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JBL continues its 80th anniversary celebration with the addition of two new flagship models.
Harman Luxury Audio Group has announced the world debut of the all-new JBL Summit Everest and JBL Summit K2. Unveiling at High End Vienna 2026 in celebration of JBL’s 80th anniversary, the two new flagship models join Summit Makalu, Summit Pumori, and Summit Ama to complete a five-model series that represents the most technically accomplished loudspeakers JBL has ever created for residential applications. The Summit Series stands as only the fifth “Project” loudspeaker family in JBL’s eight-decade history, a designation reserved for the brand’s most exacting expressions of acoustic engineering.
Since 1954, only a select few JBL loudspeakers have ever carried the “Project” designation, beginning with Project Hartsfield, followed by Project Paragon, Project Everest, and Project K2. Each represented a definitive moment in acoustic engineering, introduced only when meaningful advances in transducer, enclosure, and system design made a genuine step forward in performance possible. For nearly four decades, Project Everest and Project K2 have stood as both a technological statement and a reference point for JBL acoustic design, with each successive generation introducing measurable advances in sonic accuracy, dynamic capability, and materials science. The all-new Summit Everest and Summit K2 carry that rarefied lineage forward, integrating patented and proprietary technologies developed at JBL’s Acoustic Center of Excellence in Northridge, California.
Named for the world’s highest mountain, Summit Everest is the flagship expression of the Summit Series and the successor to four generations of Project Everest loudspeakers spanning more than 40 years. At its core is a newly engineered mid/high-frequency system that combines the output of three patented 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 its sonic foundation 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) for the stiffness, low distortion, and exceptional power handling that define a true reference design. 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.
Inspired by the world’s second highest and most legendary peak, Summit K2 is JBL’s most accomplished 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 patented D2815 1.5-inch dual-diaphragm, dual-motor compression drivers with a custom-designed, patent-pending 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 — both featuring HC4 cones — anchor the sonic foundation, delivering the dynamic precision and emotional immediacy that have defined K2 since its 1989 debut.
Both Summit Everest and Summit K2 incorporate the full suite of advanced technologies that define the Summit Series. An advanced MultiCap crossover network, supporting single-wire, bi-amp/bi-wire, and tri-amp/tri-wire connectivity, replaces traditional large capacitors with a greater number of smaller capacitors, reducing electrostatic resistance and minimizing energy loss for greater signal transfer, increased power handling, and ultra-low distortion. Each loudspeaker is housed in an enclosure that features internally offset, multi-braced, and damped pre-stressed pressed curved-wall construction designed to minimize internal standing waves. Custom-designed JBL | IsoAcoustic isolation feet decouple the loudspeaker from the supporting surface, contributing to tighter bass performance, a more expansive soundstage, and imaging defined by greater clarity and spatial precision.
Summit Everest and Summit K2 are offered in a choice of high-gloss painted black with Summit Platinum accents or high-gloss Macassar Ebony wood veneer with Summit Gold detailing. Rhodium-plated binding posts wrapped in carbon fiber, Ohno-Continuous-Cast (OCC) long-crystal oxygen-free silver-plated copper internal wiring, and sustainably sourced engineered wood cabinetry reflect JBL’s commitment to materials and execution at every level.
The JBL Summit Everest and JBL Summit K2 will be globally available later in 2026 through authorized JBL Summit retailers and partners.
For more information, visit https://www.jbl.com/summit-series.
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