Are JL Audio’s Primacy Speakers the Future of Stereo?

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider and SoundStage! Access editor Dennis Burger to discuss the remarkable technology behind JL Audio’s new fully active, DSP-optimized Primacy loudspeakers, including the three-way T6 tower and two-way T3 standmount model. Do these highly integrated speakers point toward the future of high-end audio, or are they a radical detour from traditional hi-fi thinking? Along with debating the concept itself, the group also digs into Doug’s early listening impressions and what makes these speakers so different from most of today’s high-end designs. Sources: “JL Audio’s First Hi-Fi Speakers Rethink Stereo—Primacy T6 and S3” by SoundStage Network: https://youtu.be/m2yuMHwr8TQ?si=rpIeewakT7ulK7Ja Chapters: 00:00:00 Announcement 00:00:36 Introductions 00:03:06 The rumours of JL Audio’s demise… 00:16:47 A radical approach? 00:23:08 We can’t show, but we can tell 00:26:08 Yeah, they cost that much! 00:27:40 The real future of real high-end? 00:32:48 Achille’s heel or nah? 00:33:45 OK, but do they even sound good? 00:42:28 Outro music: "Flying Above the Sun" by Yehezkel Raz feat. Sivan Talmor