These Noesis 228HT speakers are worthy of their own thread (as are the Noesis 212HT). They are a new standout product offering from JTR Speakers!!!
There is currently an intro pre-order price through March 15 of $999, $1099 through April 15, and $1199 thereafter.
Specs
http://jtrspeakers.com/home-audio/noesis-228ht/
To give some credibility to why I think these speakers are a great offering. Their big brothers, the JTR Noesis 212HT were staged in a blind test against the very well renowed Salk HT2-TL. Both speakers were similarly advocated for music (6 of 11 blind voters chose JTR). But the JTR ran away with the contest for movie use with 7 of 9 blind voters choosing JTR.
Here was my writeup on that blind test.
http://www.avsforum.com/t/871474/ia-meet/3460_20#post_22789496
Yes that was the big brother - the 212HT. Why do you care about that comparison? Well frankly the Salk HT2-TL are excellent speakers, and come highly recommended by many on this forum.
SOOO? Why bring up the 212HT when you are talking about the little brother 228HT?
Okay - four of us reviewed the Noesis 228HT in Kansas City yesterday. We compared them directly to Jeff's flagship home theater speaker offering the blind test winning Noesis 212HT. What we all confirmed was that both are amazing speakers! The Noesis 228HT were phenomenal for movie use, and excellent for music as well.
Here are links to our reviews.
carp (owner of JTR 212HT)
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1165099/official-jtr-speaker-thread/7260_20#post_22973839
stitch1 (owns SVS speakers)
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1165099/official-jtr-speaker-thread/7280_20#post_22974079
Archaea (owner of JTR 228HT)
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1165099/official-jtr-speaker-thread/7280_20#post_22974582
MrSmithers (owns SEOS Tempest speakers)
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1165099/official-jtr-speaker-thread/7280_20#post_22975010
Pic of the 228HT speakers (left) next to the 212HT speakers (right) at carp's house for the mini shootout
Pic of the speakers in my theater room sitting atop my pair of JTR Captivators (haven't yet got my 228HT center channel)
Here is a newer thread where some discussion on the differences between 212HT and 228HT takes place.
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1499108/212-or-228-for-lcr
Known AVSforum owners of 228HT speakers -- in case you want to PM them with questions:
Archaea
HyperM3
ianick
jbrown
Jedirun
seifer300
rangers
hogues
There is currently an intro pre-order price through March 15 of $999, $1099 through April 15, and $1199 thereafter.
Specs
http://jtrspeakers.com/home-audio/noesis-228ht/
To give some credibility to why I think these speakers are a great offering. Their big brothers, the JTR Noesis 212HT were staged in a blind test against the very well renowed Salk HT2-TL. Both speakers were similarly advocated for music (6 of 11 blind voters chose JTR). But the JTR ran away with the contest for movie use with 7 of 9 blind voters choosing JTR.
Here was my writeup on that blind test.
http://www.avsforum.com/t/871474/ia-meet/3460_20#post_22789496
Yes that was the big brother - the 212HT. Why do you care about that comparison? Well frankly the Salk HT2-TL are excellent speakers, and come highly recommended by many on this forum.
SOOO? Why bring up the 212HT when you are talking about the little brother 228HT?
Okay - four of us reviewed the Noesis 228HT in Kansas City yesterday. We compared them directly to Jeff's flagship home theater speaker offering the blind test winning Noesis 212HT. What we all confirmed was that both are amazing speakers! The Noesis 228HT were phenomenal for movie use, and excellent for music as well.
Here are links to our reviews.
carp (owner of JTR 212HT)
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1165099/official-jtr-speaker-thread/7260_20#post_22973839
stitch1 (owns SVS speakers)
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1165099/official-jtr-speaker-thread/7280_20#post_22974079
Archaea (owner of JTR 228HT)
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1165099/official-jtr-speaker-thread/7280_20#post_22974582
MrSmithers (owns SEOS Tempest speakers)
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1165099/official-jtr-speaker-thread/7280_20#post_22975010
Pic of the 228HT speakers (left) next to the 212HT speakers (right) at carp's house for the mini shootout
Pic of the speakers in my theater room sitting atop my pair of JTR Captivators (haven't yet got my 228HT center channel)
Here is a newer thread where some discussion on the differences between 212HT and 228HT takes place.
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1499108/212-or-228-for-lcr
Known AVSforum owners of 228HT speakers -- in case you want to PM them with questions:
Archaea
HyperM3
ianick
jbrown
Jedirun
seifer300
rangers
hogues