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Winner of multiple Academy Awards & Technical Grammy Awards

About HARMAN

HARMAN designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions, and services are supporting the Internet of Things.

With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson®, and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians, and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world.

HARMAN’s legendary brands have been introducing essential audio innovations for more than 50 years and developing further new ways of enriching the audio/visual experience.

HARMAN delivers premium audio experiences in the house and on the go, from state-of-the-art surround sound systems in the home to in-car audio to market-leading headphones.

Professional-level technology in a Floorstanding loudspeaker.

Getting the design precisely right is part of the HARMAN credo. It is integral to ensuring that each of our products is a consistent, compelling reflection of the values you would expect from HARMAN brands: excellent performance, innovation, and advanced technology, complemented by perfect styling. Marking excellence in innovation and design, our leading brands consistently receive industry recognition for their products.

The JBL® Studio 590 Floorstanding loudspeaker brings professional-quality sound to the home experience. The Studio 590 uses the technology that JBL engineers developed for pro-audio loudspeakers to deliver accurate, powerful sound to your living room.

The Studio 590 Floorstanding speaker is a perfect complement to other members of the Studio 5 Series, including the Studio 530 bookshelf and the Studio 520C center-channel loudspeakers.

The Studio 590 features a 1-inch (25-millimeter) tweeter mounted on a glass-filled Bi-Radial® horn – the same technology used in JBL concert sound systems – to deliver concise, sustained high frequencies. A pair of 8-inch (200-millimeter) PolyPlas™ cones with Symmetrical Field Geometry™ (SFG) magnet assemblies handle low frequencies.

The Studio 590 Floorstanding loudspeaker will work with multiple power amplifiers or connection setups – or both – for single-wire or bi-wire operation. The result is enhanced versatility in the ways you can use the Studio 590 speaker.

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The signature punch and accuracy of JBL bass

Harman audio loudspeakers with 10-inch (250mm) high-output polycellulose woofer with 100-watt RMS (200-watt dynamic) digital power amplifier. Dual rear ports optimize airflow while minimizing port turbulence and audible distortion in the bass response. Computer-optimized driver positioning and network integration. Variable level, crossover, and phase controls.

Placement

Studio 590 / 580 / 570 / 530
Left & Right Channels

For the best results, place the speakers 6 – 10 feet (1.8m – 3m) apart. Angling the speakers toward the listening position can improve stereo imaging. The speakers will produce the most accurate stereo soundstage when the angle between the listener and the speakers is between 40 and 60 degrees.

Studio 530 – Surround Channels (5.1 System)

Harman audio loudspeakers like Studio 530 have a 5.1-channel system. Ideally, they should be 3 – 4 feet (0.9m – 1.2m) above the floor. An alternate location would be on a wall behind the listening position, facing forward. Experiment with their placement until you hear a diffuse, ambient sound accompanying the sounds that you hear from the front left, front right & center speakers.

Studio 530 – Surround Channels (7.1 System)

When you use Studio 530 speakers as surround-channel speakers in a 7.1-channel system, place the surround side speakers directly to the sides of the listening position, at least 3 – 4 feet (0.9m – 1.2m) above the floor. Place the surround back speakers on the wall behind the listening position, also at least 3 – 4 feet (0.9m – 1.2m) above the floor and 3 – 6 feet (0.9m – 1.8m) apart.

The Loudspeaker Series

Harman Audio Loudspeakers, are world-class engineering and an unmatched design team, worked in tandem to create a state-of-the-art music and cinema loudspeaker series that can capture the magic and raw emotion of a live performance or the pulse-pounding excitement of a surround-sound movie soundtrack.

The result of that marriage between engineering prowess and design sophistication is the Ultima2 series. Ultima2 combines a dazzling visual aesthetic while affording unmatched flexibility for any style and configuration of listening space – from the modest den, to the high-flow family area, to the dedicated media room. From any point of view, the Ultima2 series is a feast for the eyes. Each sensuous line and realization of form and function flatters a listening area and elevates the listening experience to new heights.

Available in either a shimmering high-gloss mahogany veneer or a high-gloss piano-black finish, Ultima2’s true beauty is much more than skin deep.

Crossover Networks

Each Ultima2 loudspeaker employs separate filter boards for each frequency range. Ultima2 fourth-order crossovers provide greater power handling and dramatically lower and dynamic compression distortion than simpler networks and achieve superb integration, transparency, and musicality.

Ultima2 Midrange, Piston-like Behavior

Ultima2 woofer and midrange transducers feature inverted-dome designs with titanium diaphragms that deliver superb piston-like behavior even at maximum sound levels.

Oversized voice coils wound with flat copper “ribbon” wire minimize dynamic compression while maximizing sensitivity. Aluminum flux-stabilization rings minimize second-and third-order harmonic distortion, while copper caps reduce inductance modulation. The result is dramatically reduced distortion and unmatched sonic purity, even at high listening levels.

Ultima2 Tweeter, Beryllium and Waveguides

Ultima2 tweeters incorporate pure Beryllium domes, which outperform even diamond domes. Together with an ultra-low distortion motor system, their performance is simply unmatched. Acoustically optimized Waveguides provide an inaudible transition from the midrange to the tweeter. This seamlessness is essential to the Ultima2 achievement of sounding like music rather than a loudspeaker.