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HARMAN Luxury Audio Group Upgrades Its JBL Synthesis Eargle Theater Demonstration Facility In Northridge, California

NORTHRIDGE, California — The HARMAN Luxury Audio Group today announced that it has completed a major upgrade to its Eargle Theater demonstration facility in Northridge, California. The theater, named after legendary audio engineer John M. Eargle, features a complete, ultrahigh-end JBL Synthesis Everest multichannel home theater system based around the flagship JBL Project Everest DD66000 loudspeaker.

“Our Northridge campus is home to the world’s most advanced loudspeaker engineering and testing facility and listening laboratory,” said Jim Garrett, Senior Manager, Marketing, HARMAN Luxury Audio Group.  “We recently made several updates to our extraordinary music and theater system that demonstrates the absolute state of the art in audio and video reproduction and home theater design. It’s an invaluable resource for dealers, systems integrators, other industry professionals and our employees who want to hear and see the ultimate in what today’s best audio/video components can deliver.”

The loudspeakers in the Eargle Theater include three JBL Project Everest DD66000 left, center and right speakers, six JBL S4Ai THX Ultra2 surrounds and four JBL S1S-EX 18-inch THX Ultra2 subwoofers. The electronics in the system include a Mark Levinson™ No.502 media console/surround processor, seven bridged JBL Synthesis S820 (800-Watt x 1) amplifiers (for the L, C, R speakers and subwoofers), a JBL Synthesis 7 x 160-watt seven-channel amplifier (for the S4Ai) and a JBL Synthesis SDEC-4500 equalizer.

Rounding out the system is a Lumagen® Radiance XE-3D video processor, Digital Projection International (DPI) Titan 3D 3-chip DLP™ projector and a Screen Research 180” X-Mask screen. Integrated A/V control is provided by a Savant automation system. The room design, seating and acoustical treatment are by Acoustic Innovations.

The JBL Synthesis Everest DD66000 is the finest loudspeaker ever created by JBL, engineered and manufactured using the company’s most advanced materials, components and technologies to set a new standard in audio reproduction. JBL Synthesis electronics combine total flexibility with uncompromising performance.  JBL Synthesis room correction (using the JBL SDEC-4500 EQ & ARCOS) exemplifies these qualities with features like 256 bands of adjustable parametric 24-bit/96kHz digital EQ, SFM® Sound Field Management, Proprietary “Main-To-Sub Blending”, and fully balanced operation and up to 12 input and 20 output channels.

HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,000 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales of $4.2 billion for twelve months ending December 31, 2011.