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JL Audio Subwoofers Factory Photo Tour

by Nyal Mellor February 25, 2011

Soundstage Network have published a photographic tour of the JL Audio facilities in Miramar, Florida. JL Audio make nearly all parts of their fabulous home audio subwoofers in house and have fanatical attention to detail, as can be seen from the shots taken in different parts of their factory. The first shot I've selected shows a JL Audio Gotham cabinet being hand finished. The cabinet is actually constructed from fiberglass rather than MDF and has moulded strengthening ribs. />

The second shot I've selected shows the workstation where the final assembly and testing of each subwoofer takes place. You can see the physical size of the driver used in the Fathom and Gotham subwoofers. It is enormous and designed to reproduce bass with some of the lowest disortion possible.

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The second shot I've selected shows the workstation where the final assembly and testing of each subwoofer takes place. You can see the physical size of the driver used in the Fathom and Gotham subwoofers. It is enormous and designed to reproduce bass with some of the lowest disortion possible.

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Soundstage Network article. Once you've finished be sure to leave a comment about your impressions below. I for one was very interested to see the care and obvious engineering that goes into these subwoofers. Acoustic Frontiers is an authorized JL Audio dealer. Want to find out more about these subwoofers or our subwoofer integration services? Contact Us! About the author: Nyal Mellor is founder of Acoustic Frontiers, a company specializing in the design, build and calibration of high performance home theaters for enthusiasts worldwide.

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