I was quite honestly surprised at the difference they make in providing true audio feedback with both mic'd acoustics and voice as well as with the acoustic-electric guitars and ukuleles and with the Strat as well

They have exceptional clarity and are incredibly honest seperating out the frequencies distinctly so I can mix more accurately

so at first i was a little let down coming from a 2.1 setup but over the past months getting use to these i can now say WOW the clarity and crispness is top of the line

The highs were met with great clarity and precision while the mids were fully present and ready to fire some of the best sounding vocals into your ear drums

sure).The clarity of these monitors are simply astounding and the bass is phenomenal.

but if you are a pro with well treated room or an average music listener getting your first good speakers ,the power monitor gives versatility at a very affordable price and would be a great value if you can pick one up for sale.

Although the frequency response reaches towards the low 40s, the bass did not shake the room

The 5" JBL LSR305's are, by far, the best studio speakers I've ever owned

let me start off by admitting that by all accounts the Yamaha HS8s are "more accurate" studio monitors, and most direct comparisons between the JBL LSR308 and the Yamaha HS8s favor the Yamaha that I've seen

Ive also had the wonderful opportunity to track in a lot of awesome studios with AMAZING Augspurger monitor systems, even some costing around $300,000.With all of that being said I had to write a review on these little guys after having used them for maybe about 2 years now and these still blow me away

Overall, these are very excellent studio monitors with big crystal clear sound

The idea is that if you produce your final product on proper studio monitors, they will give you a real world window into what you can expect it to sound like everywhere else

Only drawback of these monitors so far, is that the sound is so good, that listening to bad audio quality (Youtube, News Channels, etc) becomes kind of harsh making you long to some FLAC or 320 quality

After reading all the positive reviews and watching reviews about the great quality these speakers are I decided to take a gamble and make a purchase

The first thing I noticed after testing the LSR305’s was the incredible sound quality they produced

After a long search for great quality speakers I can use with my Xonar Essence STX II, I settled on these JBL 305

In addition to its surprisingly flat frequency spectrum, the LSR305 offers professional quality at a consumer price; perfect for even the most frugal music enthusiasts

After reading all the positive reviews and watching reviews about the great quality these speakers are I decided to take a gamble and make a purchase

I think that most people who are giving these monitors bad reviews is because they don't know what they are buying

couldn't resist given the glowing reviews and thought I give nearfiled monitor a shot

I've been rebuilding the recording rig in my apartment, so I decided to try a pair of these JBLs after reading positive reviews about their quality, value, and bang for the buck

After all of the positive reviews I guess I expected better.

With that significant a price difference I don't think you can compare the 2 sets of monitors fairly

For playing and recording at home, I have been using a couple of small Behringer Ultracoustic AT108s which provide very reasonable amplification for smaller spaces at a very reasonable price

but if you are a pro with well treated room or an average music listener getting your first good speakers ,the power monitor gives versatility at a very affordable price and would be a great value if you can pick one up for sale.

speaker is cheap, high c/p value, don't expect good assembly job get done

The JBL LSR308's truly are an awesome value at an affordable price

But if you need a decent interface at a great value, check it out; there are good reasons I chose the UMC404HD over the Focusrite Scarlett I had initially decided upon

but if you are a pro with well treated room or an average music listener getting your first good speakers ,the power monitor gives versatility at a very affordable price and would be a great value if you can pick one up for sale.

:Stand by what I said earlier about being a great value

For $250 a pair on sale with build in amp,it is a great value and most people would be very happy with it,but not trying to sound snobbish but the transparency and detail is lacking compare to

The JBL LSR308's truly are an awesome value at an affordable price

They are crisp, good bass response and reasonably flat across the range.

It took a few months of use to get some good low frequency response out of them but after they are broken in they have a nice clear flat sound.

Incredible frequency response, I could immediately hear what I was missing in the low end and small cracks and pops before I was using these

That being said, I chose these over the competing monitors in this price range (Rokit, Yamaha, Mackie) because of their incredible low end response

They are utter garbage with awful response and monitoring ability

I'd read lots of good things about these monitors, and had seen Zeos Pantera's "Z review" that made me think these would be really good.

The coolest thing about these speakers is the tweeter waveguide

You can push these things pretty hard (my neighbor across the street complained that one speaker playing through my garage door was drowning out the football game in his living room), and they still sound great, at full volume.

The only two things that I could see as cons would be amplifier hiss and stringent listening position

They are crisp, good bass response and reasonably flat across the range.

Coming from entry level 2.1 PC speakers, I didn't understand the concept of "muddy" or "punchy" bass until I heard this.

sure).The clarity of these monitors are simply astounding and the bass is phenomenal.

The bass was a touch muddy prior to setting atop these Adam Hall Monitor Isolation Pads, which I would recommend.

At first, I missed the deep (albeit boomy) bass that was ever-present with the Z-5500s (I'm not using a subwoofer with the JBL monitors)

The JBL off my computer/board (192K ripped) via optical to a Schitt Modi 2.

P.S. JBL support line is great, even helped me choose a DAC to set up everything with my speakers, and they didnt tell me to buy a JBL DAC either

I seriously doubt you'll find a better pair of studio monitors for the price, JBL has outdone themselves again

Im a loyal jbl customer as these are my second set of monitors in 14 years

That makes it all the more tragic JBL screwed these up by using cheap, glossy black plastic for the front fascia

That being said, there is a SMALL hissing noise when these are idling.

And I do mean amplifier hiss (which you can't fix) and not ground loop noise (which you can but expensive)

The hissing noise isn't really an issue unless you have no sound playing

That was even worse--the noise was just as loud, but the signal softer.

A quick search online for "GPU ground loop under load" would list you the many cases where only during gaming, the speakers would start to buzz as if electrical noise is leaking into them