to the final score for sure. But if you have ever compared speakers that respond to be low 20 HZ with low distortion and freedom of harmonic and IM distortion you will never go back to speakers that quit around 35 HZ. Even my speakers that easily reach 25 HZ can't begin to compare to the ones that reach to 16 HZ. These are full range three way speakers and do not use additional subs. Speaker designs have really improved tremendously over the bast 15 to 20 years.
 
twiiii said:
Listening leeds to the final score for sure. But if you have ever compared speakers that respond to be low 20 HZ with low distortion and freedom of harmonic and IM distortion you will never go back to speakers that quit around 35 HZ. Even my speakers that easily reach 25 HZ can't begin to compare to the ones that reach to 16 HZ. These are full range three way speakers and do not use additional subs. Speaker designs have really improved tremendously over the bast 15 to 20 years.
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Not sure what program material you're listening to but my 4345s are rated only down to 32Hz, so I should prepare to be disappointed in them? ;)
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BMWCCA said:
Not sure what program material you're listening to but my 4345s are rated only down to 32Hz, so I should prepare to be disappointed in them? ;)
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A friend of mine has some Pure Audio Project open baffle speakers and those things, even with the 15" woofers they have don't go all the way down to 20 hrz, but maybe only 35 hrz. Nonetheless, I heard them with and without a subwoofer and I liked them better without. I felt that the quality of the bass was really impactful and even if they didn't go down as low as with a sub, the bass still felt plenty deep. I guess that if you're really into certain genres of music that stress really heavy bass, like electronic dance music, then either speakers that go all the way down to 35 hrz, or a sub might be necessary, but all kind of speakers that down go quite that low, still have a good feeling of bass and can be satisfying for most music, I would say. The comparatively small Jamo C103 bookshelf speakers that I have go only to about 35-40 hrtz (I think) and though I have them paired with an SVS subwoofer, they put out enough bass for me that even if I didn't have that sub, I could be happy with them... though the sub certainly does add something nice to the mix.
 
The L1 is my favorite bookshelf. Outstanding low end, beautiful mid and top end. I’ve owned em all. That’s the bookshelf for me.
 
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