The end of JBL as we've known it?

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

A couple of months old, but this was brought to my attention a few days ago.


https://www.audiophilenirvana.com/audio-companies/goodbye-american-icon-jbl/


Regards,
Wayne

 

[Tonto]

That's too bad! JBL made a great name for itself...way of the world though!

 

[Sonnie Parker]

I never have been impressed with any of their speakers I've owned or heard, although there are quite a few I've never heard. They had the best car audio processor I've ever used in their MS-8... fabulous product, but I don't do car stereo any longer, yet I still own one sitting in my shop.

I suppose this is why we've seen some of their speakers on the super cheap here recently.

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

AVS recently did a shoot-out between the JBL M2 and Revel Salon 2 and the M2 faired pretty well, though not as well as the Salon. However, another reviewer at Audio Circle also compared the two and felt the JBL “crushed” the Salon.

And, don’t forget JBL’s ultra high-end Synthesis system.

But all in all, I agree that home audio wasn’t the company’s best efforts. I’d say their real forte was professional audio. Lots of studios still use JBL monitors. When I worked for a pro-audio company back in the early 90s, they had built an in-house, 4-way active speaker system for big concerts using JBL components, and it sounded absolutely stellar.

Regards,
Wayne

 

[Sonnie Parker]

I would love to hear the M2 in my room... it would probably sound great.