HARMAN Luxury Audio Group has named Safe and Sound, the family-owned audio retailer based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, as the newest JBL Summit Series dealer, joining the dealer network for the newly completed five-model line of ultra high-performance loudspeakers.
A new JBL Summit Series dealer for Western Massachusetts
Safe and Sound joins a select group of dealers nationwide chosen to represent the JBL Summit Series, which spans five models: Summit Everest, Summit K2, Summit Makalu, Summit Pumori and Summit Ama, each named for a peak of the Himalayas and engineered with JBL’s most advanced acoustic and material technologies. “We are delighted to welcome Safe and Sound to the JBL Summit elite dealer network,” said Jerry Calder, Sales Director, HARMAN Luxury Audio Group. “Our engineers refine every detail inside these loudspeakers, and Safe and Sound brings that same care to every customer who walks through its doors.”
Western Massachusetts roots, nationwide reach
Founded in 1983 as a family-owned business in Chicopee, Safe and Sound began as a small home security company and quickly evolved into car and home audio. Over 43 years it has become one of the country’s prominent audio retailers, stocking equipment from the industry’s leading manufacturers with a reach that extends nationwide through its online business. “Being hand-selected to stock and display the JBL Summit Series, alongside some of the nation’s most respected high-end audio retailers, is an incredible honor for our family business,” said Mike Laventure, owner of Safe and Sound. “It reinforces what we have worked toward for more than four decades. We offer an exceptional selection of world-class audio equipment without sacrificing the personalized service and family-owned values that got us here.”
Demonstrations at the Chicopee showroom
Safe and Sound will introduce the JBL Summit Series to its customers through personalized in-store demonstrations at its Chicopee showroom. “At this level, customers deserve the opportunity to sit down, listen, and truly appreciate what makes a product special,” said David Laventure, director of Safe and Sound. “The JBL Summit Series deserves to be experienced firsthand, and our Chicopee showroom is where we are proud to provide that opportunity.”
Inside the JBL Summit Series
Summit Everest, the flagship and heir to four generations of Project Everest, is a 3.5-way, dual 15-inch floor-standing reference loudspeaker with three 2-inch dual-motor compression drivers, dual 10-inch cast-frame Differential Drive mid-bass drivers and a pair of 15-inch Differential Drive woofers. Summit K2 is a 3-way 15-inch floor-stander with three 1.5-inch compression drivers, a 10-inch mid-bass driver and a 15-inch woofer.
Summit Makalu is a 3-way 12-inch floor-stander, Summit Pumori a 3-way 10-inch floor-stander, and Summit Ama a 2-way stand-mount model that rounds out the range. Every model shares JBL’s Sonoglass HDI horn, a triple-layer HC4 composite cone, a MultiCap crossover network, carbon-fiber-wrapped rhodium-plated binding posts and IsoAcoustics isolation feet, in cabinets finished to the standard of fine furniture.
Key specifications
- JBL Summit Series: five models — Everest, K2, Makalu, Pumori, Ama
- Summit Everest: 3.5-way, dual 15-inch floor-stander, 3x 2-inch compression drivers, 2x 10-inch mid-bass, 2x 15-inch woofers
- Summit K2: 3-way 15-inch floor-stander, 3x 1.5-inch compression drivers, 10-inch mid-bass, 15-inch woofer
- Shared: Sonoglass HDI horn, HC4 composite cone, MultiCap crossover, IsoAcoustics isolation feet
- New JBL Summit Series dealer: Safe and Sound, Chicopee, MA, serving Western Massachusetts and New England
For more on the line-up, see our coverage of another JBL Summit Series dealer, Audio Solutions, or explore the range directly at jbl.com/summit.
