JBL Northridge E30 2-Way 6-Inch Bookshelf Speakers, Pair (Black Ash)

by JBL

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 8.9 x 12.5 inches ; 16.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 42 pounds
• 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: B0000E6S0Y
• Item model number: E 30
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,532 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Northridge E Series E30 loudspeaker is a top performer and an excellent choice for a bookshelf stereo system at home, in the office or in a college dorm. Or, combine it with a Northridge E center channel and subwoofer to create a compact high-quality home theater system.

The E30 performs like a pro, with technology developed by JBL’s Professional division. Equipped with JBL's tried-and-true titanium-laminate tweeters and PolyPlas woofers, the speaker reproduces high notes with extreme clarity. The lows and mids, assisted by the FreeFlow flared port, are loud and clear, without unwanted distortion or boominess. The Elliptical Oblate Spheroidal (EOS) waveguide ensures that every seat is the best in the house for sweet music and intelligible dialogue, or for just rocking out. Since the transducers were purpose-designed to work together harmoniously, JBL's simple Straight-Line Signal Path (SSP) crossover network divides the signal with minimal processing (and minimal opportunity to degrade the signal). Dual sets of sturdy gold-plated, 5-way binding posts enable bi-amping or bi-wiring. With the high and low frequencies isolated, the E30's transducers can reproduce their frequency ranges more efficiently and with greater accuracy. The computer-designed, lock-mitred cabinet virtually eliminates distortion, and its slim European profile won’t overpower your room.

The E30 is available with an attractive Black Ash, Beech or Cherry finish.

General Features:

• Maximum Recommended Amplifier Power: 125 Watts
• Power Handling (Continuous/Peak): 70 Watts/280 Watts
• Impedance: 8 Ohms nominal
• Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 88dB
• Frequency Response (–3dB): 50Hz – 20kHz
• Crossover Frequency: 4000Hz
• High-Frequency Transducer: 3/4" (19mm) Titanium-laminate dome, shielded
• Low-Frequency Transducer: 6" (170mm) PolyPlas, shielded
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 15" x 8-3/8" x 12" (381mm x 213mm x 305mm)
• Weight Per Speaker: 16.3 lb (7.4kg)

Product Description

Wish you could afford that great pro JBL sound? The Northridge series may just satisfy your yen for audio excellence at a price you can afford! JBL's leading edge research into sound, hearing and speaker design have allowed them to create these moderate price loudspeakers -- with anything BUT moderate performance! FreeFlow flared port Straight-Line Signal Path Network Maximum recommended power - up to 125W Nominal impedance - 8 ohms Sensitivity - (2.83V/1m) - 88dB Frequency response - (-3dB) - 50Hz - 20kHz Crossover frequency - 4000Hz Gold-plated, 5-way binding posts, bi-wirable Dimensions - 15H x 8-7/8W x 12-1/2D Weight per speaker - 16.5 pounds Finish - Black Ash Price is for two speakers

Customer Reviews

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding value, October 12, 2004

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Gregory E. Smith (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JBL Northridge E30 2-Way 6-Inch Bookshelf Speakers, Pair (Black Ash) (Electronics)

Guests who hear the music playing in my living room, immediately start looking for the big floor speakers. I love pointing to these little speakers and telling them "These are what you are listening to!"

These speakers have bright highs and a solid bass with real punch! They produce a sound much like large floor speakers without the footprint. I great buy! I highly recommend them.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blockbuster Bookshelf Speakers!, November 18, 2005

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Jeffrey W. Nicholas "Romatic In Utah" (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JBL Northridge E30 2-Way 6-Inch Bookshelf Speakers, Pair (Black Ash) (Electronics)

I took a chance on these JBL E30s based in part on the reviews, then the price, and it paid off!!! As a past "audiophile high end snob" but now retired and on a VERY limited budget--for the money--the JBL E30s really respond to my HK AVR20 II's high-current output with clean definition, fast attack, and a surprisingly deep bass response even without the subwoofer turned on.

I thrive on acoustic instrument sound such as the Concert Grand piano solos (via Pro Piano CDs) or with orchestra, guitar solos/duos etc., The Moody Blues LPs, Tomita's electronic transcriptions of the classics, THE MIGHTY WURLITZER theatre organ (George Wright LIVES!), Big Band recordings and the like and want it accurately reproduced when I listen--either SERIOUSLY (in that seated "sweet spot") or as background sound when I'm moving about my digs catching up on my household chores. These speakers do it ALL. They handle the subtle nuances of Debussy or thunderous whomps from The King Of Instruments and sonically dynamic works like Rite Of Spring easily letting me bring out my old LPs--hearing them all over again as "new" adventures on my vintage turntable while I anticipate the arrival of my new Audio-Technica AT-PL120 Professional Direct-Drive Turntable (professional grade AR cartridge included!) and all from A'.com at remarkably reasonable prices. This site's a great place to find what you want without going bankrupt.

If you're looking for a highly capable and responsive pair of bookshelf speakers, I feel you can't go wrong the the JBL E30s. For the money, they're AWESOME.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great speaker value --lower cost, higher performance, November 2, 2006

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King Lemuel "Trust, but verify" (Puyallup, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JBL Northridge E30 2-Way 6-Inch Bookshelf Speakers, Pair (Black Ash) (Electronics)

I recently began upgrading my home audio by buying at Ebay 2 pairs of JBL E20s and 1 Pair E30s, an E25 center speaker and a Harmon Kardon AVR. I got the first pair of e20s a week ago and the 2nd pair of E20s and the E30 yesterday and the remaining stuff should be delivered by the weekend.

The E20s and E30s are listed as "Bookshelf Speakers." The E20s ARE bookshelf speakers. As I wrote in my review of the E20s, the E30s can only be thought of as bookshelf speakers if you last name is Kong and your first name is King! The E20s are heavy at 7lbs each, not flimsy little boxes as some cheapo bookshelves are. The E30s are HEAVY. HEAVY! 16 lbs each. (That is what my 7 qt lodge cast iron dutch oven weighs!) They are 15 inches high and 12 inches deep. They need to be placed on small end tables or speaker stands 18 to 24 inches off the floor.

I am very pleased with both the E20s and E30s. For small speakers, the E20s have some oomph and can be cranked up. The E30s have OOOMMPHHHH. They WANT to be cranked up. Yesterday I tried them out by listening to my mp3 files of the Animals Singles and Paul Revere and the Raiders Kicks. When cranked up, the E30s sound at least 1000% better than the the E20s. I hooked them up to my vintage JVC AV receiver circa 1989 that has 80 watts front and 20 watts rear power. At a little over half volume my ears began to hurt. You can really feel the bass and the drums kick.

I also listened to about 2 hours of The Doors via Rhapsody with the audio out from my computer to the audio in on my receiver. I have been listening to this music since it was first played on the airwaves back in the 60s. The E30s are simply incredible! They brought some very familiar tunes to life and made them new and fresh.

My biggest surprise with the E30s is that they sound very good at lower volumes, not as good as the E20s, but still very good. As I write, I am watching/listening to a DVD of Vivaldi's 4 Seasons concertos performed by Herbert Von Karajan, the BPO and Anne-Sophie Mutter on fiddle and am running the E30s and E20s at about 15% volume--pretty low since the 4 speakers are sharing the front 80 watts of my receiver. Yet I can still HEAR everything at low volumes including the resonating violins and the harpsacord. Since we normally do not rock the house down all the time and we do often listen at lower levels, I am very pleased at how good they sound without having to blow out my eardrums.

I bought the E30s for under $90 including s/h. Back in the early 80s or late 70s I spent more than four times this amount (adjusted for inflation) for 2 large, heavy Advent Loudspeakers with 8" woofers. The E30s clearly sound better than I ever remember the Advents sounding including better bass response, and I liked the Advents! Over time, our audio choices have gotten better and cheaper. You still can spend mega bucks and buy a $10,000 McIntosh system (or even drop that much on a turntable magnetic cartridge as I saw at one website!) It all depends on what your budget is. The JBLs are a great value offering tremendous perfomance for those who are budget minded.