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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
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.
HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO WITH
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS.
FROM MOTION PICTURE SOUND
TO HI-FI TO HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO:
A BRIEF JBL HISTORY.
NYLON
STOCKINGS,
FILM NOIR,
BLUE SUEDE
THE DAWN
SHOES,
OF AUDIO.
MCCARTHY,
James B. Lansing, who led
THE ELECTRIC
the team that first brought
GUITAR.
The JBL brand
sound to movies, strikes out
establishes itself as the clear
on his own, founding JBL, Inc.
leader in studio and theater
Among the company's first
sound. Leo Fender chooses
products is a high-frequency
the JBL D130 transducer to
transducer that's still being
amplify his electric guitar.
used – unchanged, after more
The pioneering JBL Hartsfield
than 60 years – by audio
speaker introduces true high
professionals.
fidelity to homes everywhere.
1940's
1950's
Woodstock, Saturday Night Fever, Miami Vice, Masters of the Universe, MTV and American Idol are trademarks of their respective companies in the U.S. and other countries
and are not associated or affiliated with Harman International Industries, Incorporated.
®
theaters worldwide. With the mixing and mastering of vast numbers of
POLYESTER,
WATERGATE,
SATURDAY
NIGHT FEVER.
MUSCLE CARS,
JBL studio monitors are
WOODSTOCK,
®
ranked Number One by
SPACE.
The legendary
Billboard magazine. And
JBL 4320 is introduced, and
the L100, a consumer version
becomes the definitive
of the 4320, is introduced,
studio monitor of its day.
bringing JBL Pro technology
After Woodstock in 1969,
home for the first time. The
JBL equipment becomes
L100 becomes one of the
standard at rock concerts
best-selling speakers of
around the world.
the decade.
1960's
1970's
MIAMI VICE,
®
MASTERS OF
THE UNIVERSE,
®
MTV.
®
The Academy of
®
Motion Picture Arts and
GEN X,
Sciences chooses JBL
DOTCOMS, DVD.
components to introduce
JBL equipment dominates
70mm Dolby
®
stereo in
THX
®
theater installations.
showcase theaters. And
JBL near-field studio monitors
Bi-Radial
®
horns and titanium
take the lead in 5.1- and
diaphragms are introduced
7.1-channel-sound mixing
in JBL Professional studio
and mastering. And the JBL
monitors; these innovations
Simply Cinema
will soon find their way to the
original "one box" home
company's home products.
theater solution, is introduced.
1980's
1990's
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
®
system, the
performance beyond the
usual 20kHz to the ethereal
realm of 40kHz.
TODAY
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