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MS-8

MS-8

240-watt, powered DSP-based, car audio upgrade solution

Sold from 2010 until now

Made in: China

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Product Specifications

Type
System Integration Digital Processor
Power Output
20W x 8 channels @ 4 ohms, 30W x 8 channels @ 2 ohms
Series
MS Series
Number of Output Channels
Up to 8
Maximum Input Voltage (Speaker-Level Input)
15V
DSP Time Correction
Yes
Output Connections
8 x line-level; 8 x speaker-level
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
(Line-in>Line-out) 90 (Line-in>Speaker-out) 85
Number of Input Channels
Up to 8
Built-In Amplification
Yes
Electronic Crossover Functions
DSP, up to 8 outputs, 6dB/12dB/18dB/24dB/octave
Seating Position Optimization
Driver, front passenger, front area, rear area
31-Band Graphic Equalizer
Yes
Tone Controls
Bass, Mid, Treble
DSP Equalization
Yes
Maximum Output Voltage (Line Output)
2.8V
Frequency Response
20Hz–20kHz
Input Signal Conditioning
Yes
Maximum Input Voltage (Line Input)
2.8V
Display Width (in)
3-3/8
Weight Display Unit (oz)
2.8
Main Height (mm)
55
Display Depth (mm)
62
Weight Remote Control (oz)
1.4
Weight Main Unit (kg)
2.9
Display Width (mm)
86
Weight Remote Control (g)
40
Weight Display Unit (g)
80
Display Height (mm)
79
Main Depth (mm)
293
Main Height ( in)
2-1/8
Display Depth (in)
2-7/16
Display Height (in)
3-1/8
Main Width (mm)
187
Weight Main Unit (lb)
6.4
Main Depth (in)
11-1/2
Display
128 x 64 pixel LCD

It’s revolutionary – and your car’s sound system will never be the same.

The JBL® MS-8 system integration digital processor is a giant leap forward in the pursuit of making upgrades to car audio systems easy. No longer does getting great sound in today’s cars have to be labour-intensive and complicated. This elegant, single-chassis solution, based on digital signal processing (DSP), tastefully integrates with both factory-installed and aftermarket audio systems. It provides both speaker and pre-amp level inputs (up to eight channels to mix and match). Its powerful, menu-driven configuration allows the sophisticated DSP to learn your vehicle’s audio-signal characteristics and acoustic response, and provide a fast and highly effective automated setup that includes Logic 7® audio processing. What’s more, it can analyse and save multiple listening positions. Once it completes making acoustic and signal corrections, it adds precision active crossovers, a 31-band (1/3-octave) equalizer and other user-accessible features for easy adjustment. The unit has its own onboard eight-channel power for connection directly to speakers or pre-amp level outputs to connect more powerful outboard amplifiers. What used to take professional-installation technicians hours of tuning and tweaking now occurs in a matter of minutes.

The JBL MS-8 handles all the necessary tasks for dramatically improving the sound in any vehicle with an audio system. It’s got the power of a digital signal processor (DSP) engine to optimize the signals and settings for any in-vehicle listening environment, whether new or old. Logic 7 matrix processing elevates the listening experience of any two-channel source material, and onboard power allows direct connection to existing speakers. It’s a true solution.
Configuring your MS-8 unit takes less than 10 minutes. An included setup CD contains the signals required to analyse the inputs when you use the unit as an OEM (original-equipment manufacturer) integration device. If you connect the unit to an aftermarket product, the unit bypasses the signal-analysis portion. The unit’s on-screen menu provides comprehensive, step-by-step instructions for system configuration.
All of the MS-8 unit’s configurations require the user to wear the included on-ear binaural microphones for the initial setup. The unit collects data on up to four listening positions and subsequently provides an optimized setting for each location. This is one of the key reasons why the unit is such a breeze to use.
Many of today’s OEM audio systems use multiple, bandwidth-limited active channels from the factory-installed amplifier. The MS-8 unit’s inputs can connect to all the necessary channels from the factory system and sum them together to achieve a full-range, 20Hz – 20kHz response. As long as the unit’s summing channels can assemble a full-range signal, the rest of its built-in technology will take it from there.
Once your MS-8 unit sums and analyses your OEM audio signal, the unit’s DSP algorithms implement a correction routine that resets the frequency response to a target curve for an initial output response. In addition to correcting a frequency-response curve, the unit also strips away the time delay from any of its OEM audio-signal inputs.
Once the MS-8 unit achieves all initial setup and target curves, it offers a powerful and precise range of signal-processing functions and filters, including configurable active crossovers on all channels and a 31-band (1/3-octave) graphic equalizer. As a result, the unit gives the user a high degree of audio adjustment and complete confidence in the settings remaining intact regardless of source material, output levels or other user adjustments.
Logic 7 matrix processing is widely regarded as the reference standard for making a realistic 5.1- or 7.1-channel surround experience from two-channel source material. Your MS-8 unit uses Logic 7 processing to make upgraded audio systems sound great. When enabled, Logic 7 technology provides an in-vehicle experience that no other aftermarket signal processors come close to matching. It’s yet another reason why the unit is a very effective upgrade solution for any car’s audio system.
With the power of a precision DSP engine, it’s easy for the MS-8 unit to optimize the listening experience for one or more seated positions in your car. During system configuration, the unit can measure multiple seats and balance the audio output between two positions (or among everyone in the car), or simply store the measurements for later use. By optimizing each listening position, the unit always makes sure that you’re listening from the best seat.
The MS-8 unit features five favourite memory presets. Since the unit retains all individual audio, listening-position and level settings in each profile, you can easily switch among the five favourites and experience optimized seating positions, frequency-response characteristics or other attributes at the touch of a button.
One of the MS-8’s most useful features for an audio-system upgrade is its onboard IC (integrated-circuit) power amplifier. The unit delivers up to 18 watts RMS into 4 ohms (30 watts RMS into 2 ohms) across each of its eight channels for a maximum of 240 watts RMS. The onboard power is ideal for existing factory speakers where overall sound in the car is loud enough but just doesn’t sound that great.

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