JBL celebrates 75 years with two products for enthusiasts, including the limited edition of the L100 Classic speakers

Source: HW Upgrade added 08th Jan 2021

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For his birthday JBL gives enthusiasts a celebratory version of the JBL L speakers 75 Classic 75, which resume in all respects the style of the ‘years 70 with Quadrex foam front grille, plus JBL SA integrated amplifier 750

by Roberto Colombo published , at 12: 11 in the Audio Video channel

Harman Samsung JBL

CES is always a very important appointment for Harman , subsidiary of Samsung Electronics (after the acquisition of 2016) and owner of several historical audio brands, such as AKG, Harman Kardon and JBL . In this one 2021 the latter, which still bears the initials of the founder J ames B ullough L ansing, fulfills well 75 years. The company, in fact, has its roots in the United States of the first post-war period and was born in 1946 for the production of components for speakers and audio equipment for the cinema market. Cinema, theaters and live events remain one of JBL’s core businesses, but over the years there are also many products that have become known at the consumer level.

750 JBL L 100 Classic 75 for fans

Some of them have remained in the hearts of audiophiles: among them the iconic speakers L 100 Century , born 51 years ago as a consumer incarnation of JBL studio monitors 4310 and recently reborn in L version 100 Classic. For his birthday JBL gives fans a celebratory version , the cases JBL L 100 Classic 75 , which reflect in all respects the style of the years 025 with the front grille in Quadrex foam. On board we find a JT dome tweeter 025 Ti2-4 1 “, u ndriver 5” JM 125 PC-8 and finally the woofer from 12 inches JW 300 SW-8. They will be a product – literally – for a few: JBL has decided to limit its production to 750 pairs , which will be sold to $ 5, 500 .

JBL SA 750, vintage look, technological heart

Vintage regurgitation also for the other celebratory product, the JBL SA integrated amplifier 750 , inspired by two mythical products such as JBL SA amplifiers 600 and SA 660. A modern version with vintage references, which includes technologies such as Google Chromecast, Apple Airplay 2, wireless UPnP support, decoding MQA , can be used with Roon, Ethernet port, Wi-Fi connectivity, USB port and automatic optimization system based on the characteristics of the room Dirac Live . This is a class amplifier G from 120 W per channel at 8Ω and 220 W per channel at 4Ω, with integrated DAC and phono input MM / MC. On an aesthetic level it is designed to perfectly match the style of the JBL L 100 Classic 75. It will go on sale from April 2021 for the US price of $ 3, 00 0.