\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudio monitors made for real rooms.<\/p>\n
Your bedroom isn\u2019t a treated studio, and the best monitors know it. Neither is your lounge room, your spare room or the corner of the garage, and these monitors don\u2019t mind.<\/p>\n
JBL Professional<\/a>\u2019s new 3 Series MkIII range is built for rooms like that: a desk, a wall close behind and not a bass trap in sight.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the biggest redesign of the 3 Series so far. The drivers and waveguide are new, a front-firing port keeps the low end predictable when a monitor sits near a wall, and new Class D amplification brings more headroom and less noise.<\/p>\n The waveguide is designed to give a stable stereo image and a focused centre, so mix decisions feel less like guesswork.<\/p>\n The bit worth caring about is the room controls. Four one-touch settings let you bend the sound to suit the desk and wall you\u2019ve got, with 81 combinations to choose from and no complicated setup.<\/p>\n The balanced combo inputs take an interface or a mixer without fuss.<\/p>\n The range starts with the 5-inch 305P MkIII, steps up through the 6.5-inch 306P and the 8-inch 308P, and adds a 10-inch 310S subwoofer that reaches down to 26 Hz.<\/p>\n Mounting points on every full-range monitor mean a stereo pair can grow into 2.1 or surround later.<\/p>\n Start with the 5-inch, and add the sub when the neighbours start learning your lyrics.<\/p>\n