JBL Studio 530 vs PSB Alpha P3

These things make a wonderful sound in a way that others just can't seem to produce and is just hard to explain. The other most important thing to me at least, is that they produced absolutely zero listening fatigue.

As a matter of fact, you wanted folks to see the sweet speakers you had - to understand how much you were into your music. While these are the pygmy cousins to the ginormous tower speakers of that era, they are hardly the teeny-tiny BlueTooth speakers that are all the rage now. These are not meant to be sweetly camouflaged behind a vase. These are meant to be seen and HEARD

This was about a year ago. I'm only up to the E's so far, but oh what a pleasure to be immersed in the glorious sound emanating forth from these wondrous horn-loaded speakers! I've been driving them with both solid state as well as tubed amplification (I change back and forth from time to time as an obsessed audiophile), and the sound is truly high-end. Timbral accuracy, detail, sound attack and decay, well balanced, tight bass, air.

They are clear and detailed and never sound strained. When blended with a decent subwoofer, it all comes together beautifully. When I initially purchased the P3’s, I kept my old Energy speakers as rears but ended up buying another pair of P3s for the rear. Visually, the walnut wrap on the speakers is quite nice

These are exciting speakers to play and they really suck you in. I have Usher, PSB and NHT here and I like these a lot. Sound quality compares well with the NHT Classic 3 overall which were once called the best speakers under a thousand dollars. At the price difference I strongly favor the JBLs and the very tight bass helps make these speakers way more exciting and fun than the NHT

small, well finished, veneers look nice, and the grills are magnetic and easily removed for cleaning (not dust catching fabric either!). The sound to me is warm and rich. While I do have a subwoofer, the bass out of these little guys is substantial and would do fine on it’s own if you were to use them in a small shelf stereo. I’ve watched a lot of TV and listened to a lot of tunes through these already and I can’t tell you how impressed I am

The height is perfect and my wife likes the look of these far better than the old Yahama towers these replaced.

They have a stylish look and fill up a mid-sized room with no problem; again for the power rating of 60 watts pretty decent overall. The compact size allows you to find a spot for them pretty easily and doesn't require a heavy duty wall mount if you choose to do it that way.