Coming soon...

[norealtalent]

XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
September 8th, 2006


This must be the place for a new double 15" with a Be diaphragmed horn. :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: Oh Yeah, no this, that or the other, yada, yada, yada...;)

[johnaec]

'Bet the first XXXXXXX stands for "Everest"...

John

[Titanium Dome]

Peter first commented here:

http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=122346#post122346

[Zilch]

"Project" would be the first word, is my guess.... ;)

[$5, John....]

[norealtalent]

I don't think $5 will even get you a peek at them Zilch :(

[takenodisk]

Hope you will provide us some more infos guys ,i'm sitting here waitting like a freezing pinguin:dont-know

[Mr. Widget]

In a little over a week we will actually know what JBL has been cooking up.

Be?, Ti?, Kevlar?, Carbon Fiber?, obsidian?, who knows, but I doubt that it will be available in a black textured vinyl cabinet with lots of silver trim rings.

Here are the previous "Statement" speakers... it'll be in good company.

Widget

[Mr. Widget]

...and here it comes!

[indycraft]

as a friends wife would say, "big ass speakers"? That would be as in "We aren't having any big ass speakers in the house".

I don't think those speakers on the train are for the average bear.


Indy

[Steve Gonzales]

Johnny Cash: "I hear that train ah' comin', it's comin' around the bend..."

What a great time to be alive. I have often envied those that were alive to see the dawn of the Lansing Heritage. Now, I pity those same Great Names of the past that are no longer around to see the culmination of 60 years of advances laid upon their foundation.

[Jan Daugaard]

The photo of the speaker on the train is 31 years old:

http://www.audioheritage.org/images/jbl/extracts/L400.jpg

http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/everest.htm

Nothing ever became of it ...

[Steve Gonzales]

Right. I think Widget was using it as a visual metaphor. I think the L400 is the Everest BTW.

The design went through a fairly extensive evolution before arriving at the final configuration. Originally, the concept was to develop a "super L300" with a similar sonic character. It was given the working designation of the L400

[Mr. Widget]

The photo of the speaker on the train is 31 years old:

http://www.audioheritage.org/images/jbl/extracts/L400.jpg

http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/everest.htm

Nothing ever became of it ...It wasn't meant to be literal... of course that was the catalog teaser photo of the consumer version of the 4343... it was killed by the bean counters. A few years later JBL found their audience in Japan and did introduce the Everest though.


Widget

[Mr. Widget]

I don't think those speakers on the train are for the average bear.JBL has never built their Statement speakers for the average bear. The select few who have bought JBL's Statement speakers would all appreciate this dated but still relevant quote from Alexis Badmaieff and Don Davis.

"You say you are not the compromising type. You have willingly paid the price (and borne the discomfort) of the 7-liter Ford GT Mark II that won at LeMans last year because performance is the most important single factor you consider. When you hunt you brace yourself to survive the blast of your Weatherby Mark V .387 Magnum. Anything smaller than your 8 X 10 Linhof is a miniature camera to you. Your Aero-Jet Commander shuttles you between your hand-built Norwegian motor sailor in Antigua and your Beacon Hill apartment in Boston where you record the live f-m stereo broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on your Ampex MR-70. In short, you demand the very best..."

The new statement speaker will not fit in a small apartment and will likely cost more than an economy car... they are making a Statement. Finally!


Widget

[Steve Gonzales]

The ENZO Ferrari comes to mind too.

[Titanium Dome]

With its world class facilities and world class engineering staff, I hope Harman was generous to JBL in full access to all. With JBL, Infinity, HK, and Revel, Harman has a large consortium of expertise, from design to engineering to production to marketing.

Often a company like this will turn out compromised products, and we've commented from time to time on the trade offs evident in some recent JBL models. However, if the Revel Ultima Salon is any indication of the Harman Group's potential for making magnificent speakers, then this announcement ought to be nearly earth-shattering.

We'll see what the mainstream, fan boy audio press makes of it. Can it even appreciate a monumental speaker from JBL?

[yggdrasil]

No to both.


Just for fun -

Pop Quiz

Which forum members joined on September 8th, 2005...
Easy:p

[Zilch]

Well, poo, then.

We have just over a week to come up with the correct product name, now. :hmm:

[Techbot ain't tellin', obviously....]

[Zilch]

Among others, gtimbers and wombatsauce joined on 9/8/05 :p

[Mr. Widget]

We have just over a week to come up with the correct product name, now. :hmm:I think JBL Paramount... or better yet, the JBL Signature...
Those would both be names for a great speaker.


Widget

[Zilch]

Well, they coulda had a contest or somethin' and let US name it. :applaud:

[O.K., maybe for the 100th, then.... ;) ]

[Valentin]

Hope harman give us JBL fans al the information on this new product
specs, techsheets ,goals grafs etc

any body has news on the new prodcts for the pro JBLs
is the 8 of sept when they anounce all introductions to new products

[mech986]

Word Salad

XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX (7 and 10 letters, 10 is very hard to create!!!)
Lansing Excellence
Paragon Revolution
Redwood California (???) two of the most beautiful things surrounding JBL?
xxxxxxx Perfection (not a term I would use but a good Asian marketing term).
From JBL History
Presence Brilliance
any others?

Bart

[Steve Gonzales]

Well, JBL has always used something majestic and beautiful to name their statement speakers. What is higher than the Summit of Everest? The Aurora Borealis.

[BMWCCA]

I believe those holding the rights to the name "Pluto" may be willing to cut a good deal. :no:

[mech986]

Lansing Anarctica - Imagine an all white model - the coolest JBL ever (or a large refrigerator!).

Bart

[Mr. Widget]

I believe those holding the rights to the name "Pluto" may be willing to cut a good deal. :no::rotfl:


Widget

[Titanium Dome]

Lansing Heritage60

Lansing GrandTeton

Lansing Dhaulagiri

Lansing Matterhorn

[Steve Gonzales]

L090806 Waitandusee :D

[JBLRaiser]

THE GODZILLA:applaud:

[mikebake]

THE GODZILLA:applaud:
Mothra might go over better in Japan.

[Robh3606]

Nah got to keep current

Bridezilla

Rob:)

[Hoerninger]

It's nearly september:
My guess - active system, full digital control
(This gave me the idea: http://www.klein-hummel-northamerica.com/500.htm)

No name proposal - lack of languge
____________
Peter :hmm:

[Steve Gonzales]

My final guess as to the configuration is a very large four-way with a new Be. driver that uses a 375 style AlNiCo motor with a Be. 4" diaphragm, on a really big horn. I would use a single 15"- AL1500?. Maybe a large walnut veneered cab instead of the lacquered/painted finish of the K2?. A neo-4343 maybe? A nice updated AlNiCo 10" midbass? 045Be for UHF, or something along the lines of a cross between the 076 and the 045Be. Ring radiator looks, with a full Be. diaphragm ala' TAD ET-703? Most of them will probably go to Japan anyways, but it is very exciting at least to know that a statement speaker is only days away!

Lansing Signature60

[Ian Mackenzie]

It will be interesting to see how it compares to the Tad M1,

The M1 is the King of the mountain at the moment.

[Valentin]

Steve is Right for the name

Lansing Signature60

Great Name

[Steve Gonzales]

I found this on the Harman Japan site

[Titanium Dome]

LS = Lansing Signature? :hmm:

[Steve Gonzales]

Could be. I wonder why all the hype about the Sept. 8th annoucement if they already have it on Harman Japan? Link:

http://www.jbl60th.jp/

[Titanium Dome]

Unfortunately, there's an LS80 and an LS Center.

The LS 60 claims 40Hz to 40kHz and a max 150W, 89dB sensitivity, 6 Ohms. It is pegged as a 60th Anniversary product, but it can't be THE 60th Anniversary Product. :no:

[Steve Gonzales]

Okay, then there is still a chance my guess about THEE speaker still stands ;)

[Titanium Dome]

Okay, then there is still a chance my guess about THEE speaker still stands ;)

Your guess is as good as any.

Here's a Russian site with the LS Series line up.

http://www.svideo.ru/ncd-1-10-1040/news.html