Harman Luxury Audio JBL Stage 2 & Conceal Speakers
Harman Luxury Audio had lots of design-friendly architectural speakers from JBL among the new wares it was showing, including the highly affordable Stage 2 lineup that would be well-suited for low-profile audio in secondary rooms and media rooms. It’s a line of in-wall and in-ceiling products, with square and round grilles, offering eight models “that punch way above their weight,” says Harman’s Jim Garrett. “Everybody’s looked at them and said, ‘These are what, $300, $400 apiece?’ No – $150 … so it’s very high-caliber product for the money.” Garrett also pointed to the company’s Conceal line of invisible speakers on hand, which debuted at ISE 2020 just before the pandemic and therefore were new to many CEDIA Expo attendees.