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JBL Studio Speakers: 590 Floorstanding Speaker $500, 520 Center Speaker

& More w/ 2.5% SD Cashback + Free S/H

$100

$1,000

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  • About JBL Studio 520 Dual 4" Center Channel Speaker:
    • Highly rated and receives 4.8 Stars out of 5 Stars based on 40 customer reviews.
  • About this deal:
    • The price on the 520 Center Speaker beats our previous frontpage deal back in June.
  • About this store:
    • Details of JBL's return policy can be found here.

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JBL has select JBL Speakers on sale for the prices listed below. To earn 2.5% in Slickdeals Cashback, before purchase, follow the cashback instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community members DJ3xclusive & xgator1992 [Discuss] for finding this deal.

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Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About JBL Studio 520 Dual 4" Center Channel Speaker:
    • Highly rated and receives 4.8 Stars out of 5 Stars based on 40 customer reviews.
  • About this deal:
    • The price on the 520 Center Speaker beats our previous frontpage deal back in June.
  • About this store:
    • Details of JBL's return policy can be found here.

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Blahgod
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Can the stupid Reference RC263 just go on sale please!!!!!
SmilingWinter1751
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The 520c as a center doesn't keep up with the 580's or 590's. It will work with the 530's in a small room near field. For $100 its is a great price for the quality of components it has, I got a pair of 520c on the last deal and put the drivers, woofers, crossover and binding post in a diy speaker cabinet and they sound great as bookshelf stereo speakers. Its a great way to build your own speakers with quality electronics made to work great together.

If you buy components to do your own diy you will end up spending more for less quality and most diy sound mediocre since the components were never intended or designed to measure well acoustically.
nottrollin
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It would have to come back in stock first, then maybe it could go on sale. Hasn't it been OOS since February?

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Sep 17, 2021
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Sep 17, 2021
dude6156
Sep 17, 2021
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I just lay a 590 flat for my center speaker.
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Sep 17, 2021
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Sep 17, 2021
supermanrob
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Sep 17, 2021
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Quote from brandonross :
To think people are wanting this to do bass! That's laughable. It's going to be nearly 100% of the dialog and various sounds, if the only issue is the bass that's easily solved by the crossover. People want everything to do everything it seems.
Well people have to understand this is $100 center, there really isn't any crossover or EQ that's going to make perform like a $1K(or close to that) center.

In a ideal setup a good center handles more than nearly 100% dialog, even you said "the dialog and VARIOUS SOUNDS".

It may not do heavy lifting but often does mid to light lifting.
If you take all the bass duty away from the center then the blending of sound will not sound uniform or ideal.

I would say if the issue is bass don't skimp by buying a $100 center.
Having listened to this center more than I care to admit, IMO you get what you pay for with it.
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Sep 17, 2021
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OMG_BeCkY
Sep 17, 2021
4,517 Posts
Haters gonna hate! I have a 520c paired with a pair of 530s and I love that ugly silky-smooth baby! Of course I'm using it in a small bedroom system and not some voluminous room. That horned tweeter and I are in love.
Sep 18, 2021
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Sep 18, 2021
poormanq45
Sep 18, 2021
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Quote from SmilingWinter1751 :
The 520c as a center doesn't keep up with the 580's or 590's. It will work with the 530's in a small room near field. For $100 its is a great price for the quality of components it has, I got a pair of 520c on the last deal and put the drivers, woofers, crossover and binding post in a diy speaker cabinet and they sound great as bookshelf stereo speakers. Its a great way to build your own speakers with quality electronics made to work great together.

If you buy components to do your own diy you will end up spending more for less quality and most diy sound mediocre since the components were never intended or designed to measure well acoustically.
That last bit about diy, I'm thinking there should be conditions on that. Cost, yeah, diy you should +33% initial kit price to account all the little things.

That get less part though. Are you talking parts express kits or something like diysg? To trade blows with the 590s I'd put up the 1099 or htm-12.
Sep 18, 2021
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JimBanville
Sep 18, 2021
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Quote from brandonross :
To think people are wanting this to do bass! That's laughable. It's going to be nearly 100% of the dialog and various sounds, if the only issue is the bass that's easily solved by the crossover. People want everything to do everything it seems.
I don't think people are running this center speaker full range.
The "bass" range can go all the up to 250hz, which is well above any highpass xover most people would use. Even if you cross this center over at 100-120hz, that's still not a "brick wall". Point being, sending "very high levels" of "bass" that is say from 100-250hz to small woofers like this uses can cause audible distortion.
Therefore this center may sound fine at lower levels, and with left/right speakers that are equal to its loudness limitations, but paired with speakers that get way louder, it can struggle and distort.
Sep 19, 2021
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eyeslick
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Only $60 more for banana plugs
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