JBL 306P MkII Review

JBL's 306P MkII are the perfect home studio speakers for up-and-coming creators.

Flat; revealing sound; Wide; dynamic soundstage; Elegant design; Incredibly affordable

Low-level amp noise

JBL 306P MkII review

We’ve been emphatic supporters of JBL’s budget studio monitors since we first spent time with the company’s LSR305 active studio monitors in 2014. With a shockingly wide stereo image, seriously flat response, and the ability to reproduce bass frequencies well beyond what we’d normally expect from speakers their size (and price), we’ve been recommending the mighty JBL line to anyone looking for a killer pair of budget studio monitors for years now. JBL has since refined the speakers to create the new 3-series MkII line. We tried the middle model in the series, the 306P, and we’re happy to report that these speakers are even better than their predecessors — and that’s saying something. As far as we’re concerned, the 306P MkII are among the best sounding studio monitors you can buy at their astonishingly low price point, and even well above it. Unlike some competitors in the space, which aim to influence sales with flashy boxes at Guitar Center and other big box stores, the 306P MkII arri...

Flat, revealing sound; Wide, dynamic soundstage; Elegant design; Incredibly affordable;

Low-level amp noise;