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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, Inc.
Among the company’s first
products is a high-frequency
transducer that’s still being
used – unchanged, after more
than 60 years – by audio
professionals.
BLUE SUEDE
SHOES,
MCCARTHY,
THE ELECTRIC
GUITAR.
The JBL brand
establishes itself as the clear
leader 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.
MUSCLE CARS,
WOODSTOCK,
®
SPACE.
The legendary
JBL 4320 is introduced, and
becomes the definitive
studio monitor of its day.
After Woodstock in 1969,
JBL equipment becomes
standard at rock concerts
around the world.
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.
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. And
Bi-Radial
®
horns and titanium
diaphragms are introduced
in JBL Professional studio
monitors; these innovations
will soon find their way to the
company’s home products.
GEN X,
DOTCOMS, DVD.
JBL equipment dominates
THX
®
theater installations.
JBL near-field studio monitors
take the lead in 5.1- and
7.1-channel-sound mixing
and mastering. And the JBL
Simply Cinema
®
system, the
original “one box” home
theater solution, is introduced.
AMERICAN IDOL,
®
HDTV, JBL ES
SERIES.
The higher
sampling rate of new high-
definition digital sources
pushes consumer audio
beyond the limits of the
human ear, and the ES Series
captures it all, with UHF
drivers that extend
performance beyond the
usual 20kHz to the ethereal
realm of 40kHz.
1940’s
1950’s
1960’s
1970’s
1980’s
1990’s
TODAY
FROM MOTION PICTURE SOUND
TO HI-FI TO HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO:
A BRIEF JBL HISTORY.
HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO WITH
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS.
THAT MOVIE SURPRISE THAT SCATTERED YOUR POPCORN?
Chances are, the JBL team had something to do with it. With the hyperrealistic sound you hear in the
majority of THX,
®
Dolby
®
and DTS
®
theaters worldwide. With the mixing and mastering of vast numbers of
music recordings and soundtracks. With the way audio professionals listen to sound at work. Now,
the high-definition ES Series brings all that JBL expertise to your home.
