Customer Reviews

JBL HTI6 2-Way 6.5-Inch In-Wall Speakers, Pair (White)

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I've got two pairs of these speakers installed in my house. One pair in my home office, and one pair as part of a fair to middlin' home entertainment system.

In the entertainment center, they're the front pair of speakers. They're powered by a yamaha receiver and coupled with a yamaha sub and jbl center channel, and polk rear speakers. Everything is pretty mid-range - I'd say the entire setup (front, rear, sub, center, receiver) was between $1200 and $1300. This all sits around my 50" panasonic plasma (which I love).

In the home office, they're the only speakers in the room - roughly 15 x 20. They're driven by the same receiver that's part of the entertainment center.

All in all, I'm very happy with them in both settings. I'm not an audiophile by any stretch, but every time I've got the system going, I'm just blown away by what I've been missing. I really never have the chance to turn it all the way up to 11, but sports, music, movies, whatever I'm listening to, it is all is just really, really nice crisp, clear, full sound.

Finally, installation was as simple as I could imagine it. I just sketched the outline onto my wall, used a dremel to cut out the shape, and plopped them right in. Mucking with drywall is messy, so a helper holding a vacuum cleaner up close is highly recommended. But, I couldn't imagine how they could have made it easier. I didn't, nor do I plan on, painting the grills. They look fine in my off white walls as is.

As an aside, I bought some low end JBL 2600s way back in the day - probably 1990 or 1991, and they're still going strong and sounding good in another part of the house. So, I've got past experience with their low/mid range stuff lasting.

These JBL speakers are fine if you're looking for stereo sound coming out of your TV/entertainment system. The performance will fall short if you're expecting BOSE quality sound. The nice thing about these JBLs is that they are constructed of good quality materials which should last a good time. The directional tweeters are a nice touch so you can point them to a particular spot in the room. They also provide a decent bass so you don't really need a subwoofer.