1940’s
NYLON
STOCKINGS,
FILM NOIR,
THE DAWN OF
AUDIO.
James B. Lansing,
who led the team that first
brought sound to movies, strikes
out on his own, founding JBL.
Among the company’s first
products is a high-frequency
transducer that’s still being
used by audio professionals
today, unchanged after more
than 60 years.
1950’s
BLUE SUEDE
SHOES,
MCCARTHY,
THE ELECTRIC
GUITAR.
The JBL brand
becomes the clear choice in studio
and theater sound. Leo Fender
chooses the JBL D130 transducer
to amplify his electric guitar. The
pioneering JBL Hartsfield speaker
introduces true high fidelity to
homes everywhere.
1960’s
MUSCLE CARS,
WOODSTOCK,
®
SPACE.
The legendary
4320 speaker is introduced, and
becomes the definitive studio
monitor of its day. After the
Woodstock
®
festival in 1969, JBL
equipment becomes standard at
rock concerts around the world.
1970’s
POLYESTER,
WATERGATE,
SATURDAY
NIGHT FEVER.
®
JBL studio monitors are ranked
Number One by
Billboard
magazine. And the L100, a
consumer version of the 4320,
is introduced, bringing JBL Pro
technology home for the first time.
The L100 becomes one of the best-
selling speakers of the decade.
1980’s
MIAMI VICE,
®
MASTERS OF THE
UNIVERSE,
®
MTV.
®
The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences chooses JBL
components to introduce 70mm
Dolby
®
stereo in showcase
theaters. JBL titanium diaphragms
and Bi-Radial horns are introduced
in professional studio monitors;
these technologies will soon
appear on the home front.
1990’s
GEN X,
DOTCOMS, DVD.
THX
®
theater installations are
dominated by JBL speakers, while
near-field studio monitors take
the lead in 5.1 and 7.1 sound
mixing and mastering. And the
JBL Simply Cinema
®
system, the
original “one box” home theater
solution, is introduced.
TODAY
THE FIRST NEW
PRODUCT SERIES
CREATED IN
CELEBRATION
OF THE JBL 60TH
ANNIVERSARY.
JBL LS Series loudspeakers put
classic high-end JBL technologies
to work, bringing breathtaking
new life and depth to home
entertainment in all its forms.
A 60-YEAR LOVE AFFAIR WITH
MOVIES AND MUSIC.
Woodstock, Saturday Night Fever, Miami Vice, Masters of the Universe and MTV are trademarks of their respective companies in the U.S. and other countries
and are not associated or affiliated with Harman International Industries, Incorporated.
THE ARCHITECTS.
The LS Series is the work of a team of talented engineers and designers led by Charles Sprinkle, JBL systems engineer, and
Daniel Ashcraft, chief creative officer of Ashcraft Design.
A lifelong audio enthusiast with a particular interest in compression transducers and horns, Sprinkle worked as an engineering intern
at Harman International prior to receiving his degree in 2003. And although he’s a relative JBL newcomer, he already has a number of
innovative systems to his credit, including JBL Cinema Vision
™
, Venue
®
, JBL Cinema Sound and JBL Control NOW
™
. For the LS Series,
Sprinkle developed an improved horn design and new low-frequency transducers to achieve his goal of acoustical integration.
Sprinkle worked closely with Daniel Ashcraft, who as head of his own design firm has played a key role in JBL industrial-design
efforts for more than 20 years. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design, Ashcraft co-developed the legendary JBL Project
Everest DD55000 system in 1986 and the original Project K2 S9500 in 1988, as well as their successors, the K2 S9800 in 2000
and the Everest DD66000 in 2006.
With the LS Series, Sprinkle and Ashcraft have succeeded in creating a visually stunning loudspeaker system with exceptionally lifelike,
effortless sound.
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