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Valentin

09-13-2011, 05:42 PM

just too share the new JBL Players

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c7/ValentinR/Productos%20Aquitectura%20Aural/JBL/JBLstudio5.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c7/ValentinR/Productos%20Aquitectura%20Aural/JBL/JBL_Studio_5_1.jpg

not much info

Valentin

09-13-2011, 05:46 PM

found some
:blink:

INDIANAPOLIS — The Harman Consumer group is launching the JBL-branded Studio 5 series of in-room speakers to“re-establish JBL as a leader in this category,” a spokesperson said.

The series of five speakers and two subwoofers is priced from a suggested $689/pair for bookshelf speakers to $1,109 each for left-right floorstanding speakers and a suggested $419 for a center channel. They ship in December.

They’ll join the Studio 1 series, launched less than a year ago with a weave-design front panel and prices ranging from $199 each to $539 each.

The Studio 5 series, which is not replacing an existing series, uses technology from JBL’s highend Everest as well as the Pro audio lines.

Like other more advanced JBL residential and professional speakers, the series uses constant-directivity compression drivers in a horn to deliver “high-impact dynamics and dimensional realism,” the company noted.

The $419-each Studio 520C center channel features 1-inch high-frequency compression driver in a bi-radial horn. Dual 4-inch castframe Symmetrical Field Geometry (SFG) woofers are said to deliver“crisp movie dialogue and effects with dynamic realism and dimensional accuracy that closely duplicates the experience of a live performance.”

The $689/pair Studio 530 bookshelf speaker features 1-inch high-frequency compression driver in a Bi-Radial horn and a 5.25-inch cast-frame Symmetrical Field Geometry (SFG) woofer.

The $689-each Studio 570 floorstanding speaker combines 1-inch compression driver in a Bi-Radial horn with dual 5.25-inch cast-frame Symmetrical Field Geometry (SFG) woofers to deliver deeper bass response.

The $889-each Studio 580 floorstander steps up the driver complement to two 6.5-inch woofers, and the $1,109-each Studio 590 steps up the drivers to two 8-inch woofers.

The $689-each Studio 550 powered subwoofer features 10-inch transducer in a sealed box that can handle 250 watts of amplified power.

The $899 JBL Studio 560 sub, due in 2012, features 12-inch transducer in a sealed box that can handle 500 watts of amplified power

gferrell

09-13-2011, 06:19 PM

A little too pricy for me in this economy, I'll just stick with my old 90's L series for now. It would be nice to audition a set though!

BMWCCA

09-13-2011, 07:08 PM

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Fugly. :(

JBLAddict

09-13-2011, 08:50 PM

Damn It!! Just days after I dropped all that coin on the Performance Series, will my timing ever improve??

Mr. Widget

09-13-2011, 09:23 PM

Fugly. :(I haven't heard them, but I did see them recently and thought they looked pretty nicely executed. The larger floor standers were actually very nice looking.

Damn It!! Just days after I dropped all that coin on the Performance Series, will my timing ever improve??I assume you are joking... but if it makes you feel any better, I think the largest floor stander was filled with helium... it was pretty darned light, not sure what was in there.;)

Widget

pos

09-14-2011, 12:32 AM

Looks like an interesting evolution of the Array design!

richluvsound

09-14-2011, 12:42 AM

I haven't heard them, but I did see them recently and thought they looked pretty nicely executed. The larger floor standers were actually very nice looking.

I assume you are joking... but if it makes you feel any better, I think the largest floor stander was filled with helium... it was pretty darned light, not sure what was in there.;)

Widget

I agree Sir . Large floor stander looks very good . Simple ,elegant . Form and function brilliantly balanced ... is this Ascroft's work ?

Rich

cooky1257

09-14-2011, 01:00 AM

I agree Sir . Large floor stander looks very good . Simple ,elegant . Form and function brilliantly balanced ... is this Ascroft's work ?

Rich

Yep, nice, sleek and well handled accommodation of a vertical horn.

martin_wu99

09-14-2011, 02:49 AM

Good news!looks like a penguin:applaud:

timc

09-14-2011, 04:41 AM

Wow. Theese looks way cool i think. I don't think the price is bad either. Migh purchase a pair just to try them.

Titanium Dome

09-14-2011, 07:23 AM

I posted over on AVS the other day that the Timbers Studio 590 look a lot like an "average man's" SAM1/SAM2. While certainly not equivalent in many aspects, it is a kind of trickle down effect. They will get a listen when released here in the US.

Titanium Dome

09-14-2011, 07:25 AM

Bear in mind those photos are not to a similar scale. The Studio 590s are proprotionally larger. As a reference, both the SAM2 and the Studio 590 have two 8" woofers.

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/image/jbl-studio-5-speakers

Titanium Dome

09-14-2011, 07:28 AM

From JBL's UK site:

grumpy

09-14-2011, 08:08 AM

Funny that the Jadis Eurythmie's come up in conversation now and then
(and everyone has an opinion on their aesthetic success/failure), but I can see
a resemblance here (that I personally sort of like)... so I guess I just brought them up
again :p

52855
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c7/ValentinR/Productos%20Aquitectura%20Aural/JBL/JBLstudio5.jpg

rdgrimes

09-14-2011, 08:33 AM

I'm not seeing anything in the specs or design that really generates a lot of confidence in the potential for exceptional sound. Hope I'm wrong. Looks more like a lot of decisions were made based on reducing cost.

grumpy

09-14-2011, 08:49 AM

2414H up top (in case that was missed in the Japanese 'Feature' page).

pos

09-14-2011, 08:58 AM

2414H up top (in case that was missed in the Japanese 'Feature' page).
Not a great driver I'm afraid...
http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?27551-2414h

Ok, somebody buy them and install synthesis8 woofers along with some 175nd or 2407H compression drivers! :bouncy:

Seriously, the cabs do look interesting, as if what was like an afterthought in the array serie ("let's try this horn vertically!") is now completely integrated into the design.
I also like the way the 8" drivers are recessed with vestigial waveguides.

cooky1257

09-14-2011, 10:17 AM

I like these 8" Tannoy DC's-I've got a pair installed in my car!

4313B

09-14-2011, 10:20 AM

I like these 8" Tannoy DC's-I've got a pair installed in my car!Too bad both Tannoy and JBL have suffered so much at the hands of counterfeiters thus killing the availability of raw drivers. They made for some great DIY times. :)

cooky1257

09-14-2011, 10:53 AM

Yup.

I've recently been wondering what a 2435 would sound like in place of the 15" Tannoy DC tulip waveguide HF....I'll try it one day:)

pos

09-14-2011, 11:16 AM

I just had to post the condition the C8R121 recone kit were in when they arrived from JBL because it's pretty funny. The kits were made in the mid 80's; Time and shipping between various Harman warehouses took their toll.
:eek:
How do they dare to sell THIS?
Do they really know nothing about what they are (supposed to be) doing?!

spkrman57

09-14-2011, 11:59 AM

They do make you think of penguins!!!

Regards, Ron

richluvsound

09-14-2011, 12:11 PM

Ok... I'll admit that I've fantasized about Brush Wellman making me some Be diaphragms for my Tannoys.

We share this fantasy Sir !:bouncy:

timc

09-14-2011, 11:18 PM

:rotfl: Ok... I'll admit that I've fantasized about Brush Wellman making me some Be diaphragms for my Tannoys.

Sometimes it is good to make fantasies come true you know.....hint....hint..........:D

-Tim

Robh3606

09-15-2011, 07:16 AM

I think they look nice. They do look like Sam's.

Rob:)

martin_wu99

09-16-2011, 04:36 AM

How about its woofer?

I think it's not JBL hi-end product,it's just home hifi speaker with some professional appearance.it's in middle of JBL product line.

pos

09-16-2011, 04:49 AM

Don't know about these particular woofers, but take a look at the distortion measurements of the Array800/880 woofers and the SAM ones (synthesis8) :

array 800:
http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?11986-ARRAY-8&p=121965&viewfull=1#post121965

array 880:
http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?11987-ARRAY-8C&p=121976&viewfull=1#post121976

synthesis 8:
http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?22534-Synthesis-8&p=224102&viewfull=1#post224102

clearly not in the same league...
And then, looking at the price tag and the tweeter they chose, I don't think the woofers in the studio 5 line are even as good as the Array 800/880 ones...

martin_wu99

09-16-2011, 05:04 AM

4313B

09-16-2011, 06:29 AM

clearly not in the same league...If I remember correctly, the Synthesis 8 driver is roughly twice the price of the 800/880 Array drivers. I believe the eight-inch in the Studio 590 is roughly two-thirds the cost of the 800/880 drivers.

It isn't like the competition is building anything better at these price points. If you cut out as many American employees and their wages as possible from the equation there's arguably no way Harman can lose. They have too many resources available to them. And that new facility in China is pretty much as good as it gets. Current rumor is that Harman Engineering will be moving there too. If I'm not mistaken there are roughly fifteen people left in Engineering at Harman in Northridge.

Then again, they might do what Crown did and keep a token force as prototypists so they can put "Designed and Engineered in the U.S.A." on their stuff. Who knows. Who cares.