Polk vs JBL The new Rivalry in our household!!!

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
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Well it all started a few months ago I gave the grandson a pair of my old JBL speakers I bought back in the 80s have a few pair so I figured what the heck. I also gave him a Onkyo receiver and a Marantz CD player for his bedroom to go with them JBLs plus I gave him a pair of JBL powered Computer speakers.

I got my Polk Boom Swimmer during F&F and we took it with us today mountain biking, me the wife and grandson did 20 miles on some of the easier trails we had tunes the whole time packed our camel backs with snacks an awesome day to say the least. The past few days they both been eyeing my Polk Boom and hinting they want one.

After the ride we came home showered up went to best buy to get Interstellar on Blu Ray for tonights entertainment all of a sudden off the wife and grandson ran to the Blutooth Speaker Section, they listened to all they had Beats, Bose, Marshall, (looks like a mini Marshall guitar amp) they did not have the Polks in stock. Skyler and the Wife saw the JBL's and they were on sale so I treated each of them to a JBL Bluetooth Speaker, my Wife is on my Grandsons side he is all proud of all his JBL gear, the little guy has the audio bug, and will be just like me and the wife a music lover .

Anyways we had a little Bluetooth speaker shootout source all Samsung smart phones, Skyler choice was Metallica, the Wife Stevie Wonder, me the new AC/DC I have to admit the JBLs sound pretty darn good be it hard Rock or R&B, the Polk sounds just as good with a tad more on the bass side. Skyler swears his JBL kicks butt so I let him be the winner me the little guy is grinning from ear to ear. So with a house currently full of Polk speakers the little guy is a JBL fan. He does like the SDAs and the RTIas as now its time for Interstellar! I'm rambling I'm out time to go watch Interstellar :)
Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    Enjoy the show!
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    Maybe it wasn't a good Idea the grandson was blasting Megadeth in the spare bedroom this morning, the wife blasting Steely Dan in the kitchen, they all left for church just a bit ago I'm cooking Easter dinner finally some peace and quite. I guess that means me the dogs and the 2 channel. I'm thinking of hiding thier Bluetooth speakers until I go back to work tomorrow.
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    Yeah bet that Camden square will be pretty decent enjoy it, I will probably get the Urchin next. I would go for the Camden or the Woodbourne if we didn't already have a couple of Bose I pod docks, Polk is doing a good job on there Bluetooth lineup.
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    Old JBLs and Polks in the same room! OMG! Monitor 7s and JBL L80Ts. I'm a "sinner"! lol

    IMO, bluetooth is STILL just for background listening. Too much compression for critical appreciation, but OK for daily musical noise.
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited April 2015
    The JBL's I gave the little guy are a pair of L112's. I had a couple pair of them in storage they are over at his mom's house in his bedroom he likes JBL pretty nice speakers for a soon to be 12 year old, now everything has to be JBL for him thats why he wanted the JBL Bluetooth speaker. I wish I would of had a set of L112's when I was 12 years old those JBL'S were around $700 back in 83 bought them in the PX two pair of them, yeah so now he is a JBL fanboy.
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    The JBL's I gave the little guy are a pair of L112's. I had a couple pair of them in storage...

    Steve! The word "hoarder" comes to mind more and more when reading your posts! :p

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    Not much of a JBL fan here... more of an Altec guy.
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  • scotvl
    scotvl Posts: 88
    If you have a chance give the jbl flip 2 a try, very nice sound with surprising volume that doesn't distort for two small 6 watt drivers.
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    scotvl wrote: »
    If you have a chance give the jbl flip 2 a try, very nice sound with surprising volume that doesn't distort for two small 6 watt drivers.

    A friend of mine has one of those, sounds pretty descent while hanging out by the fire pit. I know the hate on bose around here, but I have a sound link mini that kicks out some serious sound for its size. I wouldn't recommend it at its 200$ price tag, got mine through a friend at the bose store for 100$. sounds great when stuck into a corner for some "room gain".
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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