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For all the talk about speakers, what sounds best, or what sounds like live music, I can't help but think of all the live music and live event venues I have been in over the past 40+ years that used JBL Professional Sound speakers to put on the shows. From small jazz clubs, to concert arenas, to sports stadiums, and movie theaters, JBL is the sound of live music and professional performances. This goes back many, many years, up to and including the present.

Just to name drop a few major JBL events, the first to come to mind was Woodstock. All JBL. Greatful Dead, all JBL. Santana Concerts, JBL. The list of current JBL Pro users is so long there is no point in trying to list them all, but touching on recent highlights, the Beijing Olympics used JBL in 12 of their sports venues, including the fabulous Fencing Hall, soon to become the Chinese National Convention Hall.

The most famous film festival in the world in Cannes, France, the Cannes Film Festival uses JBL exclusively. In Dallas, Texas, the American Airlines Center stadium is powered by Crown and JBL. The Chinese Show Palace, Mann Grauman's Chinese Theater use JBL. JBL was used for sound reinforcement at the past two presidential inagurations. This doesn't even scratch the surface where JBL can be found in daily use.

The list of movie cinema theaters that use JBL is staggering. The entire CEC movie theater chain, as well as all Marcus Theaters nation wide use JBL in sophisticated muti-channel surround sound systems.

For live concerts, JBL is the most selected brand among all others to be seen on stages world wide. The largest share of the rental market for sound reinforcement speakers belongs to JBL.

When one speaks of hearing live music, unless it is strictly unamplified, it is very often the sound of JBL Pro speakers that they are hearing. JBL is the sound of live music.