JBL

JBL is an American audio equipment manufacturer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. JBL serves the customer home and professional market. The professional market includes studios, installed/tour/portable sound, music production, DJ, cinema markets. The home market includes high-end home amplification/speakers/headphones as well as high-end car audio. JBL is owned by Harman International, itself a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.

For other uses, see JBL (disambiguation).

JBL
FormerlyLansing Sound
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAudio
Founded1946 (1946)
FounderJames Bullough Lansing
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, United States
ProductsAmplifiers, loudspeakers, headphones
OwnerSamsung Electronics
ParentHarman International Industries
Websitejbl.com

JBL was founded by James Bullough Lansing (1902–1949), an American audio engineer and loudspeaker designer best known for establishing two audio companies that bear his name, Altec Lansing and JBL, the latter taken from his initials.

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