Price: $139.99
(as of Dec 08, 2024 04:21:10 UTC - Details)

With its Quadrex grille, custom leather-like enclosure, and premium aluminum frame, the stunning retro design of the JBL Authentics 200 makes a statement in any room. And so does its superb sound, with amazing clarity and deep bass. Plus, with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa available simultaneously, you can get hands-free help at home.
Superb sound and performance: Fill any room in your house with stereo sound. The 25mm tweeters bring out the details in your music, while the full-range 5” woofer & 6” passive radiator deliver deep bass, ensuring you'll get the perfect audio balance.
Inspired by retro design: JBL Authentics 200 is inspired by JBL heritage designs for a look that fits in any room, with superior JBL sound. The speaker's aluminum frame, leather-like enclosure, and Quadrex grille show the attention we paid to each detail.
Music streaming services via built-in Wi-Fi: Experience everything from podcasts to internet radio in high definition. Or stream music throug AirPlay, Alexa Multi-Room Music (MRM), Chromecast built-in, and Spotify Connect for interruption-free streaming.
Intuitive controls and JBL One app: Personalize your audio with on-speaker controls that adjust volume, bass & treble levels. Use Alexa or Google Assistant to control your device with your voice. Or use the JBL One app for even more customization options.
Seamless Bluetooth pairing: Seamlessly share playlists by pairing the JBL Authentics 200 with any Bluetooth devices.
Multi-room playback: Place multiple JBL Authentics speakers throughout your home for your next gathering. Using the Google Home app or Amazon Alexa app, you can set the mood in every room by connecting two or more speakers to a single playlist.
Automatic self tuning: Get great sound anywhere you want. The speaker automatically calibrates and optimizes audio performance for every location each time you power it up.
Reviewer: jarble
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Shocking audio performance
Review: To give a bit of background I am an audiophile (a lover of music) and take my music quite seriously. I run some serious hardware from meze elite epoque headphones to legacy signature speakers. I say all this to give a bit of credit to my background on sound and knowing where a good set of transducers can take you.I recently changed my bedroom audio setup to move my floor standing speakers (old wharfedale diamond 9.5's) to acomidate my tv. This had the drawback of removing them from my echo and I needed a solution to provide the room with "good enough" audio that the little echo just could not muster. So I started my search for a new all in one voice assistant but did not want a second set of tower speakers in the room so I looked at the usual suspects. The echo studio, sonos, etc but none of them had what I was looking for when it came to sound quality. Enter the jbl 500 it was not on my radar at all but I stumbled across it in my searching. It had mixed reviews with an emphasis on the size of the speaker. Now for me coming from a set of tower speakers size was not the limiting factor. So I ordered one and had it at my door in no time at all. This guy was well packed and had a good presentation my only complaint is that the bass driver is exposed and you have to be cognizant not to put a finger through it as you lift it out of the box. This speaker has a good amount of weight for its size and feels well built. Physical setup is a breeze with one power cable and you are done. After that you need the app which is not the best but definitely not the worst I have used. In the app you will connect it to your wifi and then setup your voice assistants. This guy supports both google and alexa with the former being very easy to setup and the latter being a oddity. The google setup punched right in like any other google home device and setup was a breeze. The alexa app on the other hand just opened to a spinning circle with no errors. After contacting tech support I tried everything under the sun to get it to take and somewhere along the line fixed it. I am not sure if it was a wifi bug or just needed to run in for some time but after I tried the next day everything popped right in no problem.Now on to the sound... good golly this was not what I was expecting! This guy goes to show what modern tech has brought to the table vs my older diamond speakers. I started it on some tash music because I was not expecting much from this guy but what came belting out from this box was clean powerful sound. My first stop was "the used - in love and death" and there it was a musical tonality that I would described as playful or V shaped. The bass was plentiful but not overwhelming, solidly in the fun category but not drifting into bloated or slow territory. In short it sounded good, darn good... better than it had rights to sound given its size. So intrigued I switched from background music to my analytical music section to see if this was some kind of fluke. I popped on one of my favorites the live copy of "Fink - troubles what you are in" and gave this speaker my full attention. This speaker did not shirk from my critical ear as the acoustic guitar was crisp and you could distinctly pick out the difference between the sounds of his palm on the wood vs the cajon. I was gobsmacked, baffled, dare I say impressed. I tossed the kitchen sink of all the greats (steely dan, daftpunk, pinkfloyd, etc) at this box and it continued to impress. I was left wondering if I toss the diamonds in favor of picking up another one of these it is THAT GOOD. The fact that a single six inch driver could come even close to the range that four drivers of the same size is witchcraft.I love the sound profile that this uses with the heavy V shape. To me this is one of my favorites as it sets the toes a tapping and head a bobbing more than that holy grale flat profile. I would compare this to the fiio FH9 as something that I turn on and go "that sounds right" no tweaking or changes it just sounds like my ideal of what I want from music.If you made it this far into the review I commend you! If you just scrolled to the end for the TLDR buy it you wont be dissapointed.

Reviewer: Stephen Sherrard
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sounds good and my wife likes the way it looks!
Review: Not cheap, but a great sounding speaker for the size. Of course, you're not going to get a stereo image out of a single speaker, but it sounds good for what it is. We have it on the counter in our kitchen, and I use it while cooking and eating. More than powerful enough to be heard over the super loud downdraft exhaust fan on our stove when cooking. I'm a recording/mixing/mastering engineer, so I'm picky about sound. Sure, this is not as good sounding as my studio monitors, but it serves its purpose and is much less expensive and smaller than my studio monitors.I'm using primarily Amazon Music which it has built-in support for (among several other services), and there are no issues with that for the most part. Once in a while I have to login again to my Amazon account. Or, on rare occasions, this speaker gets disconnected from the network, but is easily fixed by simply unplugging and plugging in again. It does have a wired ethernet connection if you want a more reliable network connection, but I didn't have an ethernet port nearby and the wifi signal where the speaker is located is not great.The main reason I got this type of speaker is that it streams directly from the services via WiFi, as opposed to a cheaper Bluetooth only speaker that would use the lower quality Bluetooth audio format. So, with Amazon Music HD, you can get at least CD quality, lossless audio, which is important to me. You can set it up for Alexa to use voice commands to start streaming from Amazon music, or you can use the Amazon Music App on your phone to connect to the speaker and stream in HD (as opposed to Bluetooth), as the speaker will still do the streaming itself and the phone is just the interface. The JBL One app is nice for setting this up and for control volume and such, but it misses out on some features of the Amazon music app, such as the ability to shuffle a playlist.

Reviewer: Malcolm MacPhee
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Purchased 2 on sale and use as a secondary system in the house in stereo mode. They are excellent! Great bass, mids and highs!After numerous models I have finally settled on this. The ease of use and superb sound quality as well as the retro look made the decision easy. Not cheap but well worth it if you appreciate sound quality above all. I did not want the battery model....I have others for portable use and the size is perfect.Having the wifi option was a dealer maker for me! Playback from Tidal in FLAC is much better than Bluetooth!If you are willing to spend the money, 2 in stereo mode is incredible.....don't hesitate.

Reviewer: Marco
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: La verdad es un buen altavoz, tal vez algo caro, pero para mí lo vale. El hecho de que lo pueda enlazar por wifi sin necesidad de conectarlo por bluetooth es mucho más práctico, y en fiestas o reuniones solo es necesario poner la aplicación que más te guste de streaming y transmitir, rápido y sencillo.El sonido está bastante detallado, me gusta que el bajo sea profundo, sin llegar a lo exagerado, igualmente lo puedes modular con sus botones. La construcción y su apariencia es un punto a favor.

Reviewer: John
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: These speakers pack a punch. I only need to keep the volume at 20% and the sound fills the room. Excellent frequency range. I like how it has knobs to adjust treble & bass. I did have a bit of interruption when using the AirPlay mode from an M1 Macbook but that might be from my WiFi connection. Playing music via Bluetooth was fine. Using the AUX input was much more reliable.

Reviewer: angel salvador lopez vazquez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Muy buena bocina la authentics 200 , gran sonido , buen diseño y se conecta muy fácil a internet

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: JbL has a reputation for making good subs, at least they made the best when I was in school 99-2000. The speaker is heavy and seems well made, should be for the price.. but all in all I’m quite happy with the performance