When JBL was JBL...Your first Encounter
You know I can still remember opening the carton of our first ever JBL drivers..the 2231A.
That was way back in the late 1970's. The JBL 2231A was the latest soa woofer from JBL...medium efficiency extended bass driver. Aside from the sound quality and power, it was way above anything else at the time.
This all came about in the quest to find a speaker with the big sound that really went down low and loud. I had looked at everything incl Tannoys but they just did not cut it.
Does anyone know who designed the 2231A?
My interest in JBL soon evolved into the purchase of all the drivers for the 4343..The magic still lives.
I think it woud be fun to hear about other members first experience with JBL drivers?
Ian
Inside a Fender Twin Reverb
In the mid-1960's when I was in high school, I worked at a music store after school. I remember uncrating a Twin Reverb and almost dislocating my shoulder when I tried to pick it up. Inside were two D120's that looked like they had been built by a Swiss watchmaker. Not everybody back then liked the clear-as-a-bell sound that JBL speakers brought to the party, but I fell in love with them.
I went on to work in the sound reinforcement business during the 1970's and early 80's, working almost exclusively with JBL gear. Although I left the sound business, I've almost always used JBL studio monitors in my home, including:
4310
4311
4330
4350 (almost cost me a marriage)
4315
4425
4410
LSR28P/LSR12P (current)
It's amazing that JBL has managed to maintain as much brand identity and loyalty as it has, despite Harman's attempts to water it down.