DITCH Your Soundbar for THIS? JBL Stage 2 and MA710 Review

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00:00 JBL STAGE 2 260F REVIEW
00:50 JBL MA710 AV RECEIVER REVIEW
02:48 NEW JBL STAGE 2 SPEAKERS (260F, 250B, 245C and 200P SUBWOOFER)
04:41 JBL STAGE 2 SPEAKER SETUP
07:00 JBL MA710 ROOM CORRECTION – EZ Set EQ
09:49 JBL STAGE 2 SOUND QUALITY
14:04 JBL STAGE 200P SUBWOOFER
14:41 WHAT’S GOING ON? + COMPARISONS
16:15 JBL STAGE 2 vs SONOS, SONY, SAMSUNG, ELAC & more
17:49 JBL MA710 vs Onkyo/SONY/Pioneer RECEIVERS

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[oldsnwbrdr]

Andrew, your honesty is so refreshing. If you have to wire the system you’re not going to draw the soundbar people. Somebody has got to be working on a higher end floor standing wireless system that operates like the HTA9.

[carryin_on]

This is the most negative review I can remember Andrew doing. Good for you, I think it’s healthy for a channel to be honest about a sub-par product, especially from such a big brand. Sweeping it under the carpet does the consumer a disservice. Bravo sir!

[prestoncline]

Always appreciate your honest and detailed reviews

[tylerflores]

Already watching! Thanks guys and have a wonderful weekend!

[ClemFandango]

We need more white components. I think they are handsome, they give me Proceed/Levinson vibes.

[PaulXMann]

Bought the 510 AVR from this JBL series and it was the most difficult receiver set-up process I've ever experienced. On top of that, once I was finally successful, it sounded terrible. While it looked great, it had literally nothing else going for it. I had the system boxed-up and a return ordered the same day.

[jsackett]

Total of the JBL system is $2010.(both towers, center, sub, and receiver) Total for the Elac bookshelves, matching center, Klipsch SPL100 sub, and the RZ30 receiver is $2300. Save up the extra $290.

[davidjudd]

Andrew, your honesty on reviews, is refreshing.

Thank you.

[AlsoKnownAsAndrew]

This is really unfortunate for a company of JBL’s reputation. These speakers and the receivers really looked good in photos and on paper. Thank you for publishing it, so many reviewers will refuse to tell us if a product is lousy under the guise of “not wanting to be a negative channel” whatever that means.

[phillukk]

Great review as usual but these JBLs make us enjoy our system that much more! 😂 oh and I’ve noticed the new monitor audio golds in the background … patiently waiting for a review 😁

[dragonstone]

I was just going to comment that I'm dying for you to review the new Monitor Audio Gold 100 6G until I saw it in the background. hehe Nice! Finally 😃

[piedpiper]

So what is a good system for ditching a sound bar?

I game on a HTPC and was thinking of making the switch

[TrevorAllenTech]

I used a MA710 for around a month right after it was released. It constantly had issues with network streaming despite having Ethernet plugged directly into a high end router. I’d be able to AirPlay songs for 20 - 40 mins and then it’d glitch out and completely disconnect from the network - even the JBL premium app couldn’t discover it. Power cycling didn’t help, nor did the network reset function in the unit. I had to keep factory resetting the unit and the same thing would happen after 20 - 40 mins of network playback. Exchanged it for a Marantz and have no issues.

[ScottyR]

Thanks for the video. I’ve been wondering about this system for quite a while. I really appreciate your videos. Keep it up.

[dhowting]

glad I have a Denon 😂😂😂 All the white components are SUPER BEAUTIFUL though!!

Don't be afraid of manually setting up your system!! It's intimidating at first but just take your time, measure your distances and set your crossovers using your speakers' lowest frequency response +/- 3db values(I set mine 10-20 Hz ABOVE my speakers lowest value so my AVR doesn't send a signal lower than they can reproduce). Then set your levels by sitting in the middle of your room and entering values that make your speakers sound at the same level.
It's not easy but not hard either....then listen to a bunch of content and make small adjustments while watching different styles of movies and music.

[CButti-xs]

Good Sunday morning A&K. Sounds like JBL completely swung and missed with this on every level. Looking forward to Live this Friday. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

[oiygfdxssfgg]

Good video, I sure would like to hear what you say about the WiiM ultra streamer.

[RichardNielsen-kbgt]

It's refreshing with these honest reviews, it gives perspective and credibility to your channel.

Autch JBL...

[nuthis_stuff]

Good morning folks! Just another great vid, of course. Listening on my newly acquired Kef Q 950's ( one word: luxurious!)