Customer Ratings & Reviews

These are a very good value-for-the-money pair of speakers. I was looking for a more budget-friendly, good-sounding, and aesthetically pleasing option for my living room setup. I already have a dedicated HT room, but still wanted something smaller that would blend well with my living room without standing out too much. While it’s not very hard to find good-value, relatively-good sounding speakers, it seems the great majority of them come in some sort of black or dark brown color, and it makes it hard to integrate them into a more modern space. If you want a white/lighter option that still sounds good, you almost have to be ready to spend considerably more, as the great majority seem to go for $500+ per speaker. These were one of very few options of pairs of speakers with good quality, without going north of $500 dollars, and that at the same time would allow you to expand the sound into a full surround, and even Atmos, setup while staying aesthetically pleasing. They won’t shake the room or anything like that, but work really well for a small listening area, and are a great option as surround speakers. They are the ‘smaller’ option in the JBL Stage 2 line of speakers. The Latte/white colors work great for a living room, common area, and/or more modern space. If budget allows, I would recommend pairing these with the sub, the center speaker, and the 250B’s or floor standing speakers from the Stage 2 line to complete a 5.1 surround setup. JBL even has height speakers in the same line for a full Atmos setup. I am currently using the 250B’s as the fronts, and these 240B’s as the surrounds, with future plans to eventually add the sub, center, and height speakers for a full Atmos setup. These 240B’s also include the hardware needed to wall mount them. After using my receiver’s calibration (Audyssey MultEQ XT32 with iOS app), the speakers, combined with the room correction, resulted in a very good frequency response. They won’t work miracles, but the combination of quality, price, and aesthetics is hard to beat. And the good thing about this line of speakers is that, with the right receiver to drive them, you can start small with a simple stereo setup, and little by little add more of the speakers to have a 5.1 surround sound setup, and if desired, eventually complete a full 7.1.4 surround/height speaker setup while all the speakers blend well together sound-wise, and the lighter colors makes them easier to integrate into more modern areas (which would help those with a WAF-Wife Acceptance Factor). Recommended to those looking for a good value set of speakers that (now or later) want a surround and/or Atmos setup but also have a WAF, or simply want a lighter color option for a more aesthetically pleasing look.

Okay for a small room. Sound quality is fine, but the highs and voices seem a bit muddled to me.

Great product with economical pricing. I am enjoying the sound. Bought open box so it was missing screws to bolt the bracket to the speakers.

They're ok. They sounded muffled out on the box but a simple eq made them sound a whole lot better. There's almost zero bass so expect to pair them with a subwoofer.

Small speakers that are quite loud! They have a magnetic cover which snaps on & the cabinet has a vintage look with espresso wood grain finish. Upon installation part of the packing foam inserts were suggested to be placed in the back of the speakers, I hung them on a wall and I’m thinking that maybe they’d be better on a shelf because I don’t feel like the cones move as much with the inserts inside. I don’t feel that they have quite the bass response I was expecting and they seem to distort at any volume that is above medium. I have them connected to a JBL MA310 head unit and I turned the volume to 65, any volume higher than that caused distortion. They sound great though as long as they’re kept below that volume. Crisp, clean sound with an old iPod, I haven’t tried playing a turntable through them yet. They’re nice small, space saving speakers and I do recommend them but if a strong bass sound is what your after I wouldn’t suggest these and most definitely don’t turn up the volume!