JBL(R) Sets the Standard for Car Audio With GTi MkII Component Systems

JBL Mobile Systems, with a proven track record of designing and manufacturing car audio components that make the music in your car sound like a live performance, today unveiled its GTi MkII Component Systems. Available in 5-1/4-inch and 6-inch models, the component systems are the latest addition to the GTi product line. Audio distortion is virtually nonexistent with the GTi Component Systems – they provide crisp and clear sonic reproduction at all sound levels. "The JBL GTi component systems deliver what recording engineers call cut or bite – it’s a quality heard at live music events,” said Andy Wehmeyer, product marketing manager, JBL Mobile Systems. "In order to reproduce it, speakers must be capable of handling tons of power and of responding instantaneously to high-amplitude transients – without distortion, without hangover and without high-amplitude adjacent-band deviations. A pioneer in the live music arena, JBL has more experience reproducing live music than anyone else, and the result of our extensive engineering efforts is some of the best car audio component systems money can buy.” Advanced motor technology is at the core of the GTi MkII component systems. Both the C508GTi and the C608GTi employ JBL’s Symmetrical Field Geometry™ (SFG), which includes a flux-stabilization ring designed to create symmetrical coil inductance while the coil is moving within the motor. This dramatically reduces distortion – even when the speaker is driven to its excursion limit. A two-inch aluminum edge-wound voice coil is used on both the five- and six-inch models. The ribbon-shaped aluminum wire enables JBL to precisely specify the number of coil windings in the magnetic gap, optimizing motor force for high efficiency and reducing distortion. It also provides maximum power handling and minimum coil inductance for extended high-frequency response. To further reduce distortion, the systems’ woofer cones are made of anodized aluminum and feature the company’s patent pending Plus One® technology, creating 30 percent more cone area than is found in competing speakers, and delivering higher efficiency and more bass output. Anodized aluminum moves first-modal cone-body breakup to a higher frequency outside the operating band, significantly reducing audible distortion and maximizing midrange clarity. Both systems include JBL’s 08GTi tweeter, and an outboard crossover network with a 24dB/octave Linquitz-Riley acoustic alignment. Air-core inductors are used to reduce magnetic saturation, and high-power and polypropylene capacitors ensure near-ideal characteristics with low series resistance (ESR). The C508GTiMkII component system (MSRP: $479.00) and the C608GTiMkII component system (MSRP: $499.00) are now available at authorized JBL car audio dealers. GTi Series Component Systems: Model JBL C508GTi JBL C608GTi Type 5-Inch professional-grade automotive component speaker system 6-Inch professional-grade automotive component speaker system Sensitivity 88dB @ 2.83V/1m 89dB @ 2.83V/1m Power Handling 125W RMS; 500W Peak 150W RMS; 600W Peak Frequency Response 58Hz – 21kHz 50Hz – 21kHz System Impedance 4 Ohms 4 Ohms Voice-Coil Diameter Woofer: 2-inch edge-wound Tweeter: 1 inch Woofer: 2-inch edge-wound Tweeter: 1 inch Mounting Depth Woofer: 2-3/8 inches Tweeter: 1-1/8 inches Woofer: 2-11/16 inches Tweeter: 1-1/8 inches Overall Diameter Woofer: 5-1/4 inches Tweeter: 2-1/16 inches Woofer: 6-1/4 inches Tweeter: 2-1/16 inches Cutout Diameter Woofer: 4-5/8 inches Tweeter: 1-3/4 inches Woofer: 5-1/8 inches Tweeter: 1-3/4 inches Crossover Dimensions 6 Inches in length; 4-1/2 inches in width; 1-3/4 inches in height 6 Inches in length; 4-1/2 inches in width; 1-3/4 inches in height The Harman Consumer Systems Group (HCSG) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a wide range of high-fidelity loudspeakers, audio and video components, and multi-media 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. HCSG 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.” - JBL MOBILE SYSTEMS - www.jbl.com JBL and Plus One are registered trademarks, and Symmetrical Field Geometry is a trademark, of Harman International Industries, Incorporated.