JBL 5.1-Channel Surround Cinema Speaker System with 10-Inch Subwoofer SCS500.5

by JBL

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 20.2 x 23.8 inches ; 63.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 66 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0012LKJ48
• Item model number: JBL SC500.5
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,677 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

JBL SCS500.5 -- Hollywood Sound without a Hollywood Price

The Sound That Professionals Have Chosen for More than 60 Years
Have you been to a movie or gone to a concert recently? There’s a good chance that you were enjoying the show on JBL loudspeakers. For more than 60 years, JBL has been the loudspeaker brand of choice for recording and theatrical professionals around the world. JBL engineering, power, clarity and technical accuracy are legendary, and today’s high-resolution digital media demands nothing less than loudspeakers that can handle their sonic range. So why not enjoy your movies or music on loudspeakers from the company that likely helped to mix and master them? With JBL speakers, you can enjoy the thrill of the show or the excitement of a live concert--all right in your own home.

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The JBL SCS500.5 speaker system delivers the high performance sound of systems far more expensive View larger

Hollywood Excitement, JBL Style

JBL engineers have designed the Surround Cinema Speaker systems to deliver JBL’s famous high-performance audio at a price anyone can afford. As the flagship speaker package in the line, the SCS500.5 delivers the exciting sound that today’s home theater experience demands in an elegant design that will look at home in any listening environment. The SCS500.5’s sleek, black satellite speakers look superbly stylish, and the powered subwoofer delivers extreme output from an attractive enclosure. And when it comes to installation flexibility, the SCS500.5 is a great value. Unlike other speaker systems at its price, the SCS500.5 includes a tabletop stand and omnidirectional wall-mount brackets for each satellite. If you prefer floor stands, optional aluminum stands that hide all the wires are also available (sold separately). And finally, optional satellites (sold separately) are available so you can even build your SCS500.5 into a state-of-the-art 7.1-channel speaker system to take advantage of today’s advanced high-definition surround-sound formats.

Rich Sound Delivers All the Excitement of Today's Music and Movies

Great sound starts with incredible clarity and a rich, natural midrange--a profile the SCS500.5 satellites have been built around. Using the latest breakthroughs in speaker design along with state-of-the-art engineering facilities, JBL’s audio wizards have crafted the SCS 500.5 satellites for incredible performance and value.

Titanium is both extremely rigid and light weight for crystal-clear sound

Titanium Tweeters Deliver all the Detail
Half-inch titanium-laminate tweeters re-create all of the high frequencies you hear in your favorite movie or song. Titanium’s strength and light weight make it perfect for quickly and accurately reproducing high frequencies from music and movies without strain or distortion. Each tweeter sits in a patented EOS waveguide. The waveguide ensures that the SCS500.5 disperses high frequencies widely and uniformly. Simply put, the SCS500.5 satellites spread smooth, high-frequency sound over a large listening area.

The midrange woofer does not bend or flex, providing distortion-free sound

Lightweight Midrange Woofers Make Vocals Sound Rich and Smooth
The SCS500.5’s rigid, dual 3" midrange drivers are both strong and lightweight. The cone is so strong that it does not allow the unwanted bending or flexing that causes harmful distortion. Being lightweight, it can easily stop and start as the audio signal from your music or movie does. The result is rich, precise sound from any medium or source. Unlike many other speaker systems at its price, the SCS500.5 benefits from the extra attention that JBL’s engineers have paid to the critical center channel, which delivers dialogue and other vocals. They have built it with the same dual-woofer design as the other satellites, so voices sound especially clear.


The 10" Powered Subwoofer Will Shake Your Walls
Bass is king, and it can be the critical difference between a good-sounding loudspeaker system and a great one. When it comes to low frequencies, you want bass that is detailed and accurate but can also pack a powerful punch that can shake the walls. The SCS500.5’s 10-inch subwoofer has both strength and light weight, so it reproduces bass effortlessly and with maximum impact. Its 150-watt on-board amplifier delivers all the power that a subwoofer needs to get the walls shaking, while the level control allows you to customize the subwoofer’s performance to your taste. What's more, its striking design makes this subwoofer fit easily into virtually any room.

Tabletop stands make perfect speaker placement easy

Quick and Simple Installation

Whether you’re doing it yourself or a professional is doing it for you, the SCS500.5 is easy to set up and wire. High-quality connections on the back of each speaker allow you to use high-performance speaker wire, while the powered subwoofer uses a line-level LFE (low-frequency effects) connection that attaches easily to today’s 5.1- and 7.1-channel surround-sound receivers. The included tabletop stands fit securely to the back of each speaker, even the center channel. And if you’re using the included wall brackets, you can attach them effortlessly to the back of the satellites. They even allow full rotation, allowing you to precisely lock in the best speaker placement.

What's in the Box
Four SCS500.5 satellite speakers, one SCS500.5 center channel speaker, one SCS500.5 subwoofer, brackets and tabletop stands for all five speakers, and speaker wire

Product Description

JBL Surround Cinema Speaker systems are designed to deliver the high-performance sound that JBL has been known for at a price anyone can afford. As the flagship speaker package in the line, the SCS500.5 delivers the exciting sound that today’s home theater experience demands. And with the JBL SCS500.5, its not just only about delivering the best sound but delivering it with an elegant design that will look at home in any listening environment. The SCS500.5’s sleek, black satellites look anything but typical while the powered subwoofer delivers extreme output from an attractive enclosure.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These JBLs rock the house!, June 20, 2011

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Shelley Gammon "Geek" (Kaufman, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JBL 5.1-Channel Surround Cinema Speaker System with 10-Inch Subwoofer SCS500.5 (Electronics)

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I will first admit - I'm not an expert audiophile - but like anyone, I love good, rich sound. Everyone has had speakers you can't turn up too loud or else you get too much rattle, hum or both - not the case with these babies. Only after we got this speaker system did we realize we needed a receiver - so it took a while before that acquisition. We tried to bypass this requirement - but you simply cannot get anything other than audio from the subwoofer without a surround sound receiver.

The subwoofer is big... as in big enough for an adult man to sit on comfortably in respect to width, depth and height... but the black cabinet it's in is very unobtrusive and is not a distraction in our living room at all.

The included cables are very lengthy to accommodate a giant room. We were able to conceal most of the wires via the moulding around the ceiling - the speakers look nice, and sound AWESOME.

Whether we're watching an action movie or even the news - the sound is just richer. Hearing audio on other TVs now just sounds flat in comparison.

We've turned the volume up as loud as we could stand without shattering our teeth - and there was never any hum or rattle... despite being able to feel the bass in your feet and finger tips when there are explosions, thunder rumblings or sci-fi foley effects.

Our goal in acquiring these speakers was to have better audio for the movies we watch, but the acquisition of a receiver also allowed us to listen to AM/FM via these speakers - and again - rich sound that envelops you.

I've attended in-store demonstrations by company reps for various speaker systems and frankly - I don't think any of those high-dollar systems held that much of an edge over these JBLs. I have a number of JBL speaker sets for computers, and iPods in the house - and the brand has never been a disappointment. The sound quality is not only superb, but the system is very reasonably priced for what you get. My husband sometimes makes it home from work before I do, and when I approach our front door, I can hear/feel the house shaking from the sound - but I am not knocked out onto the porch when I enter - the sound is as much felt as it is heard. It's not overwhelming or deafening at normal levels - but still immersive. You feel like your IN the action when you watch a movie - much like going to the high dollar theater today - without the problems of your feet sticking to the floor.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Uncolored, full-range, very deep bass, good value, March 26, 2008

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Mark D. Janda "Skippermdj" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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From the mid-bass up these are very neutral, uncolored natural sounding speakers. They don't call attention to themselves and allow full enjoyment of the source material. Really good source material sounds fantastic, mediocre material sounds mediocre. No honks, shrieks, buzzes, phony "presence" or harshness. I have heard speakers with better definition that create a better sense of "being there", but always for several times more money.

The bass is something else - in a positive way. Listening to an electric bass or symphony orchestra, the fundamentals are just solid all the way down. The subsonics are amazing for a 10" woofer. The whole room shakes and the sound pressure can be felt in the chest, gut and butt. Adds realism to action/adventure movies and give the kids a thrill.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value, great sound, not ready to use straight out of the box, November 17, 2011

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Olusola (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JBL 5.1-Channel Surround Cinema Speaker System with 10-Inch Subwoofer SCS500.5 (Electronics)

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I've had this system for a few months now and I can comfortably say the sound is awesome for at-home surrond sound. It transmits all the notes beautifully without the jarring effect you get from some other systems when one range dominates the sound. For the list price, this is is a good deal

Only thing to note is that this is not ready to use straight out of the box. I did not realise it initially, but it requires an additional receiver to be able to connect the TV or other home stereo devices. The receivers are not cheap, so expect to pay another $200 to complete the surround sound system installation. I still think the sound quality is worth the additional expense though