I just got talked into buying these by my Sweetwater salesman. He says the JBL's have "flowing out like water".  What reviews I've found have all been positive.  I went for the 8" over the 5" as I've been having trouble with the bass mixing on my current Samson Resolv 6.5a speakers - Mixing on the Samson's many times resulted in too much bass; knowing that I try to compensate but its been "hit or miss" and on the miss ones, its back to remix.  Hopefully the 8" speakers will help with the low end mixing.
 
The Samson's have also developed some High Frequency distortion, so it is time to replace them.  I can hear some high frequency or intermodulation distortion on the speakers that I do not hear with my studio headphones, or in mixes played on the PC's sound system/speakers.
 
Any thoughts on the JBL's?

JBL speakers are transducers and will not kill your ear even after hours of listening.
JBL has new headphones that will not kill your ear even after hours of listening.
JBL has speakers that make you want to listen to music.
JBL has speakers that can be 30 years old and still work and not affected by the atmosphere.
JBL has speakers that are used for the PA system at the Blues Club.

 And JBL has a subwoofer that handles 800 watts and 5000 watts peak and kevlar impregnated cone. May stop bullets if you have to hide behind them.
 
 

All I know is what I've been able to read. Supposedly, the tweeter design is the thing. It's a design brought forth from their new gazillion dollar main monitors that has a wide field. It's supposed to give you a wider 'sweet-spot' so you can move around a bit behind the mixer. How that translates to these smaller monitors, I'm not sure, but the selling price seems to be OK.

The speakers came in today and they have been installed.  Big improvement over the Samson's I was using. Along with hearing the bass better (and being able to mix the bass better) the mid/HF seems to have more definition, too.

A few years ago the same Sweetwater salesman would have been talking you into Tannoys or ADAMs. But Tannoys are no longer cool and Sweetwater had a falling-out with ADAM (the owner of the company used to pose in front of his ADAM S3s in his own home studio for the catalog) and don't carry the line anymore.
 
Even at a class outfit such as Sweetwater, salespeoples' recommendations are based on margins, manufacturer incentives and overstocks. This particular model is a fairly new product, so I'm sure the sales force is being strongly encouraged to move them, probably because Harmon is offering high-margin incentives to get the launch off to a strong start.
 
But that doesn't mean they won't do a great job. I like JBL gear, and you're right about 8" woofers helping to get the bass right.

The guy I deal with is a straight shooter and not just a "salesman".  He hasn't led me wrong in the 6 years I've been dealing with them.  He has even got me help from the Sweetwater tech staff on a ProTools problem and I didn't buy it from them.
 
As a side note about Sweetwater, the singer client I'm currently working on a CD project for is from Ft Wayne.  Her husband's daughter in law's brother is the private pilot for the owner of Sweetwater.  And another coincidence he sits next to my Sweetwater sales contact.
 
 

oops, sorry

I just noticed that they are on sale for $398 a pair at Musician's Friend.
 
Michael

I don't have those but I'll replace mine in-kind if and when.
 
The model I have had a chemical breakdown with the cabinets. My warranty had expired
but JBL replaced both cabinets.
I had to pay shipping but even so- they were there and they resolved the problem.
 
First class company IMO and probably some very nice speakers.
 

I just finished (Saturday) my first 10 song CD project for a female singer.  I always had problems with the bass (too much usually) with the old Samson Resolv 6.5a speakers.  With the new JBL's, the bass on ALL the songs was perfect.  I didn't have to go back and remix any of them!