HARMAN just dropped two new speakers for its JBL Summit collection while at HIGH END Vienna 2026 this week: the Everest and K2. The two new models come as JBL celebrates its 80th anniversary, joining the Makalu, Pumori and Ama to complete the five-model Summit series.
Why integrators should take note
The summit series stands as some of JBL’s most technically accomplished loudspeakers for the residential install channel. It’s only the fifth “Project” loudspeaker family in JBL’s eight-decade history (with others being the Hartsfield and Paragon speakers), which is a designation the brand reserves for its most prominent displays of acoustic engineering.
“For 80 years, JBL has been defined by an uncompromising pursuit of acoustic excellence, and the Project loudspeakers have always represented the absolute summit of that pursuit,” said David Tovissi, Vice President & GM, HARMAN Luxury Audio.
“With Summit Everest and Summit K2, we are honoring four generations of legendary engineering while introducing technologies that move the state of the art forward. These are reference loudspeakers built for listeners who refuse to compromise and who recognize what it means to own the very best.”
The latest entries into the Summit Series
Both Summit Everest and Summit K2 incorporate the full suite of advanced technologies that define the Summit Series. Each loudspeaker is also housed in a meticulously engineered enclosure featuring internally offset, multi-braced, and damped pre-stressed pressed curved-wall construction designed to minimize internal standing waves.
Custom-designed IsoAcoustic isolation feet help to decouple the loudspeaker from the supporting surface, further contributing to tighter bass performance, a more expansive soundstage and imaging defined by greater clarity and spatial precision.
Summit Everest and Summit K2 are also offered in a choice of high-gloss painted black with Summit Platinum accents or high-gloss Macassar Ebony wood veneer with Summit Gold detailing.
Summit Everest
JBL Summit Everest in Ebony Finish
Named for the world’s highest mountain, Summit Everest is the flagship model of the Summit Series and the successor to four generations of Project Everest loudspeakers spanning more than 40 years.
At its core, Everest is a newly engineered mid/high-frequency system that combines the output of three JBL D2820 2-inch dual-diaphragm, dual-motor compression drivers with a custom-designed, patent-pending 3-into-1 expansion manifold, seamlessly mated to a custom large-format Sonoglass High-Definition Imaging (HDI) horn.
Anchoring it are dual 10-inch cast-frame Differential Drive mid-bass drivers and dual 15-inch cast-frame Differential Drive woofers, each utilizing JBL’s triple-layer Hybrid Carbon Cellulose Composite Cone (HC4). The result is a 3.5-way floor-standing loudspeaker that delivers extraordinary resolution, dynamic authority, tonal precision, and spatial realism across a bandwidth extending from 20 Hz to beyond 23 kHz.
Summit K2
JBL Summit K2 in Black finish
Inspired by the world’s second highest and most legendary peak, Summit K2 is a 15-inch 3-way floor-standing loudspeaker, built upon the legacy of four generations of Project K2 development.
It features a newly engineered mid/high-frequency system pairing three D2815 1.5-inch dual-diaphragm, dual-motor compression drivers with a custom-designed, 3-into-1 expansion manifold and large-format Sonoglass HDI horn.
A 10-inch cast-frame Differential Drive mid-bass driver and a 15-inch cast-frame Differential Drive woofer featuring HC4 cones anchor the sonic foundation.
Pricing and Availability
The JBL Summit Everest and JBL Summit K2 will be globally available later in 2026 through authorized JBL Summit retailers and partners.
Announced MSRPs for the full Summit Series are as follows:
- Everest: $159,990 USD
- K2: $99,990 USD
- Makalu: $45,000 USD
- Pumori: $30,000 USD
- Ama: $20,000 USD
