The JBL Pro line of speakers are very impressive. I am currently using the LSR6332 monitors, and the LSR6312SP powered subwoofer in the recording studio, and the LSR 6328P powered near field monitors in the Control room at the mixing desk. These speakers sound excellent, have great dynamic range, and power handling capabilities. The LSR6328P powered near field monitors are amazingly clean. These speakers, with room mode correction circuitry built into their internal amplifiers would make perfect surround and rear channel speakers in a nice home theater system. In fact, seven of the 6328P's and the 6312SP powered sub, plus a pre/pro would be all you needed for a great surround sound system, no additional amps necessary.

The JBL 6300 Series speakers are very nice. JBL :: Product Family

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Living Room System: McIntosh C2300, MC601 (2), MCD1100, MS750, MR85, Sony DAT 60ES, Nakamichi BX-300, Micro Seiki DD-40, Ortofon 2M Black, Sonos ZP90, Oppo BDP-83SE Blu-ray, PMC EB1i, Fathom f113 w/ Sound Anchor stand, Power Plant Premier (2), PS Audio Soloist Premier SE (3), Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Kimber 8TC with WBT Solid Silver Angled Locking Banana Connectors.
Studio System: McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MCD1100, MR88, Michell Gyro SE w/SME 309/Ortofon Cadenza Black, Sonos ZP90, PS Audio Power Plant Premier, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario, Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireword Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Wireworld Silver Eclipse speaker cable.
Studio Home Theater System: McIntosh MX120, MC452, Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, JBL LSR-6332 (2), JBL LSR-6328P (3), McIntosh XLS112 (2), Sony 52XBR9, Tributaries Silver IC's, Wireworld PC's.
Vintage: McIntosh MA5100, MR74 tuner, JVC XL-Z1050 K2 CD player, Wyred 4 Sound DAC2, Tandberg 3008A and 3026A, JBL4312A , McIntosh 4300V for deck speakers.

This is a good read. Bob Owesinski's review of the LSR 6300 series JBL speakers.
http://www.jblpro.com/products/recor...ound_01-05.pdf

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Living Room System: McIntosh C2300, MC601 (2), MCD1100, MS750, MR85, Sony DAT 60ES, Nakamichi BX-300, Micro Seiki DD-40, Ortofon 2M Black, Sonos ZP90, Oppo BDP-83SE Blu-ray, PMC EB1i, Fathom f113 w/ Sound Anchor stand, Power Plant Premier (2), PS Audio Soloist Premier SE (3), Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Kimber 8TC with WBT Solid Silver Angled Locking Banana Connectors.
Studio System: McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MCD1100, MR88, Michell Gyro SE w/SME 309/Ortofon Cadenza Black, Sonos ZP90, PS Audio Power Plant Premier, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario, Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireword Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Wireworld Silver Eclipse speaker cable.
Studio Home Theater System: McIntosh MX120, MC452, Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, JBL LSR-6332 (2), JBL LSR-6328P (3), McIntosh XLS112 (2), Sony 52XBR9, Tributaries Silver IC's, Wireworld PC's.
Vintage: McIntosh MA5100, MR74 tuner, JVC XL-Z1050 K2 CD player, Wyred 4 Sound DAC2, Tandberg 3008A and 3026A, JBL4312A , McIntosh 4300V for deck speakers.

Hi, first time poster here. I've read the review you link to, as well as other reviews. What I'd be keen to know is how you find the 6328's compared to the 6332's? In particular, is there much/anything that can be improved on in the 6328's? (I know they measure very well.) No need to mention low end extension as I'm assuming a sub is in place to take care of that.

pi314.......The 6300 series of JBL Professional speakers is an excellent line. I use the LSR6332 speakers (3-way passive) for double duty. Using Speakon connectors, I am able to quickly connect these two speakers as monitors that playback from equipment in my studio control room, or connect them to my MC352 amplifier, and use them as front left and right channels in my home theater surround sound system. The JBL LSR6332 speakers are accurate mid-field monitors that produce a clean audio performance , and can accept plenty of power while creating high sound pressure levels and wide dynamic range. I like them a lot.

The JBL LSR6328P is an active 2-way speaker, bi- amplified, using built-in electronic crossovers with a 250 watt amp on the 8" woofer, and a 120 watt amp on the dome tweeter. The LSR6328P has surprisingly good, deep, powerful bass. Their primary design function is near-field monitoring, but they work very well in a surround sound system as well. I use two at a control console connected to a digital 16 track mixer. In the home theater I use two LSR6328P's for my center channel, and two more LSR6328P speakers, one for left surround, and one for right surround. I also use a JBL LSR6312SP powered subwoofer in the surround sound system. The results are amazing, whether I am watching a movie with dynamic surround sound, or listening to 5.1 channel surround music from SACD's. The full blown JBL speaker set up in the home theater system is thrilling, and produces excellent audio performance for movies and music.

If you don't want to use the larger LSR6332 3-way speakers on the front two channels that will need amps, you can easily run two LSR6328P's on the left and right fronts as well. The LSR6328P's are great speakers in their own right. The two at the mixing console in the studio control room are perfect for that job, and five or six of them plus a subwoofer will create a top notch surround sound system for you by just adding a nice surround processor like the MX120 or MX136.

By the way, welcome to Audio Aficionado.

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Living Room System: McIntosh C2300, MC601 (2), MCD1100, MS750, MR85, Sony DAT 60ES, Nakamichi BX-300, Micro Seiki DD-40, Ortofon 2M Black, Sonos ZP90, Oppo BDP-83SE Blu-ray, PMC EB1i, Fathom f113 w/ Sound Anchor stand, Power Plant Premier (2), PS Audio Soloist Premier SE (3), Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Kimber 8TC with WBT Solid Silver Angled Locking Banana Connectors.
Studio System: McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MCD1100, MR88, Michell Gyro SE w/SME 309/Ortofon Cadenza Black, Sonos ZP90, PS Audio Power Plant Premier, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario, Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireword Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Wireworld Silver Eclipse speaker cable.
Studio Home Theater System: McIntosh MX120, MC452, Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, JBL LSR-6332 (2), JBL LSR-6328P (3), McIntosh XLS112 (2), Sony 52XBR9, Tributaries Silver IC's, Wireworld PC's.
Vintage: McIntosh MA5100, MR74 tuner, JVC XL-Z1050 K2 CD player, Wyred 4 Sound DAC2, Tandberg 3008A and 3026A, JBL4312A , McIntosh 4300V for deck speakers.

Welcome pi314 to AA!

You'll find a good number of JBL fans here, I confess to being one of them! Dan is definitely the man to talk to about the LSR series.

Pete

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Main System: Harmon Kardon T60 TT/Ortofon MC10, McIntosh: MR80, MCD7009 (as transport), MVP841, C40, MC501's (3), Soundcraftsmen: RP2215-R Eq/AS1000 Real time analyzer, DBX 3BX II, Carver C9, SAE 5000, Nakamichi Dragon, Crown SX724, JVC HM-DH40000U, Toshiba SD-394 Combo Player, Sony Bravia KDL-55EX720 3D LED TV, JBL L220A's, JBL B460/BX63A, AudioQuest Diamondback IC's, Terk AF-1 Powered Antenna, Panamax M5100-EX Line conditioner, Integra DBS-30.1 Blu-Ray Player, Wyred for Sound DAC-2 Digital to Analog converter

Florida Room/Studio System: Pioneer PL-L1000 TT/Audio Technica ATS52W2, McIntosh: MR77, C32, MC2205; Hafler DH-500A, Soundcraftsmen RP2215-R Eq, JBL 4313B's, JBL 2241-based Sub, JBL BX63, Cheapie Panasonic DVD/VCR Combo, Sony KV-27FS100 TV, Terk AF-1 Powered Antenna

Master Bedroom System: McIntosh: MX117, MC2125; Soundcraftsmen RP2212 Eq, Pioneer Elite DV-09, Phase Technology PC80 Towers, Hitachi 31CX4B TV, Terk AM-FM Pi Powered Antenna, Panamax 1000

Office System: McIntosh MR78, Crown IC150A, Crown DC300, Carver SD/A-490t, Soundcraftsmen RP2212 Eq, Toshiba SD-394 Combo player, JBL 4401's, JBL PB10 Sub, Sony KV-27FS100 TV, Terk AF-1 Powered Antenna

And just about everything else audio related too.

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AMP's: D'Agostino Momentum's
Pre Amp: Mcintosh C-1000 & C-1000P
Sources: McIntosh MCD-1100 & MS-300, Olive 4HD, SonoS, Pro-Ject 6 PerspeX
Speakers: MBL 111F
Cables: Transparent Ultra MM2 & Reference MM2 & Powerlink MM2x

Yep.... that's a fact, come to think of it! We try, though.....

Pete

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Main System: Harmon Kardon T60 TT/Ortofon MC10, McIntosh: MR80, MCD7009 (as transport), MVP841, C40, MC501's (3), Soundcraftsmen: RP2215-R Eq/AS1000 Real time analyzer, DBX 3BX II, Carver C9, SAE 5000, Nakamichi Dragon, Crown SX724, JVC HM-DH40000U, Toshiba SD-394 Combo Player, Sony Bravia KDL-55EX720 3D LED TV, JBL L220A's, JBL B460/BX63A, AudioQuest Diamondback IC's, Terk AF-1 Powered Antenna, Panamax M5100-EX Line conditioner, Integra DBS-30.1 Blu-Ray Player, Wyred for Sound DAC-2 Digital to Analog converter

Florida Room/Studio System: Pioneer PL-L1000 TT/Audio Technica ATS52W2, McIntosh: MR77, C32, MC2205; Hafler DH-500A, Soundcraftsmen RP2215-R Eq, JBL 4313B's, JBL 2241-based Sub, JBL BX63, Cheapie Panasonic DVD/VCR Combo, Sony KV-27FS100 TV, Terk AF-1 Powered Antenna

Master Bedroom System: McIntosh: MX117, MC2125; Soundcraftsmen RP2212 Eq, Pioneer Elite DV-09, Phase Technology PC80 Towers, Hitachi 31CX4B TV, Terk AM-FM Pi Powered Antenna, Panamax 1000

Office System: McIntosh MR78, Crown IC150A, Crown DC300, Carver SD/A-490t, Soundcraftsmen RP2212 Eq, Toshiba SD-394 Combo player, JBL 4401's, JBL PB10 Sub, Sony KV-27FS100 TV, Terk AF-1 Powered Antenna

Jim.......

Pete.......

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I love this hobby, and have gained a ton of knowledge through the past 40+ years since owning my first real sound system, but by no means do I have a lock on the audio encyclopedia. Both of you gentlemen, and many others here carry very big torches, too. It is fun to share and help others when I can. When I discover that I actually helped someone, it is quite rewarding.

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Living Room System: McIntosh C2300, MC601 (2), MCD1100, MS750, MR85, Sony DAT 60ES, Nakamichi BX-300, Micro Seiki DD-40, Ortofon 2M Black, Sonos ZP90, Oppo BDP-83SE Blu-ray, PMC EB1i, Fathom f113 w/ Sound Anchor stand, Power Plant Premier (2), PS Audio Soloist Premier SE (3), Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Kimber 8TC with WBT Solid Silver Angled Locking Banana Connectors.
Studio System: McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MCD1100, MR88, Michell Gyro SE w/SME 309/Ortofon Cadenza Black, Sonos ZP90, PS Audio Power Plant Premier, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario, Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireword Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Wireworld Silver Eclipse speaker cable.
Studio Home Theater System: McIntosh MX120, MC452, Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, JBL LSR-6332 (2), JBL LSR-6328P (3), McIntosh XLS112 (2), Sony 52XBR9, Tributaries Silver IC's, Wireworld PC's.
Vintage: McIntosh MA5100, MR74 tuner, JVC XL-Z1050 K2 CD player, Wyred 4 Sound DAC2, Tandberg 3008A and 3026A, JBL4312A , McIntosh 4300V for deck speakers.

jdandy and Vintage Pete, thanks for the welcome and the detailed reply

I was thinking of setting up a 4.1 channel system for music and home theater based on four 6328’s. I suppose I was wondering if I’d be losing much by not using 6332’s for the front speakers. In particular, would I be able to play films at reference level without noticeable distortion? (Seating positions would be about 6 to 9 feet from the front speakers.)

jdandy, by the way, why do you use two 6328’s for your center channel rather than just one?

so can anyone tell me how they like the lsr 6332 ? i want to run them as L R and center i have tons of power available and more than capable subs . i have a treated room and run dynaudio speakers now . they sound good but lack spl dynamics . i have tried some pro speakers and they lack alot compared to the dyns . the 6332 seem like a dream on paper . how is the off axis ? the dyns suck you haven to be dead center and thats not good for the theater part . i listen to alot of music also .i cant find any way local to listen to a set (chicago land) .