JBL seems to be picking things up a bit more, phasing out their last model series on their site ( all on sale ) making way for their new versions of the IEMs
No more cheesy look, they must have worked on their sound I would guess also. The price of these new things has gone up a fair bit so is this an indicator of better quality sound???
Anyhow what struck me as seriously impressive looking is the new JBL Synchros
S700 Premium cans ( die cast aluminum and steel ), there is a smaller
S500 over-ears and smaller on-ears
S300 also.
Interesting thing here is that they
also have some DSP thing that with the press of a button makes it seem like music is on stage. Of course turn it off to go " passive " whenever you want.
JBL being a division of Harmon ( AKG ) who knows what they have come up with here now..
CERTAINLY THE R&D budget is definitely there for them.
Actual site
http://www.jbl.com/estore/jbl/us/products/S700/SYNCHRO%20700_JBL_US there's the two new iems also=
S200a and
S100a
Amazon review for what its worth really.
S700
http://www.amazon.com/JBL-Synchros-S700-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B00FF9FI26
S200a premium iem:
http://www.amazon.com/JBL-Synchros-S200-Headphones-Universal/dp/B00FF9FQ2I/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1384145805&sr=1-2&keywords=jbl+s200a
and a
brief impression from in here.
S700
http://www.head-fi.org/t/688137/jbl-s700
another thing to keep tabs on
Sure look a whole heck of a lot different than their recent "intro" stuff. No comparison AT ALL .