JBL Radial Reviews: iPod Speakers


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Score: 8.8/10

49 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This Speaker scored very high on image quality. It scored poorly on portability. “Excellent sound quality & design” David, Hove View all 49 real customer reviews

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Real customer reviews

49 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
95% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (49)
Battery life8.2
Design9.3
Ease of use8.6
Image quality9.0
Portability7.3
Range of features7.8
Sound quality8.9
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.8
Overall rating8.8
Music lover (1)
Other (48)
 

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Score 9.0/10

David, Hove

+ Excellent sound quality & design

- Tricky remote control lets it down

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Catherine, Edinburgh , “Live for the music!”

+ Sound quality is brilliant! everything I expected and more. A little expensive but is worth the money if you want the quality. Says that it doesnt charge iPhone or iTouch but I've found that it charges both!

- The remote is quite simple but thats being really picky! Overall they are fantastic

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Nov 2008

Score 7.0/10

Cathy, YORKSHIRE , “nothing”

+ the look of it

- getting the ipod in is a pain with the circular part on top in the way

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10 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Feb 2008

Score 9.0/10

christopher, dunstable

+ Excellent sound from this unit. very good deep base tone. it looks great and you can tell its quality built. takes all ipods.

- none so far.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Nov 2008

Score 10.0/10

Steve, Sunderland

+ The sound is fantastic from something so small, better than some decent hi-fi systems! Looks very modern but blends in with any furniture style. A must for any ipod owner - very few people would be disappointed with it!

- Could do with a digital radio added for the same price, then it would be pretty close to value for money

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Feb 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great sound

- Can't use with battery

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Nov 2008

Score 10.0/10

julian , boscastle

+ Excellent sound, even at low volume, good looks, easily portable, useful remote control,

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Nov 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Excellent sound quality for a speaker of this size, fantastic design

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Dec 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks great, sounds fantastic

- only runs off mains

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

Paul, Bury

+ Excellent sound reproduction, superb clarity with plenty of bass at low volume. Best sound I have heard - better than the Bose system (and I thought that was good until I heard the JBL!). You can even plug a personal DAB radio into it (lead supplied) and listen in superb sound.

- There is a menu facility, but the only display is on the i-pod, so you have to be close to read it. I very rarely use the menu facility - I just plug and play, as I like to shuffle.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Sound quality
Size

- None

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great sound and stylish

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Dec 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Sound quality is superb

- On / Off switch inconveniently positioned to the rear of the unit.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Feb 2007

Score 8.0/10

Stuey, Stoke-on-Trent

+ Sound is clear with good volume. Charges ipod even if switched off. Looks good.

- On/off switch fiddly to find. Remote is a bit of a disaster with a lack of instructions.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Feb 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Nice design, looks good. Very good sound quality

- Base unit does not always pick up the remote control

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Dec 2008

Score 9.0/10

Carolyn, Hampshire

+ Stylish, amazing sound quality.

- Reviewer left no comment

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 May 2008

Score 10.0/10

Nigel, Tenterden, Kent

+ The design of the JBL Radial makes it a cool addition to any decor and being a compact unit blends in very well, particularly the white version. The sound quality is fantastic and the thumping bass it delivers along with the subtle mid-tones suits all types of music. If you want this unit to play at your party then you won't be disappointed as it will reach a very high volume, distortion free too. The remote is small yet stylish and whilst it may take a bit of time to get used to all its functions, be it speaker or iPod controls, it does all it needs to do. After much research into iPod speaker systems I am really happy I bought the JBL Radial. It is a very good system that delivers quality, distortion free sound at loud volumes in an attractive, affordable package. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

- Nothing worthy of note.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

Geoff , Cardiff , “I love my music.”

+ Looks great and sounds great. Easily fills a room with good quality sound. Has done away with my stereo. I strongly recommend this product. I would say the best on the market today!

- The on off button is situated at the rear of the unit, and is a little bit awkward, shame it was not put in the front for easy access.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Tracy, Poole

+ Fantastic sound quality, and awesome base, provided by the fact the speakers cover a full 360 degrees. The design is fantastic, and looks very stylish, and it is very easy to move to another room, or the garden

- The only problem I found is the preset volume, you can't set your own volume and so I found that one setting wasn't load enough, but that the lext level up, was too loud.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Mar 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

+ QUALITY OF SOUND

- ON/OFF POWER SWITCH AT REAR.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Stuart, Shrewsbury

+ Good looking, stylish and excellent sound.

- Difficult to hide the mains cables from view depending on where you place it.

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purchased 07 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good looking & good sound

- AC DC lead is a poor fit & falls out sometimes when moving it. Struggled to work out the remote control but can use the IPOD itself so not a problem.

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purchased 06 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ The sound quality is unbelievable & the sleek, compact design will fit in with anyone's décor. These speakers are one of the best purchases I've made and are worth every penny as far as I'm concerned. I 100% recommend these as a definite purchase for any ipod or indeed PC/Laptop owners.

- The one niggling thing is that there's no gradual progression for increasing/decreasing the volume. It goes up (or down) in segments & as the ipod's own volume control is not a factor then this may annoy some people but I mainly use the speakers with my PC so can easily adjust the volume to my liking. It's not a major problem at all but one worth noting.

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purchased 10 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

paul, newcastle

+ size not to big perfect for my conservatory

- none

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purchased 11 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Martin, Maidenbower

+ design, great remote once you have got your head round it

- only one but a big one, the volume steps are to great you need the steps to halved at least. for te dinning room it's either to low or over powering. such a shame. Also independant base & treble adjustment would be very handy.

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purchased 27 Sep 2009

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Product Features

Number of Speakers 1
Speaker Type Single Case Speaker System
Wireless Speakers Wired
Subwoofer No
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