Jamo celebrated its 50th anniversary this year by launching the Studio S line, which looks to be intended for the home cinema market – note the four small ‘active’ lugs to take, identify, and drive an upward-firing ATM topper for a Dolby Atmos feed.
The S 803 makes the cut because to Jamo’s claim that it has “excellent stereo sound.” If you are interested in this model, keep reading our Jamo S803 review for more information below.
Jamo S803
Description: Jamo S803 construct a massive sound stage. They have a really open and expansive presentation that many people will like.
About: A lot of high-frequency energy is found in Hamo S803 and we believe it would be ideal for home theater use.
Pros
- Good sound
- Acceptable weight
- Excellent soundstage
Cons
- Bass might be not enough
Design
The Jamo S803 is not your typical box shape. They’re tapered, so they’re skinnier in the front and wider at the rear, giving them a trapezoidal look. They contain a unique connector for placing Atmos modules on top according to our Jamo S803 review.
It has two binding posts: one for the speaker and one for the Atmos module. The rear of the Atmos modules lacks a connection. The pins on the top are used to connect them. If you go that method, you put the module on top of the speaker and connect two wires from the top to the binding post, and you’re done.
The Jamo S803 monitor has a two-way design. On top, we have a soft dome tweeter contained in a small waveguide or horn for you pedantic types. It has a five-inch woofer. This is a woofer made of poly fiber according to our Jamo S803 review.
It includes a slotted front port that allows you to put it closer to a wall. The Jamo S803 speakers look just as fantastic with the grilles off as they do with them on. As you can see, the grilles have a tweed feel to them.
Sound
When you increase the treble, you decrease the bass, and you decrease the mid-range because, quite honestly, a lot of people prefer that sound. For a long time, audio devices have been purposefully spoken in this manner across the headphone market, including in the high-end industry.
So, what does this imply? This is basically what you can anticipate if you bring these speakers home. However, you should be aware that the treble will be enhanced. It’s energetic and has a strong top end according to our Jamo S803 review.
It can’t be a coincidence that the Jamo S 803 sounds a lot like the Klipsch RP-150M given that the companies are under the same corporate umbrella. Both are quick, feisty, and entertaining, thanks to an expanded entertainment gene.
And, by this group’s standards, the Jamo is just as much a Marmite-flavored product of the left field. The S 803 handles things a little differently, as seen by the opening bars of The Night Belongs To Mona.
To begin with, it sounds almost too clean and lean – excellent for intelligibility and structure, but lacking in tone warmth and timbral shading according to our Jamo S803 review.
These characteristics exacerbate a propensity to strip back the luxury, leaving Fagen and company sounding a touch austere and monochrome, while Diana Krall, even at her most meltingly personal, appears strangely cold and icy.
Soundstage
Let’s start with the soundstage, which is one of these speakers’ strong points. The question with inexpensive speakers is typical whether or not they can produce a large soundstage. It’s all about instrument separation.
Can they put objects in that soundstage with precision and give each element its own feeling of space? Most inexpensive speakers aren’t particularly good at it. The Jamo 803s certainly do. In that aspect, they sound like true high-end monitors according to our Jamo S803 review.
Also, there are exposed layers inside the music, something many inexpensive speakers do not accomplish. That, we believe, will be the focus of their presentation. The JAMO s803 does various tasks that are reminiscent of a high-end display.
Bass
The bass will be audible, depending on how you have it set up. That might be a positive or negative thing. Overall, we would recommend this speaker to someone who says, “I enjoy treble.”
Many are looking for something compact but with a lot of power. They are looking for something that sounds spacious. If you tick all of those boxes, you’ll probably enjoy these a lot. However, if you prefer linearity and balance, warmth, or something a bit smoother on top, you’ll probably be happier with something different according to our Jamo S803 review.
Build and Connectivity
A 1-inch (25mm) soft dome tweeter fitted in a waveguide, a 5-inch (127mm) aluminized polyfiber woofer, and a slot bass port is housed on the front panel. The impedance is set at 8 ohms. The S 803 is available in black, white, and walnut vinyl finishes, with magnetically attached fabric grilles. The cabinet is 13.9 by 7.5 by 9.9 inches in size (353 by 191 by 252mm).
The rear panel connection on the S 803 is out of the usual. There are two sets of speaker cable connections, although they are not intended for bi-wiring or bi-amping. The top connections are for use with the optional Jamo S8 ATM Dolby Atmos Module height channel speakers that attach to the top panels of the S 803 speakers.
The modules might be useful for S 803 customers who want to build multichannel home theaters using Jamo’s S 81 center speaker ($150, £156) and J 10 subwoofer ($399, £307).
Conclusion: Jamo S803 [2022 Review]
Are you putting together new stereo music or a small-footprint home theater system? Then try the Jamo S 803s, which include a 5″ woofer and a 1″ soft dome tweeter for clean, natural sound while taking up a little area in your room.
We really enjoy how these small speakers seem without their magnetic grilles – their subtle wood accents give them a new, modern appearance. We hope you liked our Jamo S803 review.