Review on JBL Professional 1 Series 104-BT Compact Desktop Bluetooth Reference Monitors: Sleek Black Pair by Candra ᠌

Name: JBL Professional 1 Series 104-BT Compact Desktop Bluetooth Reference Monitors: Sleek Black Pair
Item: JBL Professional 1 Series 104-BT Compact Desktop Bluetooth Reference Monitors: Sleek Black Pair
Rating: 4

August 30, 2022

The product did not disappoint, the quality pleases.

Well, you need to understand for yourself why buy monitors at all. For a disk player on the same 20 squares is easier to arrange by buying a column from the same ZhBL for the same money with a large low-frequency pancake to beat in the sternum. There will be no low-frequency pancake in any monitors, because such low frequencies clog the mid frequencies, and here there is no more detail, here you can move your booty :)
What did you compare it to:
JBL 305 MkII puts these 104s on both blades in terms of sound, unconditionally in all respects. In general, at a price of 8-10 apiece - a gift, I recommend it. Almost bought them, the difference in money is small. But - this is a bit not what I needed: a separate power supply, a separate volume for each speaker and only "balanced" inputs . these monitors are already specifically designed for a remote control or an external sound system. And for me - for other purposes. But, once again - they sound 5+.
Presonus Eris 4.5. In fact, I initially, having seen enough comparisons on YouTube, aimed to buy Eris 3.5, but they were not available in the store - I asked for more "adult" 4.5. By the way, thanks to the guys (more precisely - the guy) from Dr. Head on Novy Arbat - everything that I asked was shown, connected, listened to. So, to my ears, the Eris 4.5 is clearly better with mids, and much better with the stage (it is wider), but at the same time, JBL has more natural highs (cymbal chimes. I hear them live often and well) and, oddly enough , I also liked the bottoms a little more in the 104s. After listening to the interest in Eris 3.5 completely disappeared. And 4.5 with bluetooth cost twice as much as 104, in the region of 22-25 despite the fact that the difference in sound is by no means twice, and not always in favor of the PreSonuses. For 25, I would take a pair of JBL 305 MkII and separate adapters with bluetooth to them.
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Pros

All of the following considerations, please read adjusted for cost. 10-12 thousand for a pair of monitors is really a penny, in prof. studios cost boxes ten times more expensive. And even at 20. 1. D - detail. For the sake of which, in fact, you need to buy monitors, they are created in order to listen to music while sitting, "listening" to the small details and nuances of the track. And these kids, surprisingly, work out for a solid four. Do you want to understand why Morgenstern's song "Cadillac" is a sloppy primitive on 5 tracks, and, for example, You and your friens (Dire Straits) is a masterpiece of sound recording, and there are several dozen tracks? These monitors are quite capable of demonstrating the differences. 2. It turned out that if they are separated by a couple of meters (I put them on wall brackets on the sides of a 65 "TV) - they also "draw" the scene. shove" in different "places". But nevertheless. 3. A fairly solid set of interfaces: 3.5 minijack, RCA and TRS, and bluetooth 5.0. 4. Design, oddly enough. In general, I went to the store (salon, more precisely) for other monicas, these do not look very solid from the photograph, such as computer tweeters for three thousand. But live is really good. Plastic you say? Look at how much Bose and Genelec sell the same "plastic", for example. 5. Excellent highs and quite good monitor lows. Declared 60 hertz hold. I can distinguish the sound of different bass guitars in mixes without much strain. 6. The volume is more than enough for a room of 20 squares. Again - listen, not arrange a disco. 7. For such money (I repeat) they may well claim to be a "pass to the world of hi-fi" completely. I had several pairs of good speakers, if that. The most expensive - B&W DM 602 floor. There is something to compare, that is.

Cons

1. Minus a star for . ale, JBL, I understand that this is a budget budget, but still, the JBL Professional label should oblige at least to put working wires in the kit? Brought, unpacked - the driven column does not sound. Fortunately, I work on the part of the automated process control system, getting a piece of a normal wire and crimping it is not a problem. Put a normal cable - sounded. The power cord does not hold well, dangles in the connector and tries to jump out of the speaker. Ok, fixed it with adhesive tape. 2. Mids sound a bit rough and not too detailed. But for the money it's already nit-picking. 3. A narrowly directed sound, you sit a little "past the axis" - and it's not the same compote. Similarly - in height, it is better to put them strictly at ear level. Again, this is not so much a bug as a feature, coaxial (this is when the tweeters and woofers are located on the same axis) speakers, as a rule, sin with this, regardless of cost and quality.

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Bali ᠌

October 28, 2022

Different pros: Surprised by the sound quality of this baby. Great middle. wide stage. Large set of switches. I am satisfied with the purchase. Has some cons Makes a sound when turned on. Not critical.