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This was my first speaker upgrade from my old sony 500W home theater sistem bought way back in 2002. It came with 5-100W bookshelf speakers and a 50W sub. I wanted to try better speakers and a bigger sub, before upgrading to a new reciever. So I decided to begin with these and positioned them in the front right and left channels. Most home theater sistems come with very small speakers in order to give you a better price, but if you really want to get the best of it, you need better quality speakers and this is a good option without spending a lot of money. Standard speakers almost always come the same size and you can't tell wich one is for the front, center and surround channels. This speakers are much bigger and heavier than my old 2 lb bookshelf speakers included with my sistem, so I needed to change the position to a lower point, but not on the floor because they are not as big as tower speakers (my opinion). I also got new 14 gauge wire, because the connectors were too big for the old 18 gauge wire used on the other speakers, and of course they were going to need more power. Their performance is what I expected, electronic, heavy metal, classical, pop, live concerts, movies, etc. they all sound great in these, I can increase the volume and not hear any distortion, I should have done this upgrade a long time ago. My old sistem came to life!, cant' wait to get a new reciever!. In conclusion, it is better to set up your sistem by buying the reciever, front, center, surround speakers and subwoofer individually according to what you want and how much can you invest. Of course there are much better (and expensive) speakers out there, but this is a great deal of a purchase if you ask me.

Just redid our kitchen - a 13' x 13' space - and I bought these to provide sound (sourced by an old but adequate notebook computer through an Audiosource AMP 100). I'm a JBL fan; have a nice older pair of 4412 studio monitors as well in my "office" so I knew what to expect: extraordinary clarity and flat response from the titanium dome tweeter and solid, tight lows. That's what I got. The clarity and volume (much to my wife's dismay) in this relatively small and relatively enclosed space is extraordinary for the price. For rock, dub, jazz, even classical music these speakers (while not the most attractive in the world) produce.

Great value and I wouild recommend to anyone. The sound is crisp, clear and loud. I was very impressed with the overall quality of these and cannot wait to add the subwoofer and channel speaker from JBL.

These speakers are absolutely awesome for a small space like mine. Quality stuff. Just read the description and that's what you'll get. Highly recommended.

We bought a different brand of speakers that had great reviews but they were quite tinny and didn't have a well rounded sound, so we went to a brick and mortar store and tried some JBLs. These here were the same price as the cheaper model at the other store, so we bought these. Because they have more of a bass range, they have a better, more well rounded sound than the ones we tried in the store. We have only one set of speakers for our tv/stereo system and these are working quite well for us. I think they are the best you'll find for the size and work well as a stand alone set. If you want better sound, I feel you would need to buy a surround sound system or huge floor speakers.