JBL ES 80

57 reviews

Jun, 2013

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We have collected and analyzed 5 expert reviews and 52 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 73/100 and users rate it 92/100. The average review date is Oct 6, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 202618 reviews from other Speakers. The alaScore™ for this product is 87/100 = Very good. Last update: Jun 19, 2013.

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Expert review by: HomeTheaterReview.com (hometheaterreview.com)

JBL ES80 Floorstanding Loudspeakers Reviewed

JBL is arguably the most prolific loudspeaker manufacturers of all time and while their products can be found in virtually every commercial theater and recording studio they've been very successful taking what they've learned in the pro world and...

The ES80 provides a very goodlevel of performance, with detailed highs, a solid midrange, andparticularly good bass performance ; The ES80 performs well over all kinds of music material - classical,jazz, rock, vocal, etc., and can play loudly without...

The ES80's top end may take some getting used to, especially withrock and electronic material, where it sometimes provided too much of agood thing ; The ES80's midrange sounded a little hooty on vocal tracks ; The ES80 needs very good quality power to...

The JBL ES80 provides a high quality,interesting blend of sonics and cosmetics. The sound bookends adetailed, sometimes hot top end with a fast, punchy, extended low end,and delivers a versatile midrange with very minor artifacts. As withany speaker,...

Feb, 2010

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Expert review by: (toptenreviews.com)

JBL ES80

The JBL ES80 speaker system can be at home as the main speakers in a high-quality home theater setup or as stereo speakers for excellent music reproduction. They aren't in a class with JBL's legendary studio or audiophile speakers, but they are more...

Like most other speakers in this range, the enclosure construction is of the bass-reflex design. Bass energy that is produced by rearward movement of the drivers is pushed out a rear-firing port adding to the overall bass output. The design is known to...

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Consumer review by: Surveyor (audioreview.com)

JBL ES80 Floorstanding Speakers

If you have quality sources and pre-amp and amp these are very good speakers!

Oct, 2012

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Consumer review by: Ben Hur (amazon.com)

WOw.

Got these on clearance from JBL. These ******* are HEAVY at 46lbs each. Use caution when moving them to position. Sound quality is excellent. It has a nice crisp, clear, projecting sound. Not as warm as other, older JBL'S, but very close. Bass is GOOD,...

Mar, 2011

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Consumer review by: A. S. Montgomery "outdoors boy" (amazon.com)

Great sound, great looks

I bought these to be the main channels on my 7.1 system. They sound really good by themselves, a clear crisp sound with adequate base and good midrange. Once I added the sub, center and the 4 tweeters, man what a great sound. Better sound than I had...

Jun, 2010

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Consumer review by: Andrew (audioreview.com)

JBL ES80 Floorstanding Speakers

Bought two of these and I'm very unimpressed, the treble for starters is muddled and inaccurate and nowhere near as good as JBL's cheap Monitor Pro 1's. The mid range is excellent, really, really good. The bass is a joke for such large speakers and is...

Mar, 2010

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Consumer review by: Andrew (audioreview.com)

JBL ES80 Main / Stereo Speaker

Mar, 2010

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Consumer review by: SkaBoom (hometheaterforum.com)

Jbl Es 80

I have four of these along with the jbl center channel, These speakers truely reproduce a smooth and defined sound, great for music and eaually wonderful for movies.

Crisp loud and rugged

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Oct, 2009

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Consumer review by: mark (audioreview.com)

JBL ES80 Floorstanding Speakers

The JBL ES80 Floorstanding speakers deliver a knockout audio experience at an amazingly low price.

Jul, 2009

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Consumer review by: mark (audioreview.com)

JBL ES80 (cherry) 100W Floorstanding Speakers (pair) Main / Stereo Speaker

The JBL ES80 Floorstanding speakers deliver a knockout audio experience at an amazingly low price. Ranging 45hz-18,000kz @100/400 watts continous/peak and a slope of 24db@700hz,3600hz, 18db@18,000kz the audio reproduction and separation are tremendous!...

Jul, 2009

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