JBL LS Series brochure A 60-YEARLOVE AFFAIR WITH MOVIES AND MUSIC, The Architects

A 60-YEAR LOVE AFFAIR WITH

MOVIES AND MUSIC.

1940’s	1950’s	1960’s	1970’s	1980’s	1990’s	TODAY
NYLON	BLUE SUEDE	MUSCLE CARS,	POLYESTER,	MIAMI VICE,®	GEN X,	THE FIRST NEW
STOCKINGS,	SHOES,	WOODSTOCK,®	WATERGATE,	MASTERS OF THE DOTCOMS, DVD.		PRODUCT SERIES
FILM NOIR,	MCCARTHY,	SPACE. The legendary	SATURDAY	UNIVERSE,® MTV.®	THX® theater installations are	CREATED IN
THE DAWN OF	THE ELECTRIC	4320 speaker is introduced, and	NIGHT FEVER.®	The Academy of Motion Picture	dominated by JBL speakers, while	CELEBRATION
AUDIO. James B. Lansing,	GUITAR. The JBL brand	becomes the definitive studio	JBL studio monitors are ranked	Arts and Sciences chooses JBL	near-field studio monitors take	OF THE JBL 60TH
who led the team that first	becomes the clear choice in studio	monitor of its day. After the	Number One by Billboard	components to introduce 70mm	the lead in 5.1 and 7.1 sound	ANNIVERSARY.
brought sound to movies, strikes	and theater sound. Leo Fender	Woodstock® festival in 1969, JBL	magazine. And the L100, a	Dolby® stereo in showcase	mixing and mastering. And the	JBL LS Series loudspeakers put
out on his own, founding JBL.	chooses the JBL D130 transducer	equipment becomes standard at	consumer version of the 4320,	theaters. JBL titanium diaphragms	JBL Simply Cinema® system, the	classic high-end JBL technologies
Among the company’s first	to amplify his electric guitar. The	rock concerts around the world.	is introduced, bringing JBL Pro	and Bi-Radial horns are introduced	original “one box” home theater	to work, bringing breathtaking
products is a high-frequency	pioneering JBL Hartsfield speaker		technology home for the first time.	in professional studio monitors;	solution, is introduced.	new life and depth to home
transducer that’s still being	introduces true high fidelity to		The L100 becomes one of the best-	these technologies will soon		entertainment in all its forms.
used by audio professionals	homes everywhere.		selling speakers of the decade.	appear on the home front.
today, unchanged after more
than 60 years.

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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