Jbl L Series 1985 Catalog

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More than 2100 Indlvlduel loudspeaker components made up the 400,000 Watt JBL sound system bull! to power the rhreeday us Festival" in Southern

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JBL's technical expertise and sonic accuracy makes JBL
loudspeakers the choice of audio professionals around the
world,

Recording engineers depend on their studio monitor
loudspeakers for accurate sound reproduction. Motion picture
sound advancements require even more rugged, wide range
theater speakers. Concert halls need superior sound reinforce-
ment systems for proper amplification. Flock concerts must
have sound systems that can maintain fidelity at enormous
volume levels for hourson end.

In all of these applications. JBL Ioudspeakersystems are the
choice of the professionals. They're the choice of major record-
ing companies including Warner Brothers, Capitol and EMI in
addition to nearly seventy percent of the recording studios
worldwide. They're the
choice of renowned con<
cert halls such as Lincoln
Centers Avery Fisher Hall
in New York; The Kennedy
Center in Washington,
D.C.: and the Mormon
Tabernacle. Salt Lake City.
They're the choice of state-
of-the-art motion picture
theaters throughout the
country. They're the choice
of superstar rock artists
while touring. And theyre
the choice of such major JBL laudspurcr systems are featured

In over 7" of the recardlrrg studios
rook evems as Cal Jam "' worldwide, 1nd relied on for sonlc
where JBL loudspeakers accuracy.

supplied the sound for over 300,000
listeners. and Live Aid in America.
which gathered the largest rock au-
dience in history.

Every speaker in the L" series-
L100T. LEOT. L60T and L20T-has a
direct twin in the JBL studio monitor
line. For the first time the intended
original dynamic range, extended fre-
quency response and recreation of
the lull sound stage IS available for
home use. For the first time ever. the
same speakers that producers and
engineers use to mix their recordings
sets the stage in the home environ-
ment. JBL...Bringing professional
sound all the way home.

JBL studio men/tors are
the conkers tn-t mast
producers and en-

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General Hlstory. . .
JBL, The Company

The JBL philosophy goes back to 1929. when James E.
Lansing began building small loudspeakers for radios and pho-
nographs. A new challenge soon interested him: Loudspeakers
tor movie theaters. Talkies" had come of age and there was a
need for loudspeakers that could ml the large movre houses with
high quality sound. Lansrng perfected techniquesfor milling flat
wire and winding it on edge for superior voice coils. He also
made vital contributions to compression driver technology, and
many of his designs were forerunners of today's production
models.

But even more important than any single advancement in
technology. James B. Lansing established an approach that