Advantages: Great sound, Great looks Disadvantages: No remote control
The JBL On Time is a stylish, high performance iPod dock, RDS radio and alarm clock, available in black or white finish. It's one of the more expensive iPod docks on the market, but as with most things, you get what you pay for and the sound quality is FAR superior to cheaper alternatives (I also own an older Intempo iPod dock which was much cheaper but the sound quality is awful).
JBL are specialists in audio and it shows, the "Halo acoustics" system produces a rich, full sound from any direction and is more than enough for a bedroom or small to mid-sized living room. Before buying it, I'd only heard it inside a large, noisy department store and the sound didn't completely convince me, but I took the risk and bought one. After trying it at home, I'm more than happy with both the volume, and the quality of the sound.
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psirac 14.02.2008
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Advantages: Excellent sound for an excellent price! Solid build, 100 watts RMS Disadvantages: None for the price!
I have owned 2 pairs of JBL Control 1 speakers and they have never let me down! The first pair I owned I gave to my dad as he liked the sound so much!
These are bookshelf speakers and measure (H x W x D) 227 x 130 x 140 mm. They can be mounted on a stand, on a shelf or you can also order the wall brackets from jbl.
For the size they have an excellent sound, warm solid bass with crisp mid and treble. They are 100 watts RMS and can really handle some power. The speaker is 2 way, comprising of a 4" bass woofer and a 1/2" titanium laminate dome tweeter. These speakers also feature a front mounted bass port. When you play the speakers loud its is astonishing the amount of air that is forced out of the bass ports!
The speakers case is extremely tough, I have dropped one of my speakers (accidently, not some extreme test!) from ...
Advantages: Wonderful sound quality, Suprisingly low price, Amazing design Disadvantages: None that I can see.
Before I bought these speakers about a year ago, I had thoroughly searched the internet for any opinion, review, press release, and editorial on the Creature II and discovered that these were rather exceptional speakers. Yet I was still concerned that this was a product of design over quality - simply due to the shockingly small size of the satellite speakers (about the size of your fist), and that JBL were more concerned about desigining some speakers that would complement Apple Macs than impress the music listener. Even when I went to Tottenham Court Road to test out the Creature II, I was not quite convinced that the audio quality was up to scratch. This could have been due to the fact that it was very noisy in-store, with lots of people and the obligatory shop muzak playing - obviously no condition to seriously compare speaker ...
daddyorchips 31.10.2004 (21.08.2005)
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Mute, volume, treble, bass, Power on/off, volume, treble, bass
Magnetic Shield
Built-in
Speaker system details
Speakers Included
2 x satellite speaker - 13 Watt - wired
1 x subwoofer - 34 Watt - wired
Driver Details
Subwoofer : 1 x subwoofer driver - 6", Satellite speaker : 1 x high/midrange driver
Driver Details
Satellite speaker : 2 x high/midrange driver - 1"
Connections
Connector Type
1 x audio line-in, 1 x audio line-in ( mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm )
Manufacturer's product description
JBL Encounter 2.1, a compact, high-performance sound system, is a revolution in personal sound for the desktop. Connected to your desktop, iPod, MP3 player or other music source, JBL Encounter will provide a clean, powerful soundstage.
