Jamo Speakers

[sub780lime]

Anyone familiar with this brand and are they any good?

[Iguana Man]

I've never listened to them and don't recall a lot of talk about them a few years back when researching speakers. I think Klipsch may have bought Jamo, but don't qoute me on that.

What model were you looking at anyway? Certainly not their $14000 top of line ones....

Anyway, here's a review of the 803's.

[firestorm]

I auditioned a pair, before I bought my Paradigm Monitor 7s, two years ago. I don't have a particularly "well developed" ear, and I had to trek 20 minutes between stores (and generally on different nights), it was hard to pinpoint the differences in sound. I wish I could remember the model, but the store owner was offering the floor models to me for around $450 for the pair. Given the price, I was fairly impressed and considered purchasing them.

This model sported decoupled tweeters. It's obviously difficult to say exactly what they sounded like, 2 years after the fact, but those tweeters were touted as being less bright and less harsh than the more common metallic (platinum and titanium) tweeters. If I had listened to some Van Halen on them, I could probably comment better. I guess I preferred the more lively sound of the Monitor 7s though, and I thought the 7s were a better looking and better built speaker. They're also HUGE compared to the Jamos. But, the 7s were also more than $200 above the cost of the Jamos.

If the owner (it's a very small shop) has a priced equivalent to the 7s, my decision *may* have been different.

[sub780lime]

I'll have to find a place to demo them. I can get them at a discount so I am considering a center speaker since I need the replacement.

[Iguana Man]

Originally Posted by sub780lime

I'll have to find a place to demo them. I can get them at a discount so I am considering a center speaker since I need the replacement.

So you have Jamo mains? If not, what besides price is your interest in not keeping things up front (most critical IMO) the same?

[sub780lime]

Quality for my money really. I can get the Jamo at 40% so if I pay a similar amount as the other centers I have been looking at, but be able to take a step up in quality, I will do that.