Well, I would say I am not an "experienced" listener and just discovered recently the hifi world. I am looking for a stereo music system and had the chance to test Jamo (don't remember the exact model, just remember it was around $700) and JBL 880 and 890, as well as another speaker brand in the same price tag, all with the same amplifiers (Denon 1500AE and 1055). I listened to classical (voices) and jazz with a Denon DCD-1500AE CD player.
I found that the 890 had more bass than all the others, but I can't say if the 890 had exagerated bass volumes or if others lacked bass. As for medium and high (or very high...), I do not remember of substantial differences (this tells you how much my ears are untrained ), though dogs may have different opinions (40 kHz...). Interestingly I found that the 880 basses were clearly lower than the 890. I went twice in the shop and reached the same conclusion each time.
In another shop, I also had the opportunity to listen to B&W 704 and Cabasse speakers. I found that they were lacking bass (classical and pop). I tried several models from Cabasse and B&W and found that basses were better as the price tag was higher
Ok, this is for my rookie listening experience.
Then, I did my homework and checked out the frequency responses of those speakers. For instance:
B&W 704: 40 Hz - 25 kHz (+/-3dB)
B&W 703: 38 Hz - 25 kHz (+/-3dB)
L890: 28 Hz - 40 kHz (+/-3dB)
That matched my humble listening now my questions are:
* Is there too much bass in the L890 for music playing? (this is also what I heard here and there)... or does it simply totally outperforms competitors of similar prices?
* Is L890 only for HT?
Uh, would I dare to talk about the weight? Ok, I may be really stupid to talk about $ per kG criteria, but with:
54 lb (24.5kg) I think few come close to that JBL ratio but I guess it does not mean much.
Comments?