There’s little else in the way of controls (a good thing perhaps) with no EQ shelving around the back and just a headphone socket and volume rotary around the front of the Master speaker. However, you could easily invest in custom-angled stands from the likes of Iso Acoustics with the cash you’re saving – in fact, I’d recommend it, as they will give you both better speaker isolation from your desktop surface and a custom listening angle. Sounds is crystal clear and more then enough bass and overall volume for pairing with a Mac and Logic Pro X for mixing and music creation. This might be fine for general listener enjoyment but not when you are making precise decisions during the mixing and mastering of audio. JBL 104-BT compact reference monitors with Bluetooth, the newest models in the 1 Series line, draw from seven decades of JBL Professional engineering to deliver the truest, most accurate sound in their class.

Drove 200 miles roundtrip in pouring rain and tons and tons of traffic to pick up 7 more speaker to test! This means that one speaker, the master, houses the analogue inputs, controls and the 60W Class D amplifier (that’s 30 watts per channel), and this pipes sound to the other speaker via a single speaker cable. The 104 Reference Monitor’s innovative new coaxial driver design features a high-frequency driver aligned with a precisely contoured woofer cone to deliver accurate response, exceptional detail and impressive off-axis performance, for the most neutral, accurate presentation, desktop to desktop, room to room. Sound quality: yes, they're lacking in low-low bass department due to size, but overall bass is still solid.The majority of decisions are given instantly, so you could get your new gear sooner than you thought! In fact, if you were to use standard stereo speakers for your mixing, with their enhanced bass and treble, then it is likely that the mix you produced would actually lack bass and treble response because you had been auditioning the artificially enhanced version from those speakers. Thinking there is just a passive crossover, I would just power the slave unit with my own amplifier. A standard speaker cable then connects to the second (extension) speaker via spring-loaded terminal connectors.

But headphones can become stifling after so many hours, and the less said about built-in laptop speakers the better. One of the two speakers is the ‘Master unit’ containing the amplifier and all of the inputs, with the other being a passive extension speaker. Mixed with the fact that the majority of speakers in theaters in North America are powered by JBL, having your home and pro studios powered by JBL is always going to be a good idea for media creators. Obviously the 104s are the “small potatoes” size against the 5, 6, and 8″ cones of its bigger brethren.They are small and light enough to pack up and take on the road with a laptop, for times when you want to listen on speakers instead of headphones. With JBL 104-BT, you’ll hear the content you’ve created in true clarity and detail, with none of the coloration that can compromise your mix decisions. Everything is tested by our dedicated team of in-house reviewers in our custom-built test rooms in London, Reading and Bath.

They're designed for applications like better-than-average computer speakers, podcast production, home video production, etc. But they do have the energy to keep you in your seat and do a bit more work than you might have managed otherwise.Available in a black or white finish, these stout and solidly built units each house a 12cm low-frequency driver and 20mm soft-dome tweeter, fired up by up to 60W of combined amplification and tuned by a rear-firing reflex port on each speaker. Commutation options: my PC goes to RCA, synth to TRS, and I use BT to stream some music from phone/tablet occasionally. These coaxial speakers are the perfect choice for anyone who is looking for more discretely sized studio monitors for use on desks or on the go.

interface, which enables wireless music streaming from a laptop or mobile telephone via a streaming service. Please give us the reason for your assessment in the following text box and – if possible – your e-mail address for further questions.Keep in mind, that they have a slight hiss when volume is turned on, a usuall thing for some studio monitors. If your goods develop a fault within the warranty period, we'll quickly repair or replace the item for you.