AnthonieSmit

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I have bought these speakers second hand for 900 Euros about two years ago, and they keep surprising me every time I listen to them. The sound image is very, very clear and natural. The sound they produce is so realistic that if you listen to a well recorded (which most are) live performance, and you close your eyes, you can witness the whole performance played out in front of you. Other people talk about lack of poor bass performance and the need for a powerful amplifier. Don’t let them misguide you! These speakers are very sensitive and can easily perform on a “low power” amplifier. The speakers produce sound very well with nearly no coloring to the sound.
These speakers do require you to drive them with good equipment; they will point out every flaw in your equipment! I am currently driving these speakers with a self build Push-Pull EL84 vacuum tube amplifier, which has a rated output power of 12 watts (yes, twelve watts..) without negative feedback applied (also, no Blackgates or other overrated, expensive, parts included). These speakers rock your house with this amount of power! When other people visit me, I often notice that I play them very loud. I notice this when I have to speak and I find out that I have to yell in order to make myself hearable ?
If you find these speakers available on the internet, do not hesitate and buy them. If you are looking for a great pare of speakers this could be your life-long match. I have recently compared this set against a set of 180k Euros (600watt mono blocks, and very clever designed speakers), the Jamo’s won overall without a doubt.
The little brothers of these speakers (Concert 8 / Concert D830) are also very good. I’ve bought a limited set (black polished enclosure) of them last year which I am currently restoring. You do need a subwoofer with the Concert 8 if you want real bass performance.

hdemico

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.25 of 5, 4.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Really monitor sound.The Seas Excel serie (magnesium cone) is fantastic.
Medium band is very natural and realistic.LIKE ELECTROSTATIC!Highs are really goods and also there is the fine treble tuning that allows tuning of the sistem without touch the signal.
The bass is very fast and deep if you note that the speakers are about 170 mm.
But of course the best bass is made by very large speakers o cabinets,or very good Transmission Line.And this type of speakers cost much much more.And also must have very big rooms for maximum integration.

This product is a good compromise about design, size,good sound.You don't care of 20-30 Hz but you have very good medium-bass that not creat any problem in small rooms too.
There is the NCC(non coloration compound) that is fantastic to create a real uncolored sound.In reason of this the source and the amplification is very important.
Now I drive them with a smal Pass Aleph 3 and the result is stunning(except the low end).With 91 db of sensivity you dont'need to much watts.
Fantastic for Classical,Jazz and evry acoustical music.
Money/Value raito is excellent.You must spend much much more for better sound.

Strengths:
Uncolored,neautral,natural sound. Fantastic "Medium" Band(large: 50 hz-2500hz)
Timbric correctness.Voices are like in electrostatic
Good Punch at Medium Bass.Natural Treble.General Money/Value ratio

Weaknesses:
170 mm is too small for very GOOD lower bass(40 hz and lower).But for this also exist the Subwoofer!:-)

Similar Products Used:
JBL , Event SP8

Price Paid:  $900.00

Summary:
Full bandwidth high definition speakers, vey neutral sound. Perform best with high current amplification.System set up is Proceed PCDT2 digital transport via Channel Islands Audio 24/96 DAC and power supply, Roksan Xerxes turntable,Alchemist Bragi phono stage, AVI S2000M preamp, and 4x AVI S2000MM 150 watt monoblocks driving speakers in a bi-amp configuration. Clear ,precise treble , beautiful warm expressive midrange, and taughtdeep and highly rhythmic bass, software cover everything from Mozart to Moby. These speakers display no obvious weekness, what more can I say. Highly Recommended

Strengths:
Clear and neutral with no obvious bias or colouration.Strong with accoustic and electronic music totally awesome with classical.Image well if care is taken with placement- a true audiophile component at a great price

Weaknesses:
Unforgiving of poor front end components,reveal weeknesses in poor recordings

Price Paid:  $2300.00

Summary:
This speaker offers a very natural warm sound. You need high quality electronic to use the full potential of the concert 11

Strengths:
incredible detailed in mid`s and high's. beautiful finish.

Weaknesses:
Sounds poor with poor electronic.

Price Paid:  $1900.00

Summary:
Make no mistake hear, this is a very good product. But it takes a lot of effort (money) to make it sound good. Be careful with system matching, use a varm sounding cd-player and a powerful amp and you´re in hifi heaven. The sound is very detailed, open and dynamic. They have a big soundstage and they are on the bright side of neutral. That´s why equipment matching is important, forget about recievers - get a solid amp instead. It´s not worth trying, trust me I made that mistake once. Poor recordings will sound poor, garbage in - garbage out. Forget about playing rock or hard rock, the recordings are often so bad it will sound poor. But if you´re in to jazz, acoustic, classical or other music in that genre, this is the product for you. Otherwise look elsewhere. I have had my Jamo speakers for over 3 years, I recently changed to Dynaudio 1.3se. Which is a much better speaker in my opinion.

Strengths:
big and open soundstage. Cristal clear midrange with a dynamic sound. At times deep bass (30hz). One of the most beautiful speakers around.

Weaknesses:
The bass is a bit slow, source dependent. Will sound poor with bad recordings. Placement sensitive.

Similar Products Used:
KEF 3, Audiovector 3 Signature Canton RC-L and others.