JBL Synthesis
Product brand
UnclaimedJBL Synthesis is a complete turnkey home theater and media room audio system, custom-tailored and calibrated for each room.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
JBL Synthesis is a complete turnkey system for home theater or media rooms. According to its official site, it uses advanced electronics and loudspeakers, and carefully selected dealers create a completely customized system tailored to the room's size and acoustics; once installed, each system is expertly calibrated to guarantee exceptional performance for every seat. The brand offers electronics and loudspeakers, and provides a dealer/installer search for authorized dealers or installers. Its ARCOS (Adaptive Room Correction and Optimization System) is an integrated software and hardware package for calibrating a JBL Synthesis multichannel audio system.
History
JBL Synthesis's official heritage page states that JBL's founder helped motion pictures speak, and that the company has been continuously advancing the science of high-fidelity sound reproduction up to and including Synthesis Ultra. The page lists JBL milestones including 1943 flat-wire milling and high-speed winding of ribbon-wire voice coils; 1944 Lansing and Hilliard redefining the state of the art for motion picture theaters with the A-4, dubbed the "Voice of the Theatre"; 1946 formation of James B. Lansing Sound, Inc.; 1947 production of the D-130 15" loudspeaker; 1954 introduction of the model 375 high-frequency compression driver; 1958 the cylindrical reflecting principle in the Paragon stereophonic loudspeaker system; 1962 the first two-way studio monitor to use a high-frequency compression driver with acoustic lens; 1969 Harman International acquiring JBL from William Thomas; 1973 the first four-way studio monitor series, the 4300s; 1976 JBL monitors ranked number one in the U.S. recording industry in a Billboard survey; and 1982 first use of titanium as a diaphragm material in compression drivers. The ARCOS page states that ARCOS represents the evolution of 20 years of room correction and speaker design for use within real, home theater environments.
Products and positioning
Immersive home theater audio, perfectly tailored for your room, with expert engineering, advanced calibration, and unmatched sound.
ARCOS (Adaptive Room Correction and Optimization System)
An integrated software and hardware package that provides a new level of calibration accuracy in setting up a JBL Synthesis multichannel audio system, utilizing newly developed DSP algorithms and measurement and analysis techniques.
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