A friend told me JBL DD67000 is actually very bad speaker, is it true?

JBL = Junk But Loud 😂

Once you hear a good JBL system, it will match anything. Plane and simple. 

No I'm not currently using horn, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't. Me it's a room size issue. Horns need room. Great horns cost money, to buy and run. A cheap amp, source material or source player will stand out like a sore thumb.. JBL Everest will show every single flaw in equipment, or sound like heaven with a large enough room, acoustics and great gear..

Everest series are wonderful speakers. BIG footprint too... They don't fall over in earthquakes either.. :-)

Regards

"STRINGREEN wrote:

Actually, the big JBL is a wonderful speaker.....VPI uses it for the definitive test for their highest end turntables.

For the record, Harry Weissfeld, the VPI founder, loves our Bob Carver Amazing Line Source speakers so much, he purchased them RETAIL because we stopped production (lost money on every pair we sold--required 400 hand soldered connections on each system), and they are his reference in his home. "

Correction. Harry Weisfeld owns and uses Apollo 12 speakers in his home for personal enjoyment and the VPI house (showroom) has Apollo 9 speakers on permanent display.

At the 2021 CAF show the VPI group exhibited in two large rooms. In one room they were showing the JBL Everest with T+A electronics and an optical cartridge. In the other room they were showing the Apollo 12s with all ARC Ref electronic, their new Avenger Direct-Drive and a new VPI cartridge. When asked by a reviewer which speaker system he liked the best Harry said "I own them both and love them both". He went on to say the JBLs are like a voluptuous full-figured woman and the Apollos are like an athletic super model and then said "take your pick". Obviously to a male group.

I would put my modified Hartsfields up against anything😄

According to him, those Tidal, Kharma, YG, Magico, Vivid G1, Grande Focal and German Physik are truely good speakers, JBL ain't no good...and his reasons: JBL is boxy, horny coloration as hell, zero imaging.

is this true?

It all depends on what one is looking for in an audio system.

If one is looking for that big, dynamic, lively "rocking" sound, the JBLs might be a good choice.

But, if someone is looking for a more detailed, open, more neutral, more accurate (timbre, harmonically), better imaging, speaker, the others will do that better. At a substantially higher price.

As you might have surmised, I agree with your friend.

JBL speakers come of as a bit of a 'blunt tool' to me. They make everything sound as it it is coming from a high quality PA system. They don't get out of the way of the music, they always impart their sound.

Also, I agree, that they offer no real imaging. They create a big wide soundstage, but no real layering, or imaging, within that soundstage.

I have heard: Everest's, Summit's, L100's, and a few more.