Doc Mark
07-15-2008, 08:21 PM
Greetings, All,
A while back, I bought a pair of small bookshelf speakers, JBL model 2500's at a swap meet, for just $20, or was it $25.... can't remember. Anyway, I brought them home, hooked them up, and they worked just fine. Recently, I brought them into the studio where I work everyday, and hooked them up to the small receiver on which I play my music whilst working. It's a crumby old Realistic, from Radio Shack, and has a cassette deck built into it, as well. Bought it eons ago, along with a few pairs of Realistic Minimus 7's, for use on hotel rooms when I was on the road as a musician. Oddly enough, it's still working, even after all these years!
Anyway, I listened to those 2500's for about a week, and realized that I was ending up with ear fatique every night, after having listened to them each day! :blink: Using a DB meter, I saw that I was sitting about 5 feet away from the system and was being in the wave of about 70-80db's of SPL everyday. Today, I decided to replace the JBL's with a pair of small satellite speakers I built back in 1984. I used a 6 1/2" polypropyene woofer from Peerless, and a 1" dome tweeter from Peerless, as well. I've always loved the sound of these speakers, and after lisening to them once again, decided that they actually sound MUCH better than the little JBL's!! Comparatively, the 2500's had a very muffled high end, despite the supposed Titanium tweeter, and a very boomy, and mushy bass. The Peerless-filled speakers had a nice, open high end, with far better definition, and a tight and solid bass response.
I will probably give the 2500's to someone who doesn't really care about real "listening" to music, like my Mom! As for me, I'm sticking with my own speakers, as they sound better than the cheapo JBL's and I do not have any ear fatique, at all, after having listened to them all day long.
What are your thoughts about such small, cheap JBl speakers? I would imagine that the components are not made in the USA. Am I right? Thanks, in advance, for your comments on this type of JBL speaker. To me, it AIN'T a JBL, by any stretch of the imagination!! Take care, and God Bless!
Every Good Wish,
Doc
A while back, I bought a pair of small bookshelf speakers, JBL model 2500's at a swap meet, for just $20, or was it $25.... can't remember. Anyway, I brought them home, hooked them up, and they worked just fine. Recently, I brought them into the studio where I work everyday, and hooked them up to the small receiver on which I play my music whilst working. It's a crumby old Realistic, from Radio Shack, and has a cassette deck built into it, as well. Bought it eons ago, along with a few pairs of Realistic Minimus 7's, for use on hotel rooms when I was on the road as a musician. Oddly enough, it's still working, even after all these years!
Anyway, I listened to those 2500's for about a week, and realized that I was ending up with ear fatique every night, after having listened to them each day! :blink: Using a DB meter, I saw that I was sitting about 5 feet away from the system and was being in the wave of about 70-80db's of SPL everyday. Today, I decided to replace the JBL's with a pair of small satellite speakers I built back in 1984. I used a 6 1/2" polypropyene woofer from Peerless, and a 1" dome tweeter from Peerless, as well. I've always loved the sound of these speakers, and after lisening to them once again, decided that they actually sound MUCH better than the little JBL's!! Comparatively, the 2500's had a very muffled high end, despite the supposed Titanium tweeter, and a very boomy, and mushy bass. The Peerless-filled speakers had a nice, open high end, with far better definition, and a tight and solid bass response.
I will probably give the 2500's to someone who doesn't really care about real "listening" to music, like my Mom! As for me, I'm sticking with my own speakers, as they sound better than the cheapo JBL's and I do not have any ear fatique, at all, after having listened to them all day long.
What are your thoughts about such small, cheap JBl speakers? I would imagine that the components are not made in the USA. Am I right? Thanks, in advance, for your comments on this type of JBL speaker. To me, it AIN'T a JBL, by any stretch of the imagination!! Take care, and God Bless!
Every Good Wish,
Doc