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Just wanted to give an update. Got the speakers and powernode and I couldn't be happier. Sounds fantastic. The powernode has plenty of juice and I don't come anywhere close to max volume because of my small space. I love that the powernode has the hdmi eARC, bluetooth, and bass/treble control...

Yeah after much deliberation, I'm going with the Bluesound. It has all the functionality I need, has stellar reviews, and is significantly cheaper. This is my first system and I don't need to be splurging. Also I have 30 days money back guarantee on the blue sound, in the off chance that I don't...

And now I've discovered the BlueSound POWERNODE (N330, 2021) which seems to be very well reviewed. Its inconspicuous, has the minimal connections I need and is a 3rd of the price. This is my first system and I'm thinking maybe I should start small. I can afford the more expensive options but...

The dealers emphasized the tonal qualities of matching speakers and amps as being extremely important. I know that is fairly subjective but, can any broad generalizations be made about tonal qualities of Cambridge vs Arcam?

So the Harmon guy is giving me a really good deal on the SA30 with the L100's. I'm kind of 50/50. The evo 75 looks beautiful and has bluetooth. The SA30 has more power, comes with room correction, but isn't nearly as nice to look at and oddly comes without bluetooth. I would imagine the SA30...

Listened to the JBL's today and they were beautiful. The bass was fantastic and every sound was crystal clear. And it wasn't even lossless audio! Just apple music airplay (couldnt get the Apple music lossless to work). It was a tiny listening room, even smaller than my living room. They were...

That was my original thought. I won't be listening loud enough for it to matter how powerful the amp is, as long as its within that 25-200 range specified by JBL. I find this whole process to be very confusing and everyone has different opinions. Maybe they'll have some different powered amps...

Pestered the JBL engineer a bit more and his final answer, for what it's worth, was it would be a "disservice" to power the L100 classics with anything less than 175W. So I'll probably get the Evo 150 or the arcam SA30. $3000 US is already more than I'd like to spend so I'm not spending a...

Nah I love the L100's. Love the big woofer and want floor standers. I'll probably move to a bigger place at some point and I want these to be my speakers for a long long time. But I have to like them when I listen to them before I pull the trigger. I emailed the folks at cambridge and they...

Thanks for the responses! I started this search looking at towers and there are so many good options. But I like the look and big woofer of the box speakers. I did consider the Klipsch Heresy and Forte but I just really like the way the JBL's look and I remember those Maxell adds when I was a...

Hi everyone! I am building my first system. After hours of online researching and really getting nowhere, I finally found the speakers I want, The JBL L100 Classics. I love the way they look and like the history behind them. All of the reviews of sound quality are great as well. I have an...