Meyer copies ALTEC LANSING and JBL

[LICORNE]

To my astonishment I came across this site on Lansing Heritage.

MEYER

[Steve Schell]

Everyone "borrows" technology in the sound business, to the degree that is not prevented by patent protection. I believe that JBL used to OEM drivers for Meyer, who modified them with ferrofluid and other tweaks. I read a discussion of this some time ago on the Meyer web site.

The original Altec and JBL compression driver designs were themselves inspired by Wente's work at Bell Labs. The Lansing 284 of 1934 (ancestor of the 288) very closely resembles Wente's driver from the Fletcher Horn System, which was built a year earlier. The Lansing 801 small format driver was basically a downsizing of the 284, and the later Altec 802 and JBL 175 were permanent magnet evolutions of the 801, with easily replaceable diaphragms with tangential compliance.

[LICORNE]

In the beginning I agree it might have been more acceptable. Bell labs were not allowed to comercialised their products. Monopoly. Eaven their transistor was sold to ( INTEL )Hey that's what is written on my computer.Today you've got to
protect your market.The big players have increased
The French have L'acoustic VDOSC.The U.S.A. ALTEC ,JBL,EV, EAW, MEYER.The Brits Tannoy, and the list goes on. This is science rhetoric.We have no control but what happened to ALTEC should have never happened. This is a serious case and it could end up in congress one day.