The 698 can stand alone in a 2.0 music system, or as part of a surround sound HT system. It will particularly excel at movies/TV due to the Compression Driver tweeter.
- Dual 8" PolyPlas Low-Frequency Woofers = satisfying bass down to 36Hz = no subwoofer needed for music, and in a pinch (e.g. you live in an apartment with thin walls/floors) even for movies.
- 6" dedicated Midrange woofer for crystal clear vocals
- 1" (25mm) High Frequency Compression Driver (not a metal dome tweeter as found in Klipsch) = this is the magic sauce!
- Sensitivity: 90dB @ 1M, 2.83V = very dynamic and easy to drive to high levels cleanly even by entry-level receivers, rather than needing an expensive external amplifier.
For those setting up a multichannel system, if you cannot do a 3rd 698 as a vertical center speaker (ideal), the "matching" 665C center is also on deep discount at Crutchfield.
Full Klippel measurements + both text and YouTube review:
https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/...tudio_698/
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_109...-Wood.html
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Oh nevermind that's $800 each,
Where's my deal on some JBL 4349?
Crutchfield does have the HDI towers on closeout pricing too, so the price gap is a lot narrower too: https://slickdeals.net/f/19397862
The 3800 is sold out except for one "Scratch and Dent" model there, though---and its 8" woofers would make it more of the equivalent model to the 698, whereas the 3600 is more equivalent to the Studio 680 with their 6.5" woofers. You can still get it from this website, albeit at exactly double the price of the 698...your call on whether it's worth it or not: https://www.audioadvice
On paper hdis are the higher end model.
From personal experience, in short, the hdis aren't worth the extra cost over these.
As a matter of fact unless you had a very large open environment, these aren't worth the cost over the 690/680s.
Even the smaller versions are way more cost effective especially if you use a sub.
JBL is phasing out this series.
If a blind buy or in no hurry.
Probably better to see if they go down even lower.
Plenty of other good options in this price range also.
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