Subsequently, Universal Audio merged with Studio Electronics Company (SEC) in 1961 and retained the marketing name Universal Audio. Later, Studio Electronics Company (SEC) acquired two more companies, Teletronix and Waveforms. The acquisition of Teletronix from Babcock enabled SEC to produce the popular LA-2A compressor later on. Shortly after that, SEC rebranded itself as United Recording Electronics Industries (UREI), still using the Universal Audio name alongside the UREI logo. However, in the mid-1970s, the Universal Audio label was removed from the UREI 1176 compressors. In 1984, JBL acquired the UREI business, releasing a series of mainly signal processing products, while the UREI name continued to be associated with these products.