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Don McRitchie
03-19-2006, 11:20 PM
The day started out with my first opportunity to meet Waler Dick. Walter was JBL's head of transducer engineering in the 1970's. He was responsible for overseeing the development of the 4300 series of monitors and hired both Greg Timbers and Mark Gander.
Don McRitchie
03-19-2006, 11:26 PM
At noon, we headed back to Northridge where I had my chance to check out the JBL history display. I've added some pictures to the original thread on this topic here (http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=10709).

The afternoon was a special occasion where I got the chance to meet with Arnold Wolf for the first time. Arnold has been one of the most significant contributors to this site. However, prior to this meeting, we had only communicated by phone and email. Here is Arnold Wolf with Ken Yasuda (left) and Koji Onodera (right).
Don McRitchie
03-19-2006, 11:27 PM
Ken Yasuda
Don McRitchie
03-19-2006, 11:30 PM
Arnold Wolf
Don McRitchie
03-19-2006, 11:32 PM
John Eargle
Don McRitchie
03-19-2006, 11:34 PM
Koji Onodera
Don McRitchie
03-19-2006, 11:38 PM
The evening consisted of a farewell dinner with the Japanese delegation and JBL's senior management. This was the setting for the most significant development of this tour for me personally - only I can't give you the details yet. Stay tuned ;)
glen
03-19-2006, 11:59 PM
At noon, we headed back to Northridge where I had my chance to check out the JBL history display. I've added some pictures to the original thread on this topic here (http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=9120).

Hi Don,

It's really great that you got to see the history display,
I'm really glad it was still up for your visit.
Thanks for the additional pictures too!
DavidF
03-20-2006, 02:35 PM
Notable in the conference room are the 250Ti's in the corners. Still hold some reverence within the company, perhaps?
DavidF
Titanium Dome
03-20-2006, 02:41 PM
I noticed that, too, as well as in the "speaker vault" at the end of the aisle:

http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102134&postcount=6
Zilch
03-20-2006, 02:42 PM
This was the setting for the most significant development of this tour for me personally - only I can't give you the details yet. Stay tuned ;)I'm gonna guess a consolidation with International. We'll be able to get ALL the stuff? :)

OH, and PT-F95HF is now in production.... :p
JuniorJBL
03-20-2006, 03:08 PM
And in the very front of that pic looks to be a TiK of some sort.
:)

I noticed that, too, as well as in the "speaker vault" at the end of the aisle:

http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102134&postcount=6