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JBL is an American audio electronics company currently owned by Harman International. It was founded in 1946 by James Bullough Lansing. Their primary products are loudspeakers and associated electronics. There are two independent divisions within the company — JBL Consumer and JBL Professional. The former produces audio equipment for the home market while the latter produces professional equipment for the studio, installed sound, tour sound, portable sound (production and DJ), and cinema markets.

[edit] History
James B. Lansing founded JBL the year after leaving Altec Lansing as their Vice President of Engineering in 1945. The company was first called Lansing Sound, Incorporated, and dated from 1 October 1946 and then changed its name to James B. Lansing Sound. The first products model D101 15-inch loudspeaker and D175 The high frequency driver. The D175 remained in the JBL catalog through the 1970s. Both of these were near copies of Altec Lansing products. First original product was the D130, a 15-inch transducer for which a variant would remain in production for the next 55 years. The D130 featured a 4-inch flat ribbon wire voice coil and Alnico V magnet. Two other products were the 12-inch D131 and 8-inch D208 cone drivers.

The Marquardt Corporation gave the company early manufacturing space and a modest investment. William H. Thomas, the treasurer of Marquardt Corporation, represented Marquardt on Lansing’s Board of Directors. In 1948 Marquardt took over operation of the JBL. In 1949 Marquardt was purchased by General Tire Company. The new company was not interested in the loudspeaker business and severed ties with Mr. Lansing. The company was reincorporated as James B. Lansing, Incorporated, and moved to its first private location on 2439 Fletcher Drive, Los Angeles.

A key to JBL’s early development was Mr. Lansing’s close business relationship with its primary supplier of Alnico V magnetic material, Robert Arnold of Arnold Engineering. Arnold Engineering extended favorable terms and deep credit to Mr. Lansing. Robert Arnold saw JBL as an opportunity to sell Alnico V magnetic material into a new market.

James Lansing was noted as an innovative engineer, but a poor businessman. For the next 3 years Mr. Lansing struggled to pay invoices and ship product. As a result of deteriorating business conditions and personal issues, he took his own life on September 4, 1949. The company then passed into the hands of Bill Thomas, JBL’s then vice-president. Mr. Lansing had taken out a $10,000 life insurance policy naming the company as the beneficiary. That allowed Mr. Thomas to continue the company after Mr. Lansing’s death. Soon after, Mr. Thomas purchased Mrs. Lansing’s one-third interest in the company and became the sole owner of the company. Mr. Thomas was responsible for revitalizing the company and spearheading a remarkable period of growth for the two decades following the founding of JBL[1].

Early products included the model 375 high frequency driver and the 075 UHF (Ultra High Frequency) ring radiator driver. The ring radiator drivers are also known as "JBL bullets" because of their distinctive shape. The 375 was a re-invention of the Western Electric 594 driver but with a Alnico V magnet and a 4-inch voice coil. The 375 shared the same basic magnet structure as the D-130 woofer. JBL engineers Ed May and Bart Locanthi created these designs.[2]

Two products from that era, the Hartsfield and the Paragon, continue to be highly desired on the collectors market.

In 1955 the brand name JBL was introduced to resolve ongoing disputes with Altec Lansing Corporation. The company name "James B. Lansing Sound, Incorporated" was retained, but the logo name was changed to JBL with the distinctive exclamation point logo.[3]

The JBL 4320 series studio monitor was introduced through Capitol Records in Hollywood and became the standard monitor worldwide for its parent company, EMI. JBL’s introduction to rock and roll music came via the adoption of the D130 loudspeaker by Leo Fender’s Fender Guitar company as the ideal driver for electric guitars.

In 1969, Bill Thomas sold JBL to the Jervis Corporation (later renamed Harman International) headed by Dr. Sidney Harman. The 1970s saw JBL become a household brand, starting with the famous L-100, which was the best-selling loudspeaker model of any company to that date. The 1970s also saw a major JBL expansion in the professional audio field from their studio monitors. By the end of the decade recording studios in the United States used more JBL monitors than all other brands combined. The JBL L-100 and 4310 control monitors were noteworthy, popular home speakers. In the 1980’s the L-100, 4312 and others were updated with aquaplas-laminated midrange and woofer drivers, and a titanium-deposited tweeter diaphragm, the new designations being the L-80T, L-100T, L-120T and the flagship L-250ti. To test speaker drivers, JBL in Northridge used the roof as a

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JBL is an American audio electronics company currently owned by Harman International. It was founded in 1946 by James Bullough Lansing. Their primary products are loudspeakers and associated electronics. There are two independent divisions within the company — JBL Consumer and JBL Professional. The former produces audio equipment for the home market while the latter produces professional equipment for the studio, installed sound, tour sound, portable sound (production and DJ), and cinema markets.

[edit] History
James B. Lansing founded JBL the year after leaving Altec Lansing as their Vice President of Engineering in 1945. The company was first called Lansing Sound, Incorporated, and dated from 1 October 1946 and then changed its name to James B. Lansing Sound. The first products model D101 15-inch loudspeaker and D175 The high frequency driver. The D175 remained in the JBL catalog through the 1970s. Both of these were near copies of Altec Lansing products. First original product was the D130, a 15-inch transducer for which a variant would remain in production for the next 55 years. The D130 featured a 4-inch flat ribbon wire voice coil and Alnico V magnet. Two other products were the 12-inch D131 and 8-inch D208 cone drivers.

The Marquardt Corporation gave the company early manufacturing space and a modest investment. William H. Thomas, the treasurer of Marquardt Corporation, represented Marquardt on Lansing’s Board of Directors. In 1948 Marquardt took over operation of the JBL. In 1949 Marquardt was purchased by General Tire Company. The new company was not interested in the loudspeaker business and severed ties with Mr. Lansing. The company was reincorporated as James B. Lansing, Incorporated, and moved to its first private location on 2439 Fletcher Drive, Los Angeles.

A key to JBL’s early development was Mr. Lansing’s close business relationship with its primary supplier of Alnico V magnetic material, Robert Arnold of Arnold Engineering. Arnold Engineering extended favorable terms and deep credit to Mr. Lansing. Robert Arnold saw JBL as an opportunity to sell Alnico V magnetic material into a new market.

James Lansing was noted as an innovative engineer, but a poor businessman. For the next 3 years Mr. Lansing struggled to pay invoices and ship product. As a result of deteriorating business conditions and personal issues, he took his own life on September 4, 1949. The company then passed into the hands of Bill Thomas, JBL’s then vice-president. Mr. Lansing had taken out a $10,000 life insurance policy naming the company as the beneficiary. That allowed Mr. Thomas to continue the company after Mr. Lansing’s death. Soon after, Mr. Thomas purchased Mrs. Lansing’s one-third interest in the company and became the sole owner of the company. Mr. Thomas was responsible for revitalizing the company and spearheading a remarkable period of growth for the two decades following the founding of JBL[1].

Early products included the model 375 high frequency driver and the 075 UHF (Ultra High Frequency) ring radiator driver. The ring radiator drivers are also known as "JBL bullets" because of their distinctive shape. The 375 was a re-invention of the Western Electric 594 driver but with a Alnico V magnet and a 4-inch voice coil. The 375 shared the same basic magnet structure as the D-130 woofer. JBL engineers Ed May and Bart Locanthi created these designs.[2]

Two products from that era, the Hartsfield and the Paragon, continue to be highly desired on the collectors market.

In 1955 the brand name JBL was introduced to resolve ongoing disputes with Altec Lansing Corporation. The company name "James B. Lansing Sound, Incorporated" was retained, but the logo name was changed to JBL with the distinctive exclamation point logo.[3]

The JBL 4320 series studio monitor was introduced through Capitol Records in Hollywood and became the standard monitor worldwide for its parent company, EMI. JBL’s introduction to rock and roll music came via the adoption of the D130 loudspeaker by Leo Fender’s Fender Guitar company as the ideal driver for electric guitars.

In 1969, Bill Thomas sold JBL to the Jervis Corporation (later renamed Harman International) headed by Dr. Sidney Harman. The 1970s saw JBL become a household brand, starting with the famous L-100, which was the best-selling loudspeaker model of any company to that date. The 1970s also saw a major JBL expansion in the professional audio field from their studio monitors. By the end of the decade recording studios in the United States used more JBL monitors than all other brands combined. The JBL L-100 and 4310 control monitors were noteworthy, popular home speakers. In the 1980’s the L-100, 4312 and others were updated with aquaplas-laminated midrange and woofer drivers, and a titanium-deposited tweeter diaphragm, the new designations being the L-80T, L-100T, L-120T and the flagship L-250ti. To test speaker drivers, JBL in Northridge used the roof as a

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im going to put Central Heating in my home.
where i live we only have Electric.
so we have storage heaters waste of time and cost a bomb
time to change it but whats best oil or lpg. i know if i have lpg they rent you the tank but if you get a cheaper supplier and want to change you will have to change tanks and be charged for it. but with oil you get your own tank so no tank change charges.
i also have a big demand for hot water IE 2 baths 3 showers 10 sinks
plus i will need 11 rads for the heating
can i use my hot water tank to feed hot water downstairs and ust my new combi to push hot water to the baths and showers upstairs?

Out of the frying pan and into the fire ! LPG is as dear as electric. and is complicated to install, go for oil, less trouble, and they now have boilers which are 102% efficient. I understand that they discharge water in a plastic tube down the drain as a result of their sheer efficiency, having burnt a hydrocarbon fuel.
LATER I have read the other comments and I completely disagree with all of them, I have been in CH for over 25 years fitting conventional oil systems, and I know I am correct.

Are we, the British public, that daft that we are continuing to be ripped off, by companies that are only interested in profit, they said because oil went up by over 60% they upped our bills by silly amounts and we paid, but now the price for oil is now less than half of what it was 6 months ago, but NO price decreases by all the gas and electric companies

Why do we continue to accept this, I have changed my supplier, but the new company is STILL well above prices 6 months ago?
old know all

Oil is the fuel for all of it!!!

they won’t lower tariffs, and that’s because they are thieving feckin bstards, who will get as much money out of us as possible, same as the bankers or should that read wankers.

im sorry this is long

british gas are trying to charge me £10 a week on my meter.
i dont ever use that much as i live by myself in a 1bedroomed flat and i am not in most of the time.

i usually use 30p-40p electric a day maxium and suddenly the meter is going down by over £1 a day. i rang up and they said it was because my meter hadnt been changed for 3 years so i owe £113.

i explained that i am currently unemployed and i only get £80 a fortnight and that i cant afford to put that much credit on my meter with my other bills to pay. they said it was tough and i have to pay it back anyway. i havent even lived in that flat 3 years.

i want to change my supplier coz of this. if i did that would i still have to pay this money i shouldnt have to owe?

i really dont know what i should do. can you help?

To my mind if the meter hasn’t been charged for three years that is commercial negligence on the part of the supplier. You need to get hold of a good lawyer and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau is your best bet so get round to them without delay.

You should actually pay for what you have used, so you need to have documented proof of when you moved in to the flat, like a rent agreement, and probably proof that you were living elsewhere before that.

The chances are the previous occupants avoided payment on anticipation of leaving the country, but for the moment set aside all payment in a special account and pay nothing until the matter is sorted out because British Gas are looking for an acknowledgement expressed or tacit that the liability is yours and that is certainly what you don’t want to give them.

It is highly unlikely you will be able to change supplier until this matter is resolved. Of course the big weapon they have is the ability to cut you off, if they as much as hint at it get the media involved, and make sure the Office of Fair Trade is championing your cause.

well basically i owed a gas/electric company some money on my bill i could not afford to pay the bill so thye installed a meter so i could pay the debt whilst using my electric ,now i changed companys but was still paying the debt on my meter anywasy i have paid all except 39.00 but i have my old electric company who i owed the money too sending me letters to say i still owe naerlly most of the debt i do not , they said because i changed company my new supplier would have the money infact it was not going to them ,my new supplier say im not in credit with them now i have a debt company called past due credit hounding me for the money i have already paid ,i do not and will not pay twice, i reluctantly offerd to pay in small instalments as i am a single mum to 3 small kids on benefits now that was ok but because i didnt have a lump sum to put down today to activate the instalment account they told me thye was taking me to court?? now i do know if i am offering to pay something even though i should not have to that thye cannot take me to court ,it is not my fault that i didnt have any money today to give them infact they were very rude, i was told they cannot take me to court for such a small amount and if im offering instalments??? thanks in advance
i live in norfolk and yes i probably was left with the bill because i changed companys and this i explained to the company i owe thy said i was not to worry and they will pursue my new supplier for the money but now thye call me everyday and send me letters all the time ,i can only offer i cant pay if they wont let me pay in instalments ,if they said yes i can pay in instalments then iwould have innstead thye was very rude and told me legal action was now taking place

Your description is very confusing.

You didn’t say where you live, and that may make a difference.

I can’t tell enough from your comments to know how to answer you, BUT I CAN tell you that "offering installments" doesn’t keep them from suing you. PAYING installments does. Offering is just words, it’s ONLY your ACTIONS that count.
cw

We have oil central heating, and no gas in our village, I am just looking into changing my electricity supplier. I am currently with Southern Electric. My monthly charge has gone up to £52. Someone from Scottish Power called round and I switched to them, but I’m not sure if I’ve done the right thing. I’ve been with S. Electric for 10 years and never had a problem. The salesman for Scottish Power said that they have no standing charges so their prices are cheaper. After he left, I couldn’t understand the tariffs! I’m not sure whether to cancel, I’ve got a 7 day cooling off period. Has anyone switched and actually saved money? Who did you use?
Thanks.

best bet is to contact everyone you know and ask them — myself i have no choice but to use southwest!!!

i want to change my gas and electric supplier but not shore who to go with ..can you tell me who your with and do you have problems with them …..IM WITH SWALEC

british gas.

Hey guys.

My sister received the keys to her new house on Thursday. The electricity meter is a pre-payment one. The problem is British Gas! She has called them several times since Tuesday as she has no electricity in the house (she has a baby of 8 months, also). BG have told her to get a pre-payment card from the shop and simply top the electric up… she’s tried several times but it doesn’t work. BG were supposed to arrive this morning to sort the meter out, they didn’t turn up! She called them again and was told they’d be there in the next 4 hours… again, they didn’t arrive.

She’s already set the ball rolling to change suppliers, but of course this takes time.

So my question is, what can she do?

Thanks very much for reading this

KC

My advice would be to contact the citizen’s advice bureau, as they shoud be able to give you legal advice and what kind of complaints procedure you could go through.

can someone help me please , iv been with scottish power for gas and elec for almost a year , i pay monthly direct debit of £45 , never missed payments
i got a letter today stating we have revised your monthly payments to £98 , this is ridiculous , i know i dont use a lot of electric , only as much as any other normal house, i may have used more gas during winter but no more than most people , i cant afford £98 , i am nort working , this is a joke , what can i do , other than change supplier and cancel my direct debit ? could there be a fault on my meter? this is stressing me out

Try phoning them,you may be able to sort it out without much fuss.