JBL Speakers. The history behind JBL Speakers and the role they have played in concert and cinema audio equipment development, including the introduction of Dolby and TXH audio mediums.

JBL began more than fifty years ago, when James B. Lansing left Western Electric (where he led the team that brought sound to movies) to found his own company. The company's first product? The D130, an innovative transducer that's still used by audio professionals in the present day.

When rock 'n' roll was born, JBL Speakers became the clear leader in studio and theatre sound. Life magazine once called the JBL Hartsfield the "dream speaker" for the amazing new world of hi-fi. JBL's sound-reinforcement transducers become standard equipment at large-scale rock concerts across the country. Remember that little gathering at Woodstock?

By 1976, a Billboard survey ranked JBL Speakers studio monitors Number One. And JBL Pro technology came home with the L-100, a consumer version of the 4300 Series, one of the best-selling speakers of the decade. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chose JBL Speakers components to introduce 70mm Dolby® stereo in showcase theatres. JBL's professional innovations came thick and fast: Vented Gap Cooling, Optimized Aperture horns, rapid-flare, low-distortion compression drivers. And JBL cornered the THX cinema market.

Most recently JBL Speakers introduced the new Northridge and Studio series', with the signature JBL technologies that bring professional sound home.

JBL Speakers is another subsidiary of Harman International, one of the world's biggest companies which is focussed solely on producing the best audio equipment available, for all markets and purposes.

• Maximum Recommended Amplifier Power: 100 Watts
  
• Power Handling (Continuous/Peak): 50 Watts/200 Watts
  
• Impedance: 8 Ohms nominal
  
• Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 86dB
  
• Frequency Response (3dB): 75Hz - 20kHz
  
• Crossover Frequency: 2000Hz
  
• High-Frequency Transducer: 3/4" (19mm) Titanium-laminate dome, shielded
  
• Low-Frequency Transducer: 4" (100mm) PolyPlas, shielded
  
• Weight Per Speaker: 8 lb (3.6kg)
  
• MSRP U.S.: $198.00 pair
  

JBL NORTHRIDGE SERIES E50

Specifications

• Maximum Recommended Amplifier Power: 175 Watts
• Power Handling (Continuous/Peak): 90 Watts/360 Watts
• Impedance: 8 Ohms nominal
• Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 90dB
• Frequency Response (3dB): 45Hz - 20kHz
• Crossover Frequencies: 800Hz, 3200Hz
• High-Frequency Transducer: 3/4" (19mm) Titanium-laminate dome, shielded
• Midrange Transducer: 4" (100mm) PolyPlas, shielded
• Low-Frequency Transducer: 8" (200mm) PolyPlas, shielded
• Weight Per Speaker: 25 lb (11.4kg)
• MSRP U.S.: $498.00 pair