I just got back from the Montreal hi-fi show this past weekend. In one room, JBL was showing off some stuff, including a single JBL S9800, and a big wood-veneered speaker, something-Ti (not 250Ti but in that vein... forget the #...)

I didnt' think the K2 S9800 was available in the US, and asked the reps about it - they were canadian but seemed to think that yes, it was available. I pretty much insisted it's never advertised or displayed so what do they mean about available? they didn't have more info but stood by what they said... (good luck ordering some maybe!)

In any case, it was rather lame in that they only had one of each of the above speakers, and only on static display. If they were not so lazy and brought a pair of each and actually had them playing, they would have slain whatever other rubbish *was* playing that room. (it was uninteresting enough to not even recall what it was).

Anyway, so - are those speakers available in the US or not? or in Canada?

thanks
-Ed