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JL Audio · Primacy · Bookshelf
Primacy S3
$17,500 eachCheck availability ↗
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Product description
The stand-mount of JL Audio's ultra-high-end Primacy system — an active two-way with a 5.5-inch polypropylene mid/bass and a 1-inch carbon-fibre tweeter in a sand-cast aluminium cabinet on an integrated pedestal. 400 W of Class D with per-driver DSP at 32-bit/192 kHz over Dante auto-optimises it to the room. A Garmin-era JL Audio flagship.
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Units
| Type | Bookshelf |
|---|---|
| HiFi ladder position | #292 of 342 bookshelf |
| Power | Active |
| Height | 526 mm |
| Width | 257 mm |
| Depth | 343 mm |
| Weight | 37.2 kg |
| Enclosure | bass-reflex-down |
| Drivers | 1× 25 mm tweeter (carbon-fibre dome), 1× 140 mm mid-bass (polypropylene cone) |
| Crossover frequency | 3000 Hz |
| Frequency response | 36–20000 Hz |
| MAP (USD) | $17,500 each |
| Amplification (per driver) | tweeter 200 W (class D) · mid-bass 200 W (class D) |
| Total amp power | 400 W |
| Max SPL @ 1 m | 114 dB |
| Hi-res audio | 32 bit / 192 kHz |
| Wired inputs | RCA, XLR balanced, Ethernet |
| Streaming / wireless | — |
| Outputs | — |
| Room correction | Custom DSP / app |
| Primary + secondary pair | — |
| Wireless inter-speaker link | — |
| Latency | — |
| Idle power | — |
| Max consumption | — |
| Where to buy | Check availability ↗ |
| Manufacturer | garmin.com ↗ |
| Product page | Open product page ↗ |