JL Audio hifi subwoofer match for my system


My McIntosh MA8950 is connected to a pair of Sonus faber Olympica Nova IIIs in a 3000 cubic foot listening room where I listen mainly to jazz and classical music.  I am considering a pair of JL Audio e112 subwoofers.

Please comment on whether those subwoofers are sufficient for the size of my listening room, and are a good match for my system.

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Showing 4 responses by upstateaudiophile

I strongly recommend against a JL Audio sub. Everyone on here told me to not get them, I had the JL Audio Fathom 12in (2 of them) and one was broken on arrival. Sound quality was terrible and both were returned. Martin Logan has sounded best to me. Trust the advice on here, JL is terrible. 

@m-db at least 5 years. I was so disappointed especially for how much they cost. The Martin Logan’s that were 1500$ each integrate with my Wilson speakers perfectly and have been flawless. Someone on here said “friends don’t let friends buy JL”.

@m-db that’s good info you provided. I used ARC Genesis and PBK. On JL I did professional in home mini-dsp as well as DARO bypassing the mini-dsp to compare.  The ML setup crushed the JL one. And we’re talking a 3-4k setup vs like 11k. It was shocking yet I know we did the setup correctly and I did it again and again to confirm. 

@inthesticks 

I had asked people on here about JL Fathoms and was told by so many people to not do it due to poor build quality. I always wanted JL and etc and did it anyway. Wow, what a waste of my money. 1 was dead on arrival and buzzing, the other one could not get dialed nicely despite using REW and professional integration. Thankfully my dealer worked with me to return them. My Martin Logan Dynamos pair perfect. Sometimes cost isn’t the end all for a system.