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Summary: Best for the Money
Review: After looking around for months, I finally chose the S38ii's as my rear surround speakers. What a smooth sound they have. They can play every type of music with clarity and ease as well as perform great as a surround speaker. I would have to suggest running them at a little over 85 watts, since these do require a bit of a push. 125 watts seems to be about the best power range for them to really open up. Let me tell you, when they do open up you'll wonder why you waited so long to buy them
Rating:
Summary: Best for the Money
Review: After looking around for months, I finally chose the S38ii's as my rear surround speakers. What a smooth sound they have. They can play every type of music with clarity and ease as well as perform great as a surround speaker. I would have to suggest running them at a little over 85 watts, since these do require a bit of a push. 125 watts seems to be about the best power range for them to really open up. Let me tell you, when they do open up you'll wonder why you waited so long to buy them
Rating:
Summary: Great value!
Review: For the price these are the best sounding speakers I have heard in a long time. Frequency response is great with no dead spots over the entire range. The 8 inch ported woofers give plenty of base response and the mirror image installation provides spectacular imaging even with relativly little speaker seperation, (about 5 feet in my entertainment center).Power handling is great as well, my 150 watt per channel amp dosen't overpower these babies and the combination of the well constructed heavy cabinets and the self adhesive velcro feet provided with the speakers keep them from rattling on my shelves. All in all I am very happy with these speakers and would reccomend them to anyone needing a great sounding set of bookshelf speakers.
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Summary: A musician's ear
Review: I am genuinely pleased with our new pair of JBL S38II speakers. They are compact, smaller than the pair of three ways they are replacing. However, they are solidly built and deceptivey heavy for their size. The sound is rich and pleasing, easily reproducing everything from a cappella jazz vocals to rich symphonic passages. The speakers expose the middle voices and lush tonalities of the orchestra, which are usually lost with lesser speakers. Also, the eight inch woofers have plenty of bass punch that stands up well without need of an additional subwoofer. These are a good bit of speaker for the price and I am pleased the amount I paid. I would hesitate to pay too much more for these speakers though.
Rating:
Summary: A musician's ear
Review: I am genuinely pleased with our new pair of JBL S38II speakers. They are compact, smaller than the pair of three ways they are replacing. However, they are solidly built and deceptivey heavy for their size. The sound is rich and pleasing, easily reproducing everything from a cappella jazz vocals to rich symphonic passages. The speakers expose the middle voices and lush tonalities of the orchestra, which are usually lost with lesser speakers. Also, the eight inch woofers have plenty of bass punch that stands up well without need of an additional subwoofer. These are a good bit of speaker for the price and I am pleased the amount I paid. I would hesitate to pay too much more for these speakers though.
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Summary: I Love These Speakers!
Review: I auditioned many speakers--looking for a great bookshelf speaker. I have small children and was afraid that a speaker on the floor would abused by the little ones. These JBL speakers sound incredible. I especially like how they produce clear high-frequency sounds--instead of sounding like mush. Also, they reproduce bass so well I don't feel like I need to add a subwoofer. They are extremely well-made and heavy and they have made me a JBL fan. I've had mine for about three years now and couldn't be happier. They are incredible speakers and well worth every penny.
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Summary: Great Speakers, Great Value at a Great Price!
Review: I have a pair of the S38's not these S38 twos (my mistake) as surround speakers for my home theater system. I think that the only difference between these speakers is that the S38's have copper colored cones (which look great when you remove the grill). They are a perfect match for the JBL S312's as the main speakers. They are absolutely great for movies, they make you feel like you are right in the middle of the picture, surrounded by all of the action!
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Summary: I do not like these at all.
Review: I have tried to get used to them hoping they would get better with time. I find them to be very tinnie and flat.
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Summary: Fan-tastic
Review: I went to the store to buy a pair of JBL N28s, but next to the S38s on display, the N28s sounded like mush. The bass is tight, and possibly a bit loud for my apartment. The highs and mids are crystal clear and detailed. I'm reminded of the first time I put on a really good pair of headphones. This is what music is supposed to sound like. A bit more than I wanted to spend, but worth every penny.
Rating:
Summary: GREAT SPEAKERS!!
Review: My husband shopped (forever)to put together our home theater system & these are our front speakers (the other speakers are JBL also). We both enjoy watching movies, but I REALLY enjoy cranking up the tunes! THESE SPEAKERS ARE GREAT!
Most men don't shop with the focus and stamina that my husband does(which can be trying at times) but in this case I'm glad he did! These speakers really handle "his" movies and "my" music better than I expected. The nice thing is I don't have some MONSTER floor speakers in my living room to deal with.
I just tell him "you did good and we don't NEED anything else, honey".
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