LSI University | Heritage & History

Each audio product added to the Crown line has brought a unique value to the customer and acted to support the remaining products. The incorporation of digital signal processing is a natural for adding value to most signal processing products and power amplifier systems are no exception.

James Bullough Lansing was born James Martini, 14 January 1902, in Macoupin County, Millwood Township, Illinois. His parents were Henry Martini, born in St. Louis, Missouri, and Grace Erbs Martini, born in Central City, Illinois. The elder Martini was a coal mining engineer, and his work required that the family moved about quite a bit during Lansing’s early years.

othing is more important to a salesperson than the relationships he or she forges. This was the crucial element that kept my father’s small town shoe store running year after year. 

The company’s history exemplifies the much-documented American success story we never get tired of hearing: one person with a dream, overcoming considerable odds with little more than courage and moxie to create a thriving empire that’s touched many of our lives through the decades.

So just how does one neatly summarize the history of a company that’s contributed a steady stream of advancements that have helped form an industry over the course of more than 70 years?