Lew Crippen
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I’ve not ever done an A/B comparison on the Acoustic Research/JBL speakers in question, so it is pretty interesting to read Phil’s comments. Thanks for that Phil.
Now, going forward about 2 to 3-months after this audition, Sound & Vision verified what we all heard when they published the Objective Benchmarks (by Tom Nousaine) for the AR HC6,...Interesting numbers indeed—are the NSP1 numbers also from Tom Nousine? I assume that they are, as the format is familiar.
One question about your comparison: ‘which sub did you use with the NSP1s, or did you opt out of the sub altogether?’ Whatever you answer, this is not a challenge to you methods, I’m just curious.
Is there a difference in price point right now as to this two configurations? Assuming the JBLs are lower (which I infer from your post) I am amazed that a package can come it at under $300 (with a sub) with those reported response numbers and also your review.
By itself, I’d not be disturbed at the response numbers of the HC6 package, simply due to the $300–$400 price, which is really quite modest.
Finally I agree with Brett as to room size and either speaker configuration—not a criticism of either JBL or Acoustic Research, as neither was designed to fill moderately sized rooms with a lot of sound.