Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
deze speaker staat voor mij boven elke twijvel , evenals m"n cd-speler (sony xa5es) met de denon poa 2200 eindtrap is er ongeloofelijk gedetaileerd laag (nooit geweten dat laag ook gedetaileerd kan) maar midden/hoog , met name spraak/sang-geluid klingt goedkoop/blikerig , spelen zonder voorversterker brengt enigzins verbetering , maar de jbl"s kunnen meer . wat is hier aan de hand ? welke versterker (wel op de tweedehands-markt te vinden) kan werkelijk een upgrade bieden op de poa 2200 ? Herby

Johannhighpower

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
This is one of the best speakers ever made,. I only put MKP Plus caps in the low and mid filter section. Which was a huge plus. Now there is more definition in the lows. A piano a bass guitar and drums have now really more room, at the same time. Like a bigger tunnel so to say.

I use it with a tube pre and power amp with no feedback in power amp. There comes a 8 x KT88 poweramp for them. I never heard a better high end sound than mine. I buy another set and make them closed box. ( with no bass reflex) so the sound will improve a little then) I hope.

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Michiel

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
We bought those speakers for our Argentine Tango club, Flor de Fango in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
They're now playing for over 8 years and there's no need to even consider replacment.
Very clear, well defined, with a lot of headroom. We even use them for (acoustic instruments) live-gigs.
Higly recomended

Richardddddd

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $1000.00 from Individual

Summary:
As a music producer and mixing engineer, I got disposed to very broad audio spectra. Several years working with a kinds of monitoring, I find these JBL Century Gold's will be my best friend, when it comes to enjoying music.

Very ugly, to some of my visitors at my place. Though, I like the way they look. Distiguised, as I am.

JBL has got this one idea, to reproduce the old model, most cetainly right.

That's my opinion.

Richard, Amsterdam

Strengths:
Perfect Mid level balance

Weaknesses:
Bar none

Similar Products Used:
Genelec, Tannoy, PMC, ADAM

All sorts of high end/ studio level monitoring

Price Paid:  $900.00 from JBL outlet, Riyadh,

Summary:
I stumbled across a new pair of these hiding in a JBL/Harman outlet in Saudi Arabia. They had 4 of them. I listened to every speaker in the store and kept going back to these. I bought a pair in the box thinking I could sell them later as an investment since they were a limited edition. A friend came over to visit and he talked me into taking them out of the box. I hooked them up to my old receiver, a Fisher RS-929 (100 watts per channel). I played a CD and we both just sat on the couch with our mouths open. We couldn't believe our ears! I joined the military in the 70s when the PX carried high end audio gear. These speakers are designed like the old 70s style speakers. Large heavy mahogony veneer, 12" woofer, a midrange and gold tweeter. I love the way they look and sound. As my friend said when he left "Don't sell them, ever!" I won't!

Strengths:
Crisp perfection. Pure pleasure to listen to.

Weaknesses:
Heavy and massive. Requires a special place in your living room.

Similar Products Used:
Bose 501, 301.