As many of you know, Steve Schell and I were honoured with the assignment to develop a comprehensive history of JBL that was published as the core article in a commemorative edition of Stereo Sound marking JBL's 60th anniversary. I promised Stereo Sound that I would hold off on making the English language version available on our site for some time in order not to compromise Stereo Sound's sales. Stereo Sound's chief editor, Koji Onodera, has been kind enough to grant permission to publish it now, so here it is.

There are two versions. The first is a web version. Unfortunately, I am having publishing problems with our main site, so for now, it is located on our test site here:

http://test.audioheritage.org/html/h...acy/legacy.htm

Second, there is a printable PDF version that can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. Be forewarned that this version is 14 MB in size, so I would suggest you only attempt to download it if you have broadband service.

http://test.audioheritage.org/stereo...5-two-side.pdf

This printable version is formatted for two sided printing so that illustrations appear on the left and the main text article on the right. Obviously, you can still print it single sided, but the postioning and photo references will be off. If you just view it within Adobe reader, there is an option to display as two sided by selecting the page display under the view menu as two-up.

I could use your help with these articles. I have proof read them as best I can, but at over 35,000 words, I have been unable catch everything. If you come across typos, spelling or grammatical errors, or factual errors, please post them into this thread so that I can update the articles to finalize them.