Jbl Tr225 Review

SO there I was in the studio the other day doing a session with some local musician (local to southern New Hampshire) and of course what happens when we are all actually inspired and having an unusually hot recording session? The speakers act up of course what else would you expect? That's what prompted us to look for some badly needed new speakers but we as a group were undecided which ones would be the best.

We finally settled on the JBL TR225 two way loudspeaker. We had used JBL's before but they were a little expensive and when one of them went down the stairs one day by accident we replaced them with some bargain priced speakers that I won't name here. I was always a little unsatisfied with those bargain priced speakers because they always sounded a little flat to me and the low end had some distortion albeit it was faint. The other guys said I complained too much but after a year of using them even they started to hear what I was hearing all along.

It takes time to develop a musical ear and it's a different story altogether when it comes to the critical listening skills you need to develop when working with studio monitors. You need to be able to hear when the response is flat or the very high end is too sharp. I was really happy with the JBL TR225's right from the start because they are everything I like in a studio monitor. Great low end which is immediately noticeable to even a non critical listener. These use much less power as well which is something kids don't think about but the rest of us who pay bills...we care about that.

I looked into the JBL TR225 to see what made them so perfect for studio recording and it seems it has something to do with the transducers they use. For instance in this model they use two fifteen inch low frequency transducers and a compression driver. Don't forget this is a two way speaker. The crossover frequencies are nice and smooth due to the filters in the woofers which are low pass. I'm not too technical which has always been a weakness of mine but that pretty much sums up the little tricks JBL are using with the TR225.

It's kind of rugged too as it has sonic guard protection circuitry (called SGPC) which is trained to protect the speakers during bombastic performances. This is another area in which JBL is innovative as compared to their peers. The other guys use tweeters to act as a stitch which can be the cause of sound meshing or smudging. With the SGPC that JBL uses the smudging is eliminated by maintaining consistent power supply to the speakers.

I believe this is a brand new line for jbl and it certainly is innovative. I really can hear the difference in sound and for some reason the jbl's are more durable it seems to me. I don't plan on dropping one down the stairs to test that durability (again) but they really do seem to last. They get my hassle free approval you could say.

By: Edgar Allen Lees

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