Arena 130

Product Specifications

General Specifications

Weight (kg): 6.1

Recommended Amplifier Power: 20 - 125W

Weight (lb): 15.4

Audio Specifications

Crossover Frequencies: 2kHz – 18 dB/octave

Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms

Frequency Response: 55 Hz - 40 kHz

Sensitivity: 87 dB

Dimensions

Height (in): 15

Width (in): 8-17/32

Depth (in): 10-5/8

A high-performance loudspeaker at a cost that isn’t earsplitting.

There are things in life that remain both powerful and affordable. Case in point: the new JBL Arena 130 bookshelf loudspeakers. Who but JBL engineers could devise a loudspeaker where high-performance sound, high-definition imaging, and high-modernist elegance go hand-in-hand at a low price? The Arena 130’s 7” (178mm) polycellulose woofer and 1” (25mm) soft dome tweeter combine to deliver standard-setting performance that’s both ultra-powerful and ultra-lifelike.

Inspired by JBL’s legendary M2 Master Reference Monitor

High Definition Imaging (HDI) waveguide technology takes its cues from the legendary JBL M2 Master Reference MonitorComputer-optimized driver positioning and network integration result in ideal performance and lifelike soundstage imagingProven acoustic superiority through rigorous testing and real-world evaluation

Signature JBL loudspeaker performance

7-inch (178mm) polycellulose woofer brings room-filling JBL sound to all your music, TV shows, movies, and console gaming1-inch (25mm) soft dome tweeter provides clean, powerful highsExperience standard-setting accuracy with TV shows, movies, and games

Understated, contemporary look and feel

Contemporary cabinet shape with angled side and top panels provide a sophisticated, modern lookSoft-touch paint around the transducers and on the waveguideAvailable in black and white finishes with minimalist grilles and brushed metal trims

An audio powerhouse at an affordable price

The perfect trifecta of JBL power, precision, and affordable pricing.

Just one part of an even more powerful system

Intended for use in conjunction with the entire series of JBL Arena loudspeakers: 2 floor-standing speakers, 2 bookshelf speakers, 1 center channel speaker, and 1 subwoofer model.

FAQs & How-Tos

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My speakers can handle more power than my amplifier is putting out, yet I keep blowing them. Why is this happening?

There are two ways to blow speakers. The first is the one we all know and understand. If you pump 500 watts into a speaker that is only rated at 100 watts, kaboom, it blows up. As a result, very few of us do this. So then why are all of these poor, helpless speakers blowing up? Because of the second reason, under-powering. It's really a misleading term, but let's try to explain. First let's take it to the maximum. Example: You have a 1000 watt speaker and a 100 watt amplifier. The way you like to listen to music requires 300 watts. Typically, you will ask your amp to put out that 300 watts that you want to hear. The amp will do it, but it will clip and distort. Unfortunately, the human ear can't hear distortion until it reaches almost 10%. By that time it's usually too late. The speaker keeps trying to reproduce this distortion that it's not capable or reproducing and eventually it blows (usually the tweeter fails first). If you are blowing speakers with an amp that has a power rating lower than your speakers, you are pushing your amp too far, causing it to clip, and blowing speakers. If you are pushing your system too hard, it is suggested that you realize your systems limitations or recommend that you get a more powerful amplifier. Please realize, if you only buy speakers that will handle more power and not a more powerful amplifier, you won't solve the problem. The speakers will still blow, because it is distortion that is blowing them, not too much power.

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