Bangers And Brash: Why JBL's New L82 Classic MkII Speaker Rocks The House!

This week Mike and David get their flares flapped by this striking, in-your-face retro standmounting loudspeaker. As you'd expect from any JBL Classic series design, it wins no prizes for delicacy – but it can certainly do dynamics. Super-fast and punchy sounding, it's very different to most modern loudspeakers. All the same, as the guys agree, it won't be everyone's cup of tea... speaking of which... David actually makes Mike a cuppa! Judging by Mike's expression, is this the first one in nearly 5 decades of friendship?

Every episode of Hi-Fi Riff features Mike and David's unedited, unexpurgated views about all manner of weird and wonderful hi-fi designs. Business executive Mike has a wealth of knowledge from previous hi-fi retail experience, and David has written about hi-fi for thirty years. Now Editor-in-Chief of StereoNET, he's picked up a few things along the way.

So relax and enjoy some one-take hi-fi riffing – and please leave your comments below. And don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button, this one goes up to eleven!

The eighties-tastic title tune is called ‘UFO/Mike’s Jumper’, and used with the express permission of our old pal and rights holder Simon Lythe.

To learn more about the new JBL L82 Classic MkII, click on David's StereoNET review here: https://www.stereonet.com/uk/reviews/...

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