JBL Performance Series

[Titanium Dome]

Buddy has PT800 fronts, can't afford them for rears, wants to know what "we" would recommend for a good rear to match................?

I'd recommend he sell you his PT800s and get something else.

[4313B]

I'd recommend he sell you his PT800s and get something else.

Yep.

[mikebake]

He read that and got a kick out of it!

I'd recommend he sell you his PT800s and get something else.

[Titanium Dome]

Honestly Mike, I'm at a loss to recommend something. You can find the EOS Waveguide tweeter in other products, but I don't know how you'll match that 104TI midrange, or the 108TI woofer for that matter. The 4" midrange is the key, though. I don't even know what to compare it to.

For around $400 you could get the three drivers and the crossover and maybe build your own enclosures? Or maybe just the tweeter and mid, plus a custom crossover for less than $300? There might even be some old cabs out there that would take the 4" driver and the tweeter, though some mods for the tweeter housing would be needed.

Maybe cut the tops off Giskard's XPL250 towers and use those to house the drivers?

[4313B]

Seriously Mike, do it right or blow it off.

[4313B]

Go with all PT800's or forget it.

[Titanium Dome]

Go with all PT800's or forget it.

Truth is a harsh mistress.

[mikebake]

My buddy found another buy on PT800's and PS1400's. Anyone interested?

[Titanium Dome]

My buddy found another buy on PT800's and PS1400's. Anyone interested?

Can you "quantify" a buy? Better do it in a PM.

[mikebake]

Anyone interested can PM me.

[MJC]

Go with all PT800's or forget it.

Yep, for HT have all the speakers the same model.

[mikebake]

Yep, for HT have all the speakers the same model.

I have done otherwise with quite good results...................

[MJC]

I have done otherwise with quite good results...................

I've heard quite a few HT setups that used different speakers for surrounds from the front, and they sounded pretty good. But I think you get better overall performance, as when the action moves from front to back with identical speakers, and definately for DVD-audio/SACD.

[JBLnsince1959]

Yes, it's obvious isn't it? Sorry to be such an evangelist about it, but I think three things are at work here:
1) I got tired of nonJBL people raggin' on me for having "nonaudiophile" equipment whenever I mentioned any of my JBLs, so it moved me into advocacy mode;
2) Some JBL friends love the old stuff but tend to pooh pooh the new; and
3) I was so surprised and delighted with these speakers that it set off a friggin' journey of epic proportions to actually find someplace to buy them, so maybe I have a Homer complex. Well, I meant the other Homer, you know the writer of the Iliad and Odyssey.

So I take my grandpa's advice: "Why do anything half-assed when you can do everything over the top?"

Dome:

answering from the "4343 or 250ti" thread, I didn't want to run it to far "off Topic" so I moved to here.

actually I'm glad you have discussed the performance series and championed them as much as you do. It so hard to hear the "Good" new stuff as JBL really makes it hard for dealers to carry the stuff. It's because of this thread ( and others) that I'm thinking seriously of getting some. Anyway, hope my being funny doesn't stop you from talking about these the way you have. You never know. There might be two of us tooting about these things.

I have one question tho (from anyone who has heard these), I know these sound very good and "realistic". Can anyone describe how they sound maybe compared to other ( cone)speakers. Maybe a little more info than "they sound very nice" and NOT like sterophile -" As soon as I started listening to these speakers, I was tansported to another dimension in the upper etheric realms and saw the face of God. Of course the 10 million dollar price tag had no affect on my listening"

you and Giskard are the only two people I know who have listen alot to them. Anyway, thanks for talking about them so much.

[jblnut]

I heard a complete system (Synthesis) at a friend's house in LA in late October. I wish I could give you a more wordy review, but basically what you've heard so far is true - they sound great. Super clear, not harsh or fatiguing, very smooth overall, etc. They are really a nice sounding speaker and are absolutely the best I've heard yet in a home 5.1 config. I wouldn't trade my 250ti's for 2 of them, although it would be a lot of fun to hear both side-by-side. Were I to be in the market for a $10k 5.1 system though , these would be right at the top of the list (along with a bunch of used Yamaha pro amps to power them ).


I can almost guarantee that you won't be disappointed unless your expectations are unrealistic...

jblnut