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An audiophile dilemma

A friend of mine just bought the JBL PRX635 stage speakers and they sound just great!
These are not the typical high end speakers that are in demand among audiophiles and they cost far less than their high end siblings.
Sometimes I wonder if all the money is well spent, because for far less $$ someone can become an owner of a pair of these JBL's and be happy for the rest of his life.
Are those high end (and very expensive) speakers really better than the JBL's?

Chris
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rok2id
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Are those high end (and very expensive) speakers really better than the JBL's?

All things considered, NO! The media we are playing was not recorded by God. None of it sounds live. So why spend a lot of your hard earned money trying to reproduce imperfections mo better! I am considering JBL myself. I have owned JBLs model: L-150 and 4311 and LX-44. loved them all.
cheers
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boonetrc
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If it's a match for your system & you like it, keep it. Don't worry about others opinions. I still have a pair of JBLs, which I had through college, I really cannot believe they still work! The grills still reek like smoke.
elizabeth
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Generally cheapr items can always suprise one and sound pretty good.
Once you stack them side by side with great stuff though, you can hear the deficiencies.
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rok2id
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'Once you stack them side by side with great stuff though, you can hear the deficiencies.'

Only if you can see the equipment, will you be able to 'hear' the imagined differences / deficiencies. Put everything out of sight and NO ONE can tell or hear a difference. Not wanting to revisit this 'sensitive' subject, except that there might be new people here who do not know the history of blind testing. I am primarily speaking of electronics.
Cheers.
elizabeth
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YEah Rok2id, we are actually all just pretending to be able to hear any differences...
That is good philosophy. Keeps one form bothering to spend any real money on stereo equipment...
So your philosopy is an all in one rack from, say Yorx, is all anyone needs...
And we are NOT writing about electronics, we were writing about SPEAKERS dude.
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