Resumen: The JBL ES80 is a 4-way loudspeaker with dual 6" woofers, one 4" midrange and one 3/4" titanium dome tweeter and one 3/4" ring radiator super tweeter. The crossover points are 700Hz, 3.6kHz and 12kHz. The reported sensitivity is 91dB which theoretically is about 3dB more sensitive than the EMP E55ti towers, yet I measured similar sensitivity of ..
The ES80 provides a very good level of performance, with detailed highs, a solid midrange, and particularly good bass performance, The ES80 performs well over all kinds of music material classical, jazz, rock, vocal, etc, and can play loudly without breaking up, The ES80 looks terrific with or without the grills, and comes in two different wood finishes in addition to Black,
The ES80's top end may take some getting used to, especially with rock and electronic material, where it sometimes provided too much of a good thing, The ES80's midrange sounded a little hooty on vocal tracks, The ES80 needs very good quality power to perform its best, and suffered with budget receivers or amplifiers.
The JBL ES80 provides a high quality, interesting blend of sonics and cosmetics. The sound bookends a detailed, sometimes hot top end with a fast, punchy, extended low end, and delivers a versatile midrange with very minor artifacts. As with any speake...
