So, about a month ago, I got something cool.
Before there was JBL, there was Altec-Lansing, and before Altec-Lansing, there was the Lansing Manufacturing Company.
I brought home one of the rarest Lansing Manufacturing Company products, a field coil 801/815 Iconic wrapped in the Model 810 Home Loudspeaker Console.
And it's got a history so interesting and star-studded that it defies all expectation.
I initially was planning to post this directly, but the writeup got so long and the story so fascinating that I ran it by my friend Michael Fremer, and he wanted to publish it on his website.
Here's the story. Enjoy!
https://trackingangle.com/features/lansing-s-lost-legacy