DON'T BUY THIS!!!!!!!!!!
Written: Nov 29 '03 (Updated Nov 27 '04)
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Pros: Great bass when it worked.
Cons: Amp burnt out twice, junk.
The Bottom Line: PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT IT WILL BREAK ON YOU AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE A DECENT END TABLE FOR YOUR 300 DOLLARS.
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| baum500's Full Review: JBL PB12 Subwoofer Speaker |
THE AMP HAS NOW BURNT OUT ON ME TWICE AND NOW JBL WON'T HONOR THE WARRANTY. MY AMP BURNT OUT THE FIRST TIME JUST OVER A YEAR OF THE PURCHASE. THE REPAIR SHOP FIXED IT AND SAID THAT JBL CAME UP WITH A MODIFICATION FOR THE AMP. WELL A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER THE AMP BURNT OUT AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY SAY IT IS PAST JBL'S WARRANTY AND IT WILL COST $200 TO FIX IT. THIS SUB IS A BIG WASTE OF MONEY AS NOW I WILL HAVE TO USE AS SOME SORT OF TABLE....I TALKED TO THE REPAIR PERSON AND HE SAID HE HAS SEEN HUNDREDS OF THE SAME SUB COME IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND HE SAID THEY WERE JUNK... HE ALSO SAID TO STAY AWAY FROM INFINITY AND HARMON KARDIN AS THEY ARE BOTH SOME HOW ASSOCIATED WITH JBL. HE DIDN'T HAVE MANY GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT SONY EITHER BUT NOT SURE IF THE STORE EVEN CARRIED SONY. I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR SO I PAID THE EXTRA FOR THE JBL AND BOY WAS THAT A MISTAKE. MY DAD BOUGHT A CERWIN VEGA TWO YEARS BEFORE MY PURCHASE AND THE THING IS STILL GOING STRONG WITH NO PROBLEMS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY JBL I WOULD DEFINITELY BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND PRAY THAT IT KEEPS ON WORKING BECAUSE I AM NOW LOOKING FOR A NEW SUB WHICH WILL COST ME ANOTHER 300 TO 400 DOLLARS. PLEASE TAKE MY ADVICE AND DON'T BUY ANY JBL PRODUCT.
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Amount Paid (US$): 369.00
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