JBL 1 Series 104 Compact Desktop Speakers, Powered Reference Monitors - Bluetooth enabled (sold as pair)

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JBL’s original One Series 104 speakers performed a seemingly simple feat: they produced good sound from relatively small boxes and managed to do it without costing the earth.

JBL 104 compact, full-range, powered reference monitors draw from seven decades of JBL Professional engineering to deliver the truest, most accurate sonic presentation of any monitor in their class. However, they have a sound quality that a professional can understand and compensate for in their mixes. The input selection has an ‘All input’ option which means you can listen to all inputs simultaneously.Get better mixes today with the JBL 104-BT Bluetooth Reference Monitors Pair, a set of ultra-lavish speakers that's bound to integrate into your studio set up with absolute ease and accessibility. Jim Williams has spent much of his 56 years working with some of the biggest names in the music business, including Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin and Stevie Wonder. Burl Audio, under the direction of owner/designer Rich Williams, has developed some of the best new recording equipment over the last eight years.

This subreddit is for the budget minded audiophile that wants to grow out of soundbars, boomboxes, mini systems, portable bluetooth, lifestyle speakers, and PC peripheral branded audio solutions.Both the black 104-BT and white 104-BTW versions are sleek, elegant designs and compact form factors, making stunning statements in any studio while conserving valuable work space. They'd be very good if you need something with a headphone port and don't particularly care about the sound quality of it. What’s more, the RCA and 1/4” jack inputs can both be used together, providing the potential to connect two sources simultaneously. And beware of ground loops if you have something plugged into the rear RCA jacks and the front mini headphone socket.

So much so that we usually give him the really expensive monitors to review at his Invada Studios – the prime place to line them up against other just-as-expensive options. The monitors are designed to only stand upright and the volume control is mounted on the front that lights up when powered, an aux socket for plugging in phones, laptops, tablets or mp3 players and a headphone socket that mutes the speakers when connected. The new, and really rather brilliant, feature here is that you can now toggle between each input, or select All and monitor every input at once. Studio monitors, on the other hand, are designed to produce an accurate flat response across the aural spectrum without artificially ‘sweetening’ the sound. Alongside professional performance, the 104-BT monitors allow you to connect with studio equipment, personal music players, and consumer devices.The housings contoured low-frequency port works alongside the driver to project punchy, precise bass, no matter the level of volume. interface, which enables wireless music streaming from a laptop or mobile telephone via a streaming service. You might prefer a heartier cable, especially if they're widely spaced and you're listening near maximum volume.

The speaker tuning also delivers plenty of midrange, ideal for balancing critical lead instruments in a mix. Please note that this extended warranty is currently only available on products sold within the UK, EU or EEA, and is subject to the terms and conditions as detailed on the extended warranty certificate provided. It’s actually an ingenious way to keep costs down without losing quality: have one amp in one speaker to power two. This is accomplished through clean, integrated 60-watt Class D amplification that distributes 30 watts per speaker.The JBL graph is quite smooth which tells me it lacks resolution and hence the fact that we have more exaggerated ups and downs but overall, the correlation is quite good. Once you get above 6kHz, noticeable peaks and troughs in the response mean that some tracks can sound super-detailed and others can sound a bit harsh. The initial listening tests reveal the JBLs handling themselves well, scrapping like a young, ripped David against a slightly arrogant Goliath.