Ah, the 1970s. Decimalisation, the three-day week, flared trousers flapping up a storm… and the halcyon days of ‘proper’ hi-fi. JBL, of course, was a big part of what made the 70s such a hi-fi high point - and so the company has lately decided to bring some of its old-school potency to bear on a line-up of thoroughly modern products.
Its Authentics range of wireless speakers is just one case in point. They’re specified to compete in the here and now, but designed to look like they stepped out of Studio 54. We all know though, don’t we, that looking the part is only a part of it? And not even the biggest part…
