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Edited November 24, 2020
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I believe this is the lowest price ever offered from JBL on the PB100, which is a really great speaker in this market.
https://www.jbl.com/black-friday/...ay#start=1
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Which pair of inexpensive Amazon tripods did you buy for this unit? Link please..
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&
Anyone know if this will go back on sale?
Regards,
Anyone know if this will go back on sale?
Regards,
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Yup purchased as soon as I got the notification.
I've compared the 3 (100, 300 and 1000) extensively and own all but the 300 (gave that to my brother, since it overlapped a lot with the 100 and he has a huge yard to try and entertain his teenage kids during covid)
It sounds better at lower volumes than the 300 - definitely.. It also has just as much punch through about 75% of the volume range... but then the 300 runs away with overall loudness if you're trying to fill a bigger space.
You saying it sounds better than the 1000 makes me think you don't actually own nor have ever used the 1000, and only watched that one youtube review with the dude using binaural mics who contrasted them.
One more note: I see some people wondering where they would use this. I plan to use mine on my large screened in porch for parties, as well as beside the pool.
However, don't let the size or wattage scare you off in terms of thinking it's "too much". One of the best uses of power when it comes to audio is the ability to play softly, and sound good doing it (being able to clearly hear the nuances of the music or whatever is playing).
This is important especially with A/V receivers and amps, where you may have TONS of available power to shake the walls if you want to, but also and equally important IMO, is being able to hear clearly at low levels (think night time when others might be sleeping).
Example: right now, I use quite an undersize speaker pool-side. In order to be able to hear the music well, I have to crank the volume way up. That introduces all kinds of issues into the audio...hissing, line noise, etc. It can also distort the sound if I go too much. So in theory, you should be able to listen to music at a lower level, and still have it sound good.
One more note: I see some people wondering where they would use this. I plan to use mine on my large screened in porch for parties, as well as beside the pool.
However, don't let the size or wattage scare you off in terms of thinking it's "too much". One of the best uses of power when it comes to audio is the ability to play softly, and sound good doing it (being able to clearly hear the nuances of the music or whatever is playing).
This is important especially with A/V receivers and amps, where you may have TONS of available power to shake the walls if you want to, but also and equally important IMO, is being able to hear clearly at low levels (think night time when others might be sleeping).
Example: right now, I use quite an undersize speaker pool-side. In order to be able to hear the music well, I have to crank the volume way up. That introduces all kinds of issues into the audio...hissing, line noise, etc. It can also distort the sound if I go too much. So in theory, you should be able to listen to music at a lower level, and still have it sound good.
I think this is especially important when comparing JBL to its competitors. There are a lot of big boxes out there now, but I still think JBL is among the best at sounding good at all volume levels. I'll often play my 100 at barely a whisper and it maintains the same quality linearly throughout the volume range. I've used some of the other Bluetooth boomboxes from Sony and some of the off brand Chinese makes that sound fairly good when you're really cranking it but sound muddy and unusable at low volumes. That predictable quality is where JBL shines in my opinion