Any pictures of JBLs being used in recording studios?

[Hanleyster]

I always hear on every JBL thread that JBLs are the #1 speaker used in recording studios but when I google "recording studio" I don't see them.

Can anyone post some cool pictures?

Thanks

 

[Cactus Bob]

Eddie Kramer with L100s as at Electric Lady

 

[hjames]

Not quite what you mean, perhaps, but in 2007 I bought a pair of (older) JBL 4341 Studio Monitors from Right Coast Recording Studios in York PA http://www.rightcoastrecording.com/

Picture of my wife and I enjoying some Steely Dan as we demoed them in the studio ...

 

[mhardy6647]

... all I have is pictures of Altecs in studios...

;-)

So that photo of Belushi above suggests that "Beatles vs. Stones" must extend all the way to "Altec vs. JBL"! ... which, the more I think about it, seems just about right.



In all seriousness, there was a time that most of the big studios had JBLs in 'em. That time came just after the time when most of the big studios had Altecs in 'em.

 

[4-2-7]

 

[Jeffery]

I always hear on every JBL thread that JBLs are the #1 speaker used in recording studios

I read quite a few JBL threads and never see this claim. Can you point me to a few?

 

[Hanleyster]

I always hear that jbl L100 and 4412 etc are used in 90% of studios

 

[Jeffery]

I always hear that jbl L100 and 4412 etc are used in 90% of studios

Ah, "hear" vs "read". I've rarely read anything about either of those being used in recording studios in years (decades?), but obviously I don't hear the same conversations you do.

 

[Hanleyster]

I'm not going to go dig through a bunch of old brochures articles and forum threads for you. Post a picture or get out

 

[hjames]

I always hear that jbl L100 and 4412 etc are used in 90% of studios

Actually, no. They were vintage speakers. L100s have not been in production for many years.
Read the real history of the L100 speakers at the Lansing Heritage site:
http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/l100.htm

"The 4310 quickly became one of the most successful products in the JBL catalog and paved the way for additional products in the monitor series. By the mid-1970s the JBL Studio Monitors had become ubiquitous in the U.S. recording industry and increasingly evident in control rooms around the world."

"After much debate, it was decided to reconfigure the 4310 for its debut in the consumer division as the L100."

Again, this was the Mid-70s, 40 years ago.
Frankly, the L100 is not relevant in today's extended range audio productions ...

 

[Hanleyster]

Sorry "were" used.

 

[Jeffery]

I'm not going to go dig through a bunch of old brochures articles and forum threads for you. Post a picture or get out

Ah, old brochures, now we are on the same page. I thought you meant currently in use. That was going to be hard to find.

 

[Jimerson]

I've read that The Who had a wall of 4350's at their studio, like 5 pair. Seems like one pair is enough, as pictured here.

 

[nocluejimbo]

More ubiquitous, at least nowadays, is the Yamaha NS-10M.

 

[tblob]

I'm a long-time studio guy.

I would say the current state is, "an older, larger studio is likely to have at least one pair of JBL monitors, but probably not their main system. A smaller, newer studio may have folks there who have never even heard of JBL."

 

[Cadillac Kid]

George Augspurger designed mains with dual JBL 18” drivers at Sonic Ranch.

 

[crazy-in-az]

George Augspurger designed mains with dual JBL 18” drivers at Sonic Ranch.

Man, that's cool.

 

[Tarl Of Gor]

Caribou Ranch - Nederland, CO

JBL 4310

 

[bluesky]

Not quite what you mean, perhaps, but in 2007 I bought a pair of (older) JBL 4341 Studio Monitors from Right Coast Recording Studios in York PA http://www.rightcoastrecording.com/

Picture of my wife and I enjoying some Steely Dan as we demoed them in the studio ...

Nice. :thmbsp:

How much were they?

 

[Dmannnnn]

Back cover of Countdown to Ecstasy.