Home > Consumer Reviews > JBL Venue Series Monitor 5-Inch 2-Way Speakers (Pair)

This is JBL's low end bookshelf speaker. I assumed this would be bigger with a 5 inch woofer, but it is a pretty small full sized speaker. Nice low range for the size, clear sound, easy to hide and perfect for a surround sound setup (I used if for the rear channels). Sound from it is clear with good tone. Overall definitely worth the price (even though I got it from a discount warehouse for less).

I bought these speakers for Surrounds in my new home theater system. I actually think these speakers are not used enough being surrounds for the wonderful sound that comes out of them. If I was setting up another home theater system I would use these for my front left rights and surrounds especially at the amazon price I paid of $75. The only negative of these speakers is they are not made for wall mounting.

I actually didn't buy these speakers for a home theater system, but rather my home studio/computer workstation. Now my last pair of speakers were Event 20/20. For those who aren't familiar with those speakers, they are used by many professionals as near range speakers for mastering audio projects. At this point in time I wasn't able to afford $800-$1000 speakers just to use for my home computer setup. But I was worried I was spoiled by using professional monitors for the past six or seven years. The price of these JBL speakers almost seemed to good to be true, but I figured I could return them if I wasn't happy. Well, these little speakers took me by surprise! Crystal clear sound. Nice mids and highs, along with clean bass. I am currently going from my computer outputs to an Alesis RA300 amplifier, so that helps quite a bit. A great set of speakers for an excellent price!

I have listened and researched much audio equipment before I decided to buy these and I am impressed with these JBL's. They are only 2 way speakers but as rear surround speakers these will help develope the depth of surround sound that you are looking for. As front speakers, I would personally not use them. I am looking into JBL's 3 way - 6 inch drivers for the front speakers. All in All these are spectacular for the price, they look good, and are well built.

Truly excellent product and value!
Looks well, is well-manufactured (solid), has almost 200-Watt peak power capability - AND sounds great as a Center Speaker for my family room home surround-sound system next to my 46" LCD TV (I used both of them, each on one side of the LCD panel, connected in series as 16 Ohms, not parallel). Perhaps OK as a small "Main" speaker, however, I would recommend using the larger JBLs for that purpose (I also own 2, 250-W very large JBLs for my 'Main' projector-based surround-sound system). I auditioned the speakers at local stores that wanted almost twice as much "on sale".