Anyone using the JBL LSR2328P?

[PD Hogeterp]

Hi John,

For a dutch music and producers magazine we did a big test with loads of studio monitors which are available in Holland (in total we had about 30 sets of monitors). Also these JBL speakers where in the test.

From a mastering perspective they lack a bit of resolution, natural sound balance and low end performance. Ofcourse thats why most of times mastering-engineers are using big (Hifi) floorstanders in a far field listening setup. It's not an option if tight on budget but for high quality mastering i think you really need this kind of setup (and don't forget about acoustics, converters etc.). It all depends on how serious are you willing to do this..

From a mixing perspective i have to say that i really like the JBL's. I had some bad experience with JBL speakers but this speaker made a change. Take a listen to other monitors in the same price range (Adam, Dynaudio, Focal for example) and choose the one which sounds the best to your ears.

Good luck!

[John Brook]

Thanks, PD, for the comments. Obviously, being at the low end, price wise, I don't expect high end performance. I do have Klipsch's big Chorus II's which I use to listen to the final product before it goes out the door. Most people are listening to these CDs on ear buds, 5" table top boxes, etc., so spending a lot of money on refined speakers doesn't make a lot of sense.

Anyone using them for day to day work?

[quadrafunk]

I have the smaller 2325's. Pretty good overall. Bass response is great. Background vocals great also. Instruments sit well. The lead vocal seems a bit low in the mix on playback CD (but that could be a room issue). I combat that by mixing the lead vocals on my Sony 7506's.

These were a step up for me, as I had been using some old Event 5's.

[John Brook]

Hey, thanks. Appreciate your input.