JBL On Time

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. My i...

psirac 14.02.2008 · Read review
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JBL Creature II

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) · Read review
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JBL CONTROL 1 REVIEW

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...

CDub 11.06.2008 · Read review
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JBL creature - model ;)

Advantages: Look great, sound better
Disadvantages: Only play as low as 50Hz

...I have the white pair, and i'll start from where i started at choosing these, they look great don't they? the alloyish trim over the speaker and curvy body really is attractive. The volume is controled by a touch sensitive receptor on the right speaker, which doesn't ever stop working. Aside from the looks they also sound great the two small sattelites(speakers) give out superb high frequency sound, very clear, very crisp. Now to get that full rich sound you want it comes down to the subwoofer, which of the same design and looking great has two knobs which control bass, and treble for the whole system which is a handy and useful touch (not only decorative). The sub though does add the warm sound of bass to your music and it does this very well, the sound is not rattled, or distorted as you may find from many cheap subs. However where...

piiindy 25.04.2008 · Read review
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JBL On Tour Speakers

Advantages: compact, mobile, cheap, good sound
Disadvantages: lake of base, sound volume can struggle at times

...revile the speakers. However because of the small design of the speakers sound does take a hit as to be expected from its size. The sound is clear enough and will work in small spaces but struggles to fill any larger rooms it finds itself in, the added disappointment of not having a subwoofer built in means that if you?re a fan of thumping base then these might not fill your requirements. On the other hand this is to be expected due to their size and you are likely to struggle to find a set of speakers that are as portable as this with base to match. The small yet relativly loud speakers will reach all those clear highs in your favourite songs and the overall quality for such a small device is very good. Prices for the JBL speakers can vary but if you are able to pick them up at the cheaper end of the market then they are certainly...

richie_w2 24.06.2007 · Read review
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JBL 1xtreme

Advantages: Great sound, pro speakers
Disadvantages: A bit small

...Ok where to start, My dad got these speakers quite cheap a while back and since then they have done nothing. My mum thought they were to loud for the kitchen so they sat in a box until I found them! I was looking for a pair of speakers to go with the turntables and mixing desk I had just got cheap on ebay but I didn't want to spend anything on a pair. My dad took these out of the garage so I looked them up on the internet. I couldn't find them on the JBL site but after searching I found that they were on the JBL pro website and these were actually professional studio monitors. I didn't wait around, I took them off my dad and went to wire them up. A few weeks later I got a set of Wall brackets and I was on my way. That was 2-3 years ago and these are still my speakers in my room, although me and my dad are making speakers cabinets...

ILIKEMONEY 05.03.2007 · Read review
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JBL On Tour fails to deliver the goods.

Advantages: It plays music
Disadvantages: It has a massive range of serious flaws in design.

...The JBL on tour speakers are average, at the most. For their high cost, you wouldn't expect some of the severe design flaws present in it. The audio quality is relatively good considering it's size, and the maximum volume is very high, albeit containing sizable amounts of distortion on the higher volume settings. Of the desing flaws, there are many. Some are: Not including a "turn off/on" option, instead giving the user some not-so-obvious ways to do it. One being simultaneously pressing the Vol+ and Vol- buttons to turn it off. Also when it is turned on you have to hammer the Vol+ button to increase the volume to the desired amount. The 3.5mm-3.5mm cable idea. If you lose this cable, you're totally screwed. You have no place to store said cable anywhere when it's not in use because it's impossible to actually close the JBL...

Baneat 09.08.2008 · Read review
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JBL and Tesco, every little helps.

Advantages: Small, good sound, good design.
Disadvantages: Almost indestructable packaging.

...I can't believe no-one has reviewed this yet! I bought one for my wife as a Christmas present recently, and she loves it. I bought her an Ipod video Nano recently, so this was a logical accessory for use at home. I paid £49 in Tesco (reduced from £79) in November 2007, and last time I looked, they were still £49. I bought a black one, it looks ok with the silver Ipod Nano, but of the pack of universal dock adapters, none matched with the Nano, so we had to use the white one that came with the Ipod (black JBL, white adapter, silver Ipod, never mind). Sound quality is very good, and the sound is very clear for such a small unit. The remote only has 5 buttons, but this is enough to drive the neccessary functions of the Ipod. One thing that caught my wife out is the power switch, on the rear of the unit. When plugged in...

Nige7Whit 18.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of JBL On Stage II

JBL Bass Rumblers

Advantages: Good bass frequencies
Disadvantages: N/A

...BL are famous for their quality speakers and users of their products won't be surprised to discover that this self-powered subwoofer is excellent. Weighing in at 500 Watts (at peak) and 300 Watts (RMS) this is a hefty piece of kit which provides excellent sound quality and a proper booming bass. I reall;y wish I could say that I own a pair of these babies but I don't. I've borrowed a friends set a few times and have been blown away with them. I really wish I could afford a pair but the lowest price I can find them for is just under £500 (maybe I should start saving). They are really easy to set up, with two XLR inputs or one 1/4 inch jack input. They also have two XLR outputs if you need to wire them up in a 'chain' of speakers (which is easy enough to do if you know what you are doing). These badboys are not massive but they weight...

dandadda 19.02.2009 · Read review
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JBL Creature II

Advantages: Good sound quality, Looks Great
Disadvantages: Resonance at 50Hz

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rich.mike 05.07.2007 · Read review
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