Wow, talk about good things in small packages. After a years of playing around with horns, I bought these for FP (Front Presence) speakers. They have a great bass line and the sweetness and detail through the mid and high frequencies is awesome. This comes at a price, they are far less efficient than my Acoustech PL-89 II's ( 98 Db 1 watt/1 meter v. 87 Db 1 watt/1 meter for the JBL) and the PL-28 center doesn't match up as well, so I'm running them in stereo (2.1) configuration, wow, good stuff. Yes, they have been promoted to FL and FR main channels. They have been promoted to main front channels. It's surprising how much these little guys really output. I'm using a. KSW-311 subwoofer, but these little guy have a legit bass output, they stay tight until the 80 Hz rollover (THX guidelines) . I'm waiting for my JBL Arena 125 C center channel to get back to 3.1, with some good sound.
I guess the sound still matters at JBL. JBL has given me back my music and movies. I also received a pair of 4312's for the holiday, a totally separate review,
L Arena 125 C center channel. The Acoustech while very smooth in the midrange just don't compare, amazing considering the price difference. I had to get the Arena 125 C. My subwoofer is a Klipsch KSW-311, it'll sound great with everything. These little guys amazed me with both their clarity in mid to high frequencies and really tight bass down to an 80 Hz (for THX) roll off to the subwoofer. For added dynamics I run everything in DTS and really, they are very good. Originally I had sold my RF/RC-62's because of pronounced harshness in the 2 - 3 KHz range.
I guess while some companies were getting absorbed into Fox corporate culture, JBL maintained really good quality and design.
I would recommend them in a heartbeat, but you really need 90 - 100 watts/Channel ( 20Hz - 20KHz), but they are amazing little guys. Efficiency, while low compared to some of my other speakers, (Klipsch Chorus II's, RF/RC-62 and the Acoustech PL-89 II's, they sound great and reach 100 Db peaks, with no noticeable distortion. In 2.1 they are great, in 3.1....
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About JBL
For more than 60 years, the JBL brand has delivered products that exemplify the technology and expertise gained through our leadership in professional sound reproduction. The JBL name has been synonymous with the precise, naturally articulated sound found in many of the world’s most prestigious locations, including clubs, cinemas and recording studios, and live-music reinforcement in venues ranging from concert halls to outdoor stadiums. We’ve taken this expertise and applied it to exciting audio products for your home, car, portable media player, boat, computer and gaming systems. Whatever and wherever, the JBL brand is the one that audio consumers trust because it’s the brand audio professionals rely on. If great sound matters, there is a JBL solution with your name on it
JBL Arena 130
2-way 7-inch (178 millimeter) Bookshelf Loudspeaker
Just because they sound amazing doesn’t mean they’re beyond your price range– with their 7-inch (178 millimeter) polycellulose woofer and M2 Master ReferenceMonitor-inspired waveguide, the JBL Arena 130 loudspeakers might well be the best thing meant to be placed on bookshelves since, well, books.
- 1-inch (25mm) soft dome tweeter
- 7-inch (178mm) polycellulose woofer
- Frequency Response: 55Hz - 40kHz
- Sensitivity: 87 dB
- Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
- Recommended Amplifier Power: 20 - 125W
- Dimensions (H x W x D): 15" x 8-17/32" x 10-5/8"
A bookshelf loudspeaker pair ideal for any number of system configurations
Highlights
HDI Waveguide and 1-inch Soft Dome Tweeter
High Definition Imaging (HDI) waveguide technology takes its cues from the legendary JBL M2 Master Reference Monitor while 1-inch (25millimeter) soft dome tweeter provides clean, powerful highs.
Polycellulose Woofer
7-inch (178 millimeter) polycellulose woofer brings room-filling JBL sound to all your music, TV shows, movies, and console gaming.
Just One Part of an Even More Powerful System
Intended for use in conjunction with the entire series of JBL Arena loudspeakers: 2 floorstanding speakers, 2 bookshelf speakers, 1 center channel speaker, and 1 subwoofer model.
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| Design | 2-way Bookshelf/Surround | 2-way Tower | 2-way Tower | 2-way Center Speaker | Powered Subwoofer |
| Tweeter | 1-inch (25mm) soft dome | 1-inch (25mm) soft dome | 1-inch (25mm) soft dome | 1-inch (25mm) soft dome | |
| Woofer | 5.5" | 7" | Dual 7" | Dual 5.5" | 10" |
| Frequency Response | 100Hz - 40kHz | 44Hz - 40kHz | 39Hz - 40kHz | 90Hz - 40kHz | 41Hz - 150Hz |
| Impedance | 8 ohms | 8 ohms | 8 ohms | 8 ohms | |
| Recommended Power | 20 - 100W | 20 - 200W | 20 - 225W | 20 - 125W | 100W |
Light - subtle sound
Ok let me say first that i deleted first part of my review because wasnt any point mencion things like from the burning process any way these speakers do sound nice.I use them now with my small denon amp-dac which comes set with the denon ceol carino speakers and i must say it was a slightly impruvement over the sony 6.1 old receiver i have for movies because this one shows another perception of the quality of output of speakers.Sound. I mainly listen to club edm electronica so what i needed was a per of speakers that have some bass extention and deep sound. The receiver in short has that and in combination with the speakers a litle bit more.The music sound is some quite in depth - light and subtle except of the bass extention down low ..They would do great computer speakers but i wouldnt recomend them for movies because the vocals sound from a distance and not apfront.Does no get fatigue after listening several hours...Also they must be a bit far from the wall because of the bass port.The movies "sound cinematic and explosions good" but lack in dialog, not so much in music though and this because i can understand what the singers sing, but not that much.PSThey look nice and are not so emerge sounding good for calm listening
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