JBL

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JBL

Formerly	Lansing Sound
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Audio
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Founder	James Bullough Lansing
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, United States
Products	Amplifiers, loudspeakers, headphones
Parent	Harman International Industries
Website	jbl.com

JBL is an American audio equipment manufacturer^[1] headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. JBL serves the home and professional market. The professional market includes studios, installed/tour/portable sound, music production, DJ, and 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.

JBL was founded by James Bullough Lansing (1902–1949), an American audio engineer and loudspeaker designer best known for establishing JBL, which is taken from his initials. He earlier founded Lansing, which was purchased by Altec to form Altec Lansing.