February 2011

Senior Project Manager Ilia is the Company’s Senior Project Manager, our professional in the field, effectively responsible for the planning, opening, and supervising the install of each project.  Ilia is always on hand, through to the testing of the install and finally assisting in the closing off of the project. Prior to joining A.L.A.; Ilia […]

1902 James B Lansing born in Illinois.  1927 Lansing Manufacturing Company founded in Los Angeles  1934  Douglas Shearer of MGM heads team which designs first practical loudspeaker system for motion picture use. Lansing builds components for the system.  1937 Shearer system awarded citation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and sciences.  1941 Lansing Manufacturing Company acquired

Lansing was not an outgoing family man.  He had four children whom he cared for a great deal.  He would spend occasional weekends entertaining them, taking them to the park, and so forth.  But for the most part, he spent relatively little time at home; typically, weekends would be spent at the factory where he would work

During the late forties and early fifties, the value of the name Lansing as a trade identification was extremely high.  Although it strictly belonged to the Altec Lansing Corporation, the new company made use of the name Lansing in the style of Jim Lansing “Signature” loudspeakers.  The use of the word Signature implied that one could not

The company that is presently known as James B. Lansing Sound, Incorporated, was first called Lansing Sound, Incorporated, and dates from 1 October 1946.  The principals of this company were James B. Lansing, Chauncey Snow, and Chester L. Noble.  Since the name Lansing had been identified for so many years as a product trade name, the Altec

With the new stability offered by the merger, Lansing was at last free to pursue his work without financial worry.  During these years, he perfected many of the processes that have become standard in loudspeaker manufacturing around the world, including high-speed winding of flat wire voice coils on metal mandrels and hydraulic forming of high-frequency aluminium diaphragms. We

In the late twenties, the success of “The Jazz Singer” established sound as the new standard for the motion picture theatre.  Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of AT&T, was destined to rule that business for many years, and that’s why for people to have a big business like this, learning how to determine your wages

JBL Pro, as we know them today, was launched by James Bullough Lansing. The company that is presently known as James B. Lansing Sound, Incorporated, was first called Lansing Sound Incorporated, and originally dates back to 1st October 1946. One of the first products introduced by the new company was the model D101 fifteen-inch loudspeaker.