Jensen Speakers Launches Jensen Blackbird 15/100 Signature Edition Guitar Speaker

Jensen Speakers introduced a new and unique guitar speaker in the Blackbird family at NAMM 2025. The Blackbird 15/100 is the culmination of more than 25 years of Jensen’s Research & Development, led by Raimondo Sbarbati, the founder of SICA Altoparlanti. This limited edition speaker has been conceived for those "tone-connoisseurs" who seek nothing less than the best, and at the same time, pay homage to Raimondo and to its R&D and Manufacturing teams.
 
The Jensen Guitar Speakers are manufactured by SICA Altoparlanti s.r.l., based in Trecastelli, in the heart of the Marche region, the “Musical District” in Italy. In 1996, SICA Altoparlanti accepted the challenge to reproduce the legendary Jensen speakers for the electric guitar market. After having consolidated the success of the Vintage series, Jensen debuted the Jet series, a range of innovative speakers for the most contemporary music styles. Today, Jensen is one of the leading, global suppliers to the industry and to guitar players through a worldwide extended network of business partners, distributors and resellers.

Featuring all the most advanced technologies available, including the Jensen’s exclusive “Reinforced AlNiCo” magnet design, the new Blackbird 15/100 represents the ultimate Jensen voicing concept. The 15” cone grants a powerful depth in the bass range, and the uniquely treated membrane, powered by a generous 2” aluminum would voice coil, delivers a vocal, expressive midrange, and a delicate, yet chimey top end. With an impressive dynamic range, paired with the sweet, progressive and musical compression typical of the best AlNiCo speakers, the Blackbird 15/100 is characterized by Jensen as “beautifully touch-responsive, and brilliantly suited to most applications from the cleanest, purest tones, up to all shades of punchy overdrive.”

The Blackbird 15/100 is available only in the Raimondo Sbarbati’s Signature Edition, limited to 100 units worldwide, hand-assembled by a specialized team in the SICA factory. It features an exclusive Metallic Black basket finish and a laser-etched aluminum label that carries Raimondo’s signature and the progressive serial number.

The Jensen Blackbird 15/100 is available now at €339 Euros or USD $369,95 (MAP).
 
New Tornado Special Edition
At NAMM 2025, Jensen also introduced the Jensen Tornado Special Edition, a newly developed neodymium guitar speaker, with a tight, powerful response, optimized for the most demanding contemporary tones and high gain applications.

After more than a decade of growing success with the Jensen Tornado series, established as one of the most popular neodymium speaker families, the company decided it was time to offer a new voicing concept, designed from the ground up to meet the tonal requirements of today’s musicians, from the pop/rock and studio session guitarists, up to the heaviest, and most extreme metal players.

To ensure a tight and punchy response, some of the energy in the deepest bass range has been shifted up in the lower midrange, giving a thicker, richer tone where the electric guitar fundamental tones are. The midrange is well balanced with a subtle presence push to ensure clarity and detail, without harshness. The top end is carefully tailored to deliver a smooth, progressive roll-off, free from resonances and artifacts, allowing the upper harmonics to open up the guitar tone, with a cutting, present rendition, yet clear from excessive fizz. The Jensen Tornado S.E. sports a new membrane, with a ustom treatment on the surrounds, and a large diameter dust cap dome, a key factor in the shaping of the trebles. The large, 2” copper-wound voice coil on a Kapton former, ensures high headroom for a great dynamic response. The magnet is a high-efficiency, 2nd generation neodymium, an essential component to ensure the excellent performances in the minimum possible weight of the speaker. With 100W of power handling and 97.1dB of efficiency, the Tornado S.E. is equally suited to open back, vented and closed back enclosures, for the maximum versatility.

The Jensen Tornado Special Edition is now available for €179 Euros or USD $229 in both 8 and 16 Ohm versions.
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