Of all American audio companies, JBL holds the record for overall longevity and product renown. To celebrate sixty years of success, this book offers details on the people and products that have made this company famous. From car stereos to concert hall installations, JBL is the most recognized audio brand in the world. Written by audio expert John Eargle, this book features full-color photos, historical advertisements, and hundreds of diagrams and images, many taken right from JBL's archives. Topics include stories behind the development of innovative applications for consumer products, as well as systems installations for stadiums, tour sound, movie theaters, recording studios, and places of worship. In addition to the technical info that will help explain the innovation, this book will cover the brilliant engineers, and colorful record producers, musicians and technicians who had the vision to pursue a "better way". This book is for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes of a business success story, and who is fascinated on how amplified sound is applied in almost every aspect of our lives - from the home to the concert hall.
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Wonderful!!!!,
By LBWheels457 (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The JBL Story - Sixty Years of Audio Innovation (Paperback)
This book is absolutely amazing and is something I highly recommend!!! The pictures are wonderful and they go hand-in-hand with the easy to read text. Although I had to wait for the book to ship, it was well worth the wait! From the past to the present, this book covers everything that you want to know!!!
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Essential audiophile reading,
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Wonderful book full of all of JBL's most notable speakers and a fascinating general history of audio in America. If you are a Jbl speaker freak like me it is a must have. Well priced as I could have paid three times as much in Australia for this.
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Shallow, incomplete and waste of money,
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I wish I had read the reviews before ordering. There's nothing in this book worth reading, its mostly a compilation of marketing material easily found on the net. There are no in depth reviews of any speakers, even the iconic JBLs and many aren't even mentioned in the book. Waste of money, you can easily find all the materials in this book and a even a lot more easily and quickly with google.
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differential drive, line array systems, multicellular horn, flat power response, ring radiator, phasing plug, radial horns, compression driver, high frequency horn, loudspeaker components, low frequency driver, cone drivers, directivity index, dividing network, loudspeaker design, coverage angle, sound reinforcement, acoustic lens, acoustical design, screen channels, cinema system, polar response, voice coil Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, Lansing Sound, Jim Lansing, Altec Lansing, William Thomas, Western Electric, Control Contractor, Bart Locanthi, Cabaret Series, Symmetrical Field Geometry, New York, Fletcher Drive, Patrick Baltzell, Vented Gap Cooling, Salt Lake City, Sidney Harman, Capitol Records, Altec Service Corporation, San Marcos, Southern California, Greg Timbers, Leo Fender, Lansing Manufacturing Company, Arnold Wolf, Stereo Sound Browse Sample Pages:
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