JBL's 4329P are 'TOTALLY AWESOME' streaming hi-fi speakers

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@JBLSynthesis 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for reviewing our products, great to hear you are enjoying them! 🔥

@cantgoslow 4 ай бұрын

Listened to these at the Paris HiFi show with my wife, who absolutely fell in love with their sound. Without doubt it is a fun, engaging, open and very dynamic speaker. Despite all the super highend stuff at the show, which I don't think were demo'd very well, the JBLs were the sound of the show. Had a great chat with the JBL rep there too, a super nice guy.

@alvindawkins5700 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal! Great video.

@sheelmirji5494 3 ай бұрын

Costly affair

@Van_Slowfade 4 ай бұрын

The LS 60s are in Portugal! Great job John. As always. Thanks for all your work to get these done.

@plane_riotous4202 4 ай бұрын

Great review, as always. Also, beautiful changes in the room. The Samsung Frame on that wall is just amazing. Ah, and… the LS60 are in Portugal 😅

@johntucker5994 4 ай бұрын

Love your enthusiasm John! Nice review.

@Rachel-t9y 4 ай бұрын

I've got a pair in the bedroom. I've got them on Monoprice Moniliths . I have them laying horizontal on the stands. I am listening to them while laying down on a Floyd platform bed. Did an upgrade from the 4309s and an Arcam SA20. Got a CD transport going into the coaxial. Got the M3 MacBook Pro going into the usb. Got 4430s in the living room. PS. Rug Grabbers from Amazon on the stands before laying the wood sides of the JBLs onto the stands. Literally a game changer for stand mounted speakers. Stick the rug grabber adhesive side down the the stand. Let the speaker rest on the foam. Literally solid as a rock .

@tomunderwood6948 4 ай бұрын

I have the 4305Ps and cannot recommend them enough. Amazing.

@badhusband1902 4 ай бұрын

've been waiting for 4329p for quite a while, great job jbl

@Defrag1978 4 ай бұрын

Great video as always. Very informative. Oh and don't forget those LS60 in Portugal!

@gerhardreinecke3945 4 ай бұрын

That turntable... wow. Review incoming I hope 🙂

@msagoo29 4 ай бұрын

I’ve just got the JBL 4305P smaller brother to this. It has blown me away how good it sounds, over Airplay. I had Klipsch the fives and KEF LSX II, and the JBL’s are better in every way.

@hiterss 4 ай бұрын

Noted, thank you. I'm thinking about getting a pair JBL instead of the 7s or 9s

@joncruz 4 ай бұрын

Anything is better than The Fives, I own the Nines and it's a game changer.

@scottfraser1758 4 ай бұрын

Definitely a pair of speakers going on my list of need to be auditioned. Thanks for a good review.

@scoobyrex247 4 ай бұрын

the LS60s are in portugal. Just gotta say it cuz everyone else did.

@JukeboxAlley 3 ай бұрын

The nines are VERY good, I've owned those 3 times, wish I had kept a set around, I will give credit to the focal alpha 80s which replaced those with and controlling those with a Peachtree preamp, they are as good as the nines, honestly I'd say the focals edge them out by a bit, especially without having to download an app, I do love the nines pretty equal to the alphas though, close matchup@@joncruz

@superfitzy 4 ай бұрын

The LS60 are in Portugal. An informative and entertaining video, as always. Just chiming in to express my sincere appreciation for your mentions of Talk Talk in your last couple of videos. Hoping this exposes more of your audience to their work, particularly their later material.

@leegodwin2071 4 ай бұрын

The LS 60's are in Portugal. Thank you for the videos and your insight John 🙌

@nilocp5684 4 ай бұрын

“The LS60 are in Portugal” …Another fantastic review as always! These all in one streaming active speakers are becoming more and more appealing as the technology advances. At this price point, I would love to see a comparison done between these and the active streaming Elipson W35xi …fingers crossed 🤞 Thanks @DarkoAudio for your continued quality KZbin content! Cheers from 🇨🇦

@warrenraye1126 4 ай бұрын

The LS60s are in Portugal. I stuck it out 'til the bitter end ;) Another great video!

@EdmundDoyle-m6i 4 ай бұрын

The LS60s are in Portugal. Another informative and well-made video John - thanks.

@hamidrezahabibi8111 4 ай бұрын

Magnificent review by John Darko 🎉

@AllboroLCD 4 ай бұрын

Love how you slipped Bizzare Love Triangle in there! Age of consent or Ceremony are my New Order jams. Also, I do not believe that HDMI has been widely adopted in a studio environment, a place where these JBL's were meant to do their business.

@johnpischedda6951 4 ай бұрын

Thanks John, there is something special about large stand mounts! I definitely like the idea of the inputs going into the master speaker rather than both. I also love the JBL blue baffle with wood surround, I agree the stands let them down a little. On aesthetics, in my opinion the best looking active at the moment has to go to the Super Wax Mini by Pitt & Giblin, drop dead gorgeous, I'm hoping to get a demo soon. The LS60 are in Portugal. Obrigado !

@paulmarsh3375 4 ай бұрын

The LS 60 is in Portugal, well done on another terrific review❤

@crimlarksSteve 4 ай бұрын

Great review! (THe LS60's ARE in Portugal). Plus you always have the most interesting music in your videos.

@rickcarlson5916 4 ай бұрын

Thank you sir for another great review!

@bassandtrebleclef 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting review, especially at the very end when you talk about what speaker design or size tends to work best for this room. had a similar challenge with finding the right size speaker for my mixed space, and finally rested on a slim dynaudio tower because that's what sounded best.

@DileepaRanawake 4 ай бұрын

Missed my darko fix :) nice video. Hope you had a good and well deserved break

@318ishonk 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning the music you listened to. Ever so often I find gems that I love to bits! Add-on to this video: - The JBL 4329P are also available in white - The Buchardt comparison might be rather A10 (also having digital amps/ PowerDACs) than A500 in my opinion - I agree that the compression tweeter and classic ported paper cone woofer are a refreshing alternative to the Buchardts or passive speakers that are lively - JBL could easily scale this speaker up to a 12 inch + big horn (still two-way) with the same electronics. We'll see if they ever do.

@jonellis1680 Ай бұрын

Interesing, as i never associated JBL with high end audio. ps, the LS 60's are in portugal. Just starting a belated journey into the aidiophle world which as as complicated as Inception, but I have gracefully landed on your channel due to your uncomplicated and straightforward presentations. I can see you're going to cist me some retirment money in sorting out my room, befire even getting started on speakers!! Anyway, big thanks

@eddadd5801 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal - thanks for another great review John.🖖

@chrisvand2678 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this great review of these JBL's, Darko. - "The LS60 are in Portugal".

@jeffreyastjohn 4 ай бұрын

The LS60 are in Portugal! Fun as always, thanks!

@jonaskuck8892 4 ай бұрын

Hello John, first I wanted to just say thank you for your work. I was sick the last week and simultaneously addicted to your channel. I'm not a big hifi guy, but I do like good sound and I love your taste in music and have been constantly shazam-ing the shit out of your videos. I'm really glad about all the music I found thanks to your videos. On my sickbed, I had a video idea, something that I would quite enjoy, but of course do not know whether it makes sense for you to make or not. I'll leave it here anyway. You talk a lot about how judging something or comparing it to something else based on memory doesn't make sense -- which I totally agree to. But I think audio memory is something beautiful. I used to have a pair of ATL Hans Deutsch loudspeakers and I do not know whether they're good or bad, but I love to think about them and their 'amazing soundstage' (which I have no proof for) and mainly the music I listened to on them. You made this one video where you put together a hifi system that you used to own. Here is my suggestion: Why not revisit systems you used to listen to in a similar manner, and with them the music you listened to on them, and in such a way re-examine your memories? Find out where your memory is sentimental, where it is accurate and what you think about these aspects (the systems and the music) today, side to side to new gear that you currently actually review. I can see how this is an awful lot of work. But I would love to watch something like this and I would love to go down memory lane in terms of music with you. Don't know, just wanted to leave that here. Have a great day.

@suawq 4 ай бұрын

The LS60s have ditched the studio and jetted off to Portugal, sipping port wine and working on their tan while the rest of us toil away in the audio lab.

@JuanGarcia-kv7yv 4 ай бұрын

😂 The LS 60 are in Portugal!!! 😂. As always, great job on the review…. And yes stayed til the very end of the video as always…. Now back to work!!

@eddents 4 ай бұрын

"Cable vomit" is a succinct, stunning and poetic description of what lurks behind and hopelessly plagues our audio gear.

@scallum 4 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if its the precursor or the result of a cable salad. PS the LS60's are in portugal

@jasons7070 4 ай бұрын

In the pro world we called it "the rats nest"

@PercyPanleo 4 ай бұрын

Every custom PC's internal cable management be like:

@espenboholm1112 4 ай бұрын

opportunity to flaunt your pantyhosed stringy-thingies :)

@jimfarrell4635 4 ай бұрын

It's more like a writhing, boiling pit of snakes in my system. I have to wear stout gloves in case I get bitten, and often have to distract an xlr cable with my left hand while trying to unplug it with my right.

@PeterWhitworth-Hilton 3 ай бұрын

The LS60 are in Portugal. Fascinating and insightful as always

@Landoverse 4 ай бұрын

I have far too much electronic and indie rock in my collection thanks to John😂 So this episode’s mix was refreshing. The LS60s are in Portugal!

@goatspeed 4 ай бұрын

Active is the way forward. Love all the content on active speakers.

@Paul-RSA 4 ай бұрын

Another great review even if "The LS60's are in Portugal". Awesome channel!

@Blimp1973 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal! Thx for your great videos!

@shunpillay 4 ай бұрын

HUGE respect for your choice of Richard Thompson's song about the Black Lighting. What a bike, what a song! For those looking for another charming (but not as serious) song about a famous motorcycle, try various versions of "My Little Honda 50".

@michaeldina1103 4 ай бұрын

I really appreciate you sharing the music you used for testing. I’m trying to expand my music library. The Ls60 are in Portugal. Edit: Also I appreciate your comment about large stand mount speakers being a category unto their own and being superior to the other two kinds in some spaces.

@edmundgil6008 2 ай бұрын

The LS60 are in Portugal! Nice concise review… a rave, it seems! 🖤🎶

@steve-EV 4 ай бұрын

“The LS60’s are in Portugal” …. Another brill review! I have a bit of a soft spot for the jBL vibe… I can see those in my lounge in the next couple of months..

@sixergixer 4 ай бұрын

I do not care if the LS60s are in Portugal, I care about how freaking gorgeous that Thorens is! 😮

@stevenhunter3454 4 ай бұрын

Ls60 in Portugal. Great review as ever. 🌟

@luisc6539 4 ай бұрын

The LS 60's are in Lisbon, Portugal!!! And I enjoyed your presentation!

@RbNetEngr 4 ай бұрын

Great, balanced review. Thank you. "The LS60 are in Portugal"

@richmorrison8194 4 ай бұрын

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock is one of the most difficult albums at first, but after many listens, you get it.

@danielbrown2715 4 ай бұрын

Its predecessor ' Spirt Of Eden' is a masterpiece.

@ChrisFlynnOfficalArtistChannel 2 ай бұрын

Standard 6M Ethernet cable can be used to interconnect them - will give you the length you need. Works exactly the same as their cable. Amazon sell numerous HDMI to Toslink adapters for less than £20 - they also work perfectly and seamlessly.

@gavwatts 4 ай бұрын

The ls60 are in Portugal. Another great review. JBL’s look sweet.

@joostw-69 4 ай бұрын

Very nice review. Still very happy with my DA Focus 30XD. Yes, they are only analog, digital or wireless in. For my set-up that work great in combination with a Linn Akurate DSM. The DSM gives me all inputs/outputs I need, with just one coax cable going to the Dyns. O, the Keff’s went south 😁

@DanKlar 4 ай бұрын

Cable vomit…such an eloquent term for this bane on our lives. Fantastic video as always, sir. These JBLs are a stretch for my budget but something to possibly aspire to. The Kef LS60 are living their best life in Portugal.

@DarkoAudio 4 ай бұрын

I can't take credit for the term 'cable vomit' but I do think it's the best way to describe the wires that yawn from the back of some actives.

@RJ_DSRider 4 ай бұрын

The sound effect you used to mask whatever frequency you said instead of *28hz was the synth from the beginning of Bizarre Love Triangle. Unmistakable! Lol

@anthonystephenson7659 4 ай бұрын

Glad I'm not the only nerd who picked up on that 😆

@davidprice-oh2ji 4 ай бұрын

The LS60s are in Portugal. Thanks for another great video John, but sticking with my Mission 770s 😊

@BiggerThanFrogs 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal! Great video as always.

@darrenhoey6040 4 ай бұрын

LS6 are in Portugal, Brilliant Review & Many Thanks

@OzSteve 4 ай бұрын

Great video as always. LOVE 'good' JBL sound (I love my old SVA-2100's still to this day) Would love for you to list those tracks in the description 😃 "The LS60 are in Portugal"

@tristramdavies2301 10 күн бұрын

Not long got the JBL stage 1 A170s at a huge discount, connected to a Marantz 8015 sound fab, but I do love these JBL 4329 or 4309s! One day I will demo them! And probably won’t be going back to store after auditioning 😛

@patrickkieboom2491 4 ай бұрын

Since we are talking Future-Fi (love the term!), I am curious about your take on the JBL’s vs the also tested Dynaudio Focus 30’s. Great video’s and also loving the podcasts!!

@margaretamorelius890 4 ай бұрын

The LS60 are in Portugal. I don't like the JBL aesthetic but would love to listen to it. Good video! 🙂

@IRON_PANDA 4 ай бұрын

The impressive dynamics are definitely part of the JBL's "house sound". My HDI-1600's are a definite showstopper material (for the price) on this department for sure. Especially the punch of the spearkers is *chef's kiss*.

@Chris.from.1950 4 ай бұрын

The LS are in Portugal. At least, that’s what I’m hearing… Thanks for the video, John. I may never buy an active speaker any more expensive than the little Bluetooth unit in my bathroom, but I like to know what’s going on in the world. Now that my Klipsch Forte IVs are broken in, I’ll probably stick with them for the foreseeable future. 🎉

@josexavierjr.5633 4 ай бұрын

First of all, the LS60s are in Portugal! Good review, John, of a cool and convenient product. A little pricey though, and I agree with you on the shabby remote/short interconnect cable issue; unacceptable for a 4 grand product! BTW, really dig that Thorens, looks like an old broadcast ‘table…..👍

@paulreid944 4 ай бұрын

The LS 60s are in Portugal! love your style

@patrickthunnus 4 ай бұрын

The LS60 are in Portugal. Awesome review!

@foxmmulder 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal...but should be in my house! Stay well mate.

@kdcndw1 4 ай бұрын

Love the Global Communication release. Middleton and Pritchard at their best.

@clivestandish665 4 ай бұрын

The LS60’s are in Portugal. Thanks for the review. Active speakers are growing in popularity. Are you going to review the Devialet Phantom Golds? I have them, but am curious what you think in your room.

@TPQ1235 4 ай бұрын

John, you’re back! “The LS60 are in Portugal”.

@richardslater4819 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal. Excellent infotainment as usual.

@AdiascarCisneros 4 ай бұрын

The LS60 are in Portugal. Great job. Very entertaining.

@davidrivera2165 4 ай бұрын

LS 60 are in Portugal. Always go all the way! Thanks JD.

@foldspacenavigator6011 4 ай бұрын

The LS 60z are still in Portugal and another fine broadcast.

@rankenfile 4 ай бұрын

I do like a speaker with dynamic ability. BTW, The LS60 are in Portugal. As a bit of nostalgic fun (for your room), try a pair of ADS L810's with your favorite amp/DAC etc. Use your speaker stands and be pleased.

@britboy70 4 ай бұрын

the LS60's are in Portugal. 🙂 I have a pair for JBL L100 Classics on their angled stand and really like them.

@tedliu1025 4 ай бұрын

Great review! I would like to ask which connection method is better if I use 4329P to play streaming music (eg: SPOTIFY). Would an external standalone DAC device significantly improve its sound (via the XLR input)? The 4329P looks like the perfect candidate to upgrade my listening system in a small room. Thanks again for the great video.

@gloriab7801 3 ай бұрын

The O’Jays & “Back Stabbers” 😮, I almost choked on my cornflakes😂.

@willbrink 2 ай бұрын

Get those speakers, use a phone for pre amp/streamer, done! System will sound better than many people spent big $ on.

@bruceandt 4 ай бұрын

For the people who wait patiently for an all in one. HDF cabinets with a great transducer choice complimented with hi end cross overs. Then coupled with high end class D amplification. All bundled with the software to make living without extra gear easy? I’ll keep waiting and watching the offerings. This is an evolutionary period in component building. How great do you make it without being better than single components.

@dannyfannyfoodle 4 ай бұрын

The LS60 are in Portugal. Great review! Sorry I’m late to view it. I also see they’re on sale for $3,500 usd at the moment.

@tobiaswinter1358 4 ай бұрын

You're back, finally! :)

@TomReinerDE 4 ай бұрын

The LS 60 might be in Portugal… but the Thorens TD 124 DD is here - and man, that is some sexy piece of gear. 😊

@totallymorpheus 4 ай бұрын

The LS60s are in Portugal - although I think they should be in my living room in Pretoria, South Africa 😂

@pennesalmone6350 4 ай бұрын

Until the bitter end! Always.

@underthesun312 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal and I noticed your background acoustics changed on the wall in behind your TV monitor. What's up with that? Love the video!

@jamesjames5715 3 ай бұрын

you should try the big brother of this!!! you would be blown away!!

@twissted1277 15 күн бұрын

I run the WiiM Ultra with the Klipsch Nines. I'm very pleased. They also can use a Sub. But I don't use one yet. I will say that Nines could use a front port instead of the rear, so room placement isn't as important.

@slyd8r 4 ай бұрын

KEF LS 60 are in Portugal. In my opinion such speakers should definitely have HDMI ARC!

@AndersEngerJensen 4 ай бұрын

You know, if you wanna, I could send you a couple of vinyls from my collection. Copyright free music so you don’t have to replace your listening/testing with library music. 😎

@apparentlyretrograde 4 ай бұрын

Where can I buy your vinyl? Currently I only have the Petscii Robots ST. Thanks, love your stuff.

@richmorrison8194 4 ай бұрын

Love your music Anders!

@DenisDolisy 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal... I'm the kind of person who'd put 4329P on my desk if I could afford them... I now have M-Audio BX8 D3 (8 inch woofer) on my desk at 60cm listening distance, so the JBL would fit there too and the improved dynamics would definetely be welcome...

@jpdj2715 4 ай бұрын

7 degrees - may be a way to reduce standing waves? (in rooms with parallel walls and speakers positioned at 90 degrees to a wall). This angle also generates a time shift between tweeter and MR/woofer (where is the cross-over frequency?) The latter is important, because music has zero pure sine waves. Our ears and hearing provide a network of wave shape analysis and this is how we can distinguish a piano's 440 Hz (it's "A4" which is the A above central C - in contemporary tuning) from a violin playing the same note (base frequency). This means that a 440Hz tone has wave shape defining parts at much higher frequencies. These can get separated from each other in e.g. a crossover filter and need to get together in phase in our ears again. When you shift these frequency aspects in time, you change the character of a voice/instrument and ruin the perception of soundstage. So the 7 degrees may seem a funny reference to Kevin Bacon, but I would take them extremely seriously with these boxes. L-R digital link. Yes, 3m is a Pain In The Anatomy. That should have been 5m and you could have routed the cable properly. They're using 8+1 lead twisted pair connectors. It struck me that the 3-point AC input connectors have no "ground" so "neutral" doubles as ground. The question is if the digital inputs "float" relative to the following circuits. There are a few consequences here: in a Schuko or US AC connector situation, make sure that both speakers are properly AC phase aligned (live/neutral - L/N - orientation) as there's no guarantee that all your wall outlets have the same L/N orientation. Also, if you were to buy a longer digital link cable, I would try to assess if there is a difference between different "CAT" levels and different levels of shielding. Note that shielding means there is a "ground" connection between left and right, not just "signal". Shielding in twisted pair cables can be "unshielded", one shield for the 4 pairs, a shield per pair, and maybe there is a version where the shielded pairs have a shield added for the entire bundle. If the shields are not "grounded" (to something akin to "earth") then they may float and remain a broadcasting and receiving antenna. Wireless - I would not go there, personally. With cables, I may get higher bandwidth and may suffer less from interference and do not have to share "ether" with other users of the same frequency (band). If I only listened to synthetic music, I probably would not care, though. Ugly stands. I would have a seamstress make "tube dresses" for them from very stretchy fabric in a colour of my preference, and put these "dresses" on/over the stands. Then I'd try to route the cables through that, or a separate "sleeve", to the floor as well. As these are "studio monitors" they are designed as "tools" and "design" was no part of the design brief. The horn-loaded tweeter probably to large extent prevents cabinet coloration so if that does not happen, it doesn't need to be fixed in a nicer shape cabinet. So a simple box will suffice. And in a studio, nobody worries about cables. The more visible the more professional it looks the higher the invoice. I guess.

@jpdj2715 4 ай бұрын

The LS60's are in Portugal

@becoolgymshoe 4 ай бұрын

"The LS60 are in Portugal" - Subscriber from Chicago!

@nerdvana2 4 ай бұрын

Can anyone tell me what beefy stands those Hsu DWX are on? And yes, the LS60s are indeed in Portugal.

@willsullivan3 4 ай бұрын

The LS60s are in Timbuktu. Thanks, John.

@akilansakthi3250 3 ай бұрын

Interesting to hear they sound quite better compared to A500s. I am sure the mid woofer being bigger makes a difference along with the room factor like you mentioned as well. Curious to hear them out now. “The LS60 are in Portugal”