JBL’s SAM 1 and SAM 2 loudspeakers are engineered to deliver extraordinary sonic performance and bring the configurable installation versatility of the company’s acclaimed VerTec® line-array professional audio loudspeakers to home listeners.

The SAM 1 midrange/high-frequency loudspeaker shares many of the driver technologies found in JBL’s ultrahigh-end K2® Series and Project Array™ loudspeakers. These include the company’s proprietary BiRadial® horns mated with advanced-technology aluminum midrange and pure-titanium ultrahigh-frequency compression drivers, which provide remarkable midrange clarity and resolution, wide dynamic range, and extended high-frequency response to beyond 40kHz.

The SAM 2 employs dual 8-inch woofers that utilize exclusive JBL Metal Matrix technology, in which the aluminum woofer cones are deep-anodized to produce rigid yet lightweight driver diaphragms, providing superlative articulation. SAM 2 woofers incorporate a host of additional refinements, and the crossover between the SAM 1 and SAM 2 modules is active, enabling the tonal balance of the arrays to be optimized in any listening environment.

The SAM 1 and SAM 2’s modular design provides never-before-available installation options. They can be easily attached together using their built-in fastening system, creating loudspeaker arrays in a variety of configurations. In the Synthesis One Array, one SAM 1 is linked to two SAM 2s for the left and right front channels, and two SAM 2 enclosures are attached on either side of a SAM 1 module for the center channel array.

These innovative loudspeakers are complemented by six S4Ai multipolar in-wall surround loudspeakers and the S1S-EX 18-inch subwoofer, creating a multichannel loudspeaker system that delivers remarkable sound quality, with extraordinary low-frequency impact and dynamic range, precise localization of dialogue, instruments and effects in an expansive 360-degree soundfield, and unsurpassed clarity, even when reproducing movie soundtracks and music at “real life” volume levels.

S800 and S7150 Multichannel Amplifiers: Powerful, Versatile Multichannel Amplification

The S800 stereo power amplifiers and seven-channel S7150 power amplifiers used in the Synthesis One Array combine superlative sound quality with versatile installation options, and are designed to interface with other Synthesis system components for sophisticated automatic control capabilities.

The S800 delivers 200 watts into each channel (into 8 ohms, <0.03% THD), or a massive 800 watts in bridged mode, and the S7150 provides 160 watts into each channel. Both amplifiers can easily re-create sound levels equal to those of the original performances in even the largest of home-listening environments. The amplifiers interface with the other components in a Synthesis system for sophisticated automatic control capabilities.

The JBL Synthesis One Array complete home theater audio system is currently available at a suggested retail price of $75,000.
 
The Harman Consumer Group (HCG) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a wide range of high-fidelity loudspeakers, audio and video components, and multimedia systems for use in homes and automobiles, and with computers. The group’s brands include JBL, Infinity, Harman Kardon, Mark Levinson, Revel, Audioaccess and Lexicon.

HCG is a division of Harman International Industries, Incorporated. Harman International (www.harman.com) is a leading manufacturer of high-quality, high-fidelity audio products and electronic systems for the automotive, consumer and professional markets. The company’s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HAR.”