JBL S38BE 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers (Beech)

JBL S38BE 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers (Beech)
Manufacturer: JBL
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Ever wonder why JBL loudspeakers are number one in theaters and recording studios throughout the world? Find out for yourself. Studio Series speakers use the same high-tech components and technologies as JBL's professional models - only the styling has been changed. Titanium-dome tweeters with EOS waveguides offer up crisp, clear highs and scintillating detail, while PolyPlas-coated cones in cast-aluminum baskets pound out deep, rich lows. And notice that they could play really, really loud and clean with almost any amplifier or receiver. A broad range of floor-standing and bookshelf models, complemented by a voice-matched center-channel speaker, make Studio Series speakers adaptable to almost any requirement. They prove, once again, that nobody does it better than JBL.This unique horizontal mirror-image nearfield/midfield monitor brings the studio experience into your living room. The 3-way loudspeaker in a molded enclosure with Elliptical Oblate Spheroidal (EOS) wave-guide reproduces sound with unparalleled spaciousness and definition. It may be wall-mounted or placed on a shelf either horizontally or vertically. The pure titanium tweeter and the midrange transducer are mounted on a Linear Field Proximity (LFP) bezel that ensures a seamless transition between the middle and high frequencies. The PolyPlas (polymer-coated cellulose fiber) cone woofer features traditional JBL engineering, the same technologies used in JBL's professional equipment that can be found in stadiums, music halls and movie theaters around the world.
Amazon.com Review
With the Studio series S38BE bookshelf speakers (also available in black), JBL strikes a happy balance between price, performance, and size, offering nearly full-range sound--from crystalline highs to stomach-punching lows--in attractive, mirror-image cabinets. Whether you buy four and put them to work in a home theater with a center-channel and a subwoofer or merely position a pair of S38BEs along a living-room wall for true-blue stereo music, it's hard not to be seduced by the sound from these speakers.

At its heart, each S38BE speaker is a three-way system using two magnetically shielded PolyPlas drivers (a 4-inch and an 8-inch) complemented by a 1-inch titanium-dome tweeter. PolyPlas, a polymer-coated cellulose fiber, adds rigidity and damping to the cones without unduly increasing their mass. This cone, together with a durable rubber surround (the part of the cone that attaches to the rest of the speaker), enables the speaker to deliver amazingly high sound levels without audible breakup or distortion.

The pure-titanium tweeter uses JBL's patented EOS waveguide to focus the sonic image and reduce time-delay artifacts. The EOS waveguide also increases the tweeter's dynamic range and its output at lower frequencies, which improves the transition between the high frequencies and the midrange. The LFP (Linear Field Proximity) bezel, which houses both the tweeter and the 4-inch midrange driver, smoothes out that transition even further. By minimizing the distance between these critical sound sources, JBL sidesteps the phase problems that result from sounds meeting your ears with different arrival times.

JBL's custom-designed drivers use simple, Straight-line Signal Path (SSP) crossover networks with quality electrical components. These networks further smooth the speaker's frequency and power response while minimizing processing that could otherwise degrade your audio signal.

On the inside, the drivers' oversized Kapton voice coils and HeatScape motor structures preserve performance accuracy during extended listening, prolong driver life, and reduce power compression through their responsiveness. Finally, JBL's FreeFlow flared bass port releases bass energy from behind the 8-inch woofer through a vent that precisely matches the size and configuration of the driver and speaker cabinet.

Some will want more low end than the S38BEs are capable of delivering, but this is not a shortcoming of the speakers, it's a limitation of the size. JBL has done everything in its power to maximize the S38BEs' low-end response, and it did a better job than we would have thought possible given the company's commitment to maintaining natural timbre (that is, a frequency balance that sounds neither boomy nor equalized). --Michael Mikesell

Pros:

• Great sound
• Dynamic prowess
• Impressive imaging

The 1-inch pure titanium tweeter and the 4-inch midrange transducer are mounted on a Linear Field Proximity (LFP) bezel that ensures a seamless transition between the middle and high frequencies. The 8-inch PolyPlas (polymer-coated cellulose fiber) woofer is built on a cast aluminum frame, which reduces distortion and increases power-handling capability.

JBL's S38BE speakers are equipped with all-metal, five-way, gold-plated, binding-post speaker terminals. This pair comes with a two-year parts and labor warranty on the speaker enclosures and a five-year parts and labor warranty on the speaker driver and internal components.

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