Open Box JBL PRX835W Powered 15" 3-Way Full-Range Main System Level 2 197881341220

Fell in love with these cabinets the moment they were unboxed. Dropped on top of the 800 series subs, plugged 'em in and done! The mids changed everything for our sound tech. Super easy to dial in....

Was skeptical after a bad experience with the JBL PRX 735's very poor build quality. The 835's seem to have improved on that. The sound of the 735's was great as are the 835's and the 835 also have a 3db increase in max SPL which is substantial. I do agree that the gain needs to be turned to at least 3 o'clock for a very good volume, but that was explained by the techs that JBL lowered the default DB level for protective issues of inexperienced users. They are made to go 3 - 6 o'clock without overstressing the amp. I have a band and ran them just above 3 o'clock all night and they were barely warm. I really like the 90-degree dispersion and it IS REAL. We played in a weird room that had a T-Bone shape and i went to the farthest end off to the left and the sound and vocals had NO DROP OFF !! Amazing! That 90degree spread is why I chose them over the SRX 835s and I also chose the EV ETX15s over the SRX 815s. Extremely happy on both counts. I will update on the 835 build quality after a few months. So far so good!

I am a JBL customer since 1990's, have had the previous version prx712 and 735, I now have upgraded to prx812w and prx835w and am very pleased to switch over. JBL keeps improving their equipment very smartly. I love JBL quality, features and durability, I have never had any issues to date with any of these professional speaker systems, as long as you take care of them they will work and be ready. A few side notes, in these versions they took away the standby feature and red front light and cleaned up the rear panel, however the line/mic button/green light is now has 3 attenuation levels which are not fully described in the manual. 1st position attenuation is line level no light, hold button to get the 2nd attenuation blinking light, hold button again to get the 3rd attenuation solid green light. I experimented to find this out after the volume levels were different when I hooked up the prx800 series to my mixer as compared with the prx700 series hooked up next to it. In other words the volume setting knob on the prx800's vs the attenuation level on the blinking light mode are set differently than on the prx700 series FYI. So when setting up the prx800 series know that the same levels set from your previous prx700s are a little different settings to get same volume, you will see what I mean. No issues just slightly different model a little extra features they give (although the 2nd position is no where in the manual). Danna Pro Stage Keyboardist