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https://www.musicdirect.com/speakers/JBL-K2-S9900-Tower-Speakers

Lord knows I'd like to hear them.

Look at the cabinet dimensions! it's like 30L, or something. definitely not enough room for that woofer to do anything really below 60Hz.

But hey, they go to 50kHz!

Also says, "Low Frequency Extension: 33Hz" ...

LOL @10dB down. 33 Hz would hit like a room temperature bag of limp dicks.

I would not doubt it. My JBL LSR32's have a large 12" woofer and it rolls of at 54Hz. They do it for mid clarity. It is worth it.

I think it's the norm for high efficiency speakers. Sub bass is overrated anyway.

I leave the bass to my stereo subs.

Hoffman’s Iron Law: High sensitivity, low bass extension, or small box size - you can only have 2 of 3. JBL obviously going for the high sensitivity and smallish box route.

Hmm, interesting. And I guess maybe the big Altec VOTT speakers don't really do sub-bass either. Anyway, I can see horns like these as a destination, and I have the subs.... And maybe they need subs. Just surprising to see a modern, $$$ speaker roll off that high.

My system has dual 15" subs and 14" woofers in the mains and it rolls hard below 60hz. Sounds good anyway. Frankly I actually prefer the sub bass presentation out of a good pair of headphones, but speaker mid- and upper- bass is quite satisfying

Almost anything with a port will have that low end roll off, especially with such a small volume cabinet.