Speakers

  • ALR-Nice-looking German metal-cone speakers. 
  • ATC-British high-end from Gloucestershire. 
  • Accusound-Australian-made speakers, some quite large, since 1990. 
  • Acoustic Energy-Nice British high-end speakers with some proprietary metal-cone technology. 
  • Acoustic Research-One of the oldest names in high-end, large line of speakers. 
  • Aerial Acoustics-High-end US-built speakers, some well-reviewed. 
  • Aliante-Small, elegant, Italian-built high-end speakers. 
  • Alón by Acarian-High-end speakers from designer Carl Marchisotto - web site includes owner's manuals in HTML. 
  • Ambiance Acoustics-No woofers, no tweeters and no crossovers; the Cool Butternut California Cube - high-end speakers, pro & consumer. 
  • ArciTec Acoustic-"Athena speakers are made in the shape of tall, slender cylinders. A classical and perfectly clean form. An image of simplicity that radiates elegance and is almost chaste in its minimalist purity." From Denmark. 
  • Artemis-Dallas-based maker of angular high-end speakers. 
  • Audes-From Estonia! 
  • Audio Box Design-High-end speakers: you pick the parts and parameters, they design the speaker and sell you the parts, you build it. 
  • Audio Concepts, Inc. Speakers-Speakers, subwoofers and electronics for audio and video hobbyists 
  • Audio Pro-Huge line of Swedish-made audio products. 
  • Audio-Tronic-Wide range of speakers - "The Crystal Sound of Sweden". Warning - huge GIFs. 
  • AudioSource-San-Francisco built amplification and speakers for value-conscious enthusiasts. 
  • AudioVector-Danish furniture-quality style and finish. 
  • Audiostatic-Cool-looking full-range electrostatics from Holland. 
  • Auriga Design-"Orbital Class" spherical loudspeakers from Canada. 
  • Aurus-These speakers are a sideline for a fine Swedish cabinetmaker. 
  • Avalon Acoustics Loudspeakers-Well-regarded US-made high end speakers. 
  • Avalon Soundworks-Importers of the "Kones" brand and builder of their own subwoofers. 
  • Avatar Audio-Seattle-based maker has a line of 4 speakers, 1 illustrated on the web site; it's pretty. 
  • Axiom-Canadian-built high-end speakers. 
  • B & W Loudspeakers International-Often highly regarded British loudspeakers. Complete line from entry level to audiophile. Lineup includes THX home theatre and active subs. 
  • B&R Acoustique-High-end loudspeaker components, and the $60,000 "Wavelaunch Titan". 
  • BC Acoustique-Stylish amp and range of speakers from France. 
  • Bag End-High-end subwoofer specialist. 
  • Baltlines Audio-European-designed and crafted (but they don't say where) speaker systems. 
  • Bang & Olufsen-Danish audio/video/lifestyle gear with very stylish design. 
  • Beauhorn-"True horn" speakers from Thomas Transducers in the UK - web site claims not only sonic virtues but stylish & compact design. 
  • Bohlender Græbener-The Radia line of ribbon/hybrid loudspeakers, from Nevada. 
  • Bose-Wide range of audio products, most notably speakers. Huge marketing presence. Products mostly detested by audiophiles. 
  • Brentworth-Distinctive-looking high-efficiency crossoverless speakers from New York. 
  • CAR-SON Speakers-"Our site contains some of the clearest cleanest speakers on the market, for home audiophiles and DJ's." 
  • Cabasse-High-end speakers from France - check out the truly bizarre-looking "Atlantis". 
  • Cadence Audio-"CADENCE is India's first and only high end audio company." Nicely odd-looking speakers and tube amp. 
  • California Audio Technology-Lots of speakers, custom-built available. 
  • Cambridge SoundWorks-Heavily marketed factory-direct mass-market speakers and home theater gear. 
  • Castle Acoustics-Well-regarded maker of British loudspeakers named after famous castles. 
  • Celestion-"Puccini was alive when Celestion first started making loudspeakers. Strauss was still composing, Satchmo was just out of his teens and Chuck Berry wasn't even born." British-built. 
  • Cello-Ultra-ULTRA high end, including some of the very few EQ products high-enders like. 
  • Cerwin Vega-"we spend most of our time building the world's loudest loudspeakers." ... "One part heavy metal, one part heavy artillery. Up to 1,000 watts of pure audio testosterone." 
  • Chario-Italian speaker-builder since 1975 with wide product range. 
  • Chord-From Britain, lots of amplification and BBC-style speakers. 
  • Citation-US-built amplifiers, controllers, and speakers; home theater oriented, upgradeable. 
  • Cliffhanger Audio-Speakers & (soon) amplification from Sudbury, Ontario, otherwise famous for nickel mining. 
  • Coincident-Wide range of Canadian high-end speakers. 
  • Confluence - Haute fidélité-Nice looking French-built speakers. 
  • Criss-High-end speakers from Korea. Web site worth a visit. 
  • DCM-The inventor of the Time Window speaker. 
  • Dali Loudspeakers-Danish manufacturer of hi-fi and home cinema loudspeakers. 
  • Dana Audio-Factory-direct speakers advertised as affordable hi-fi. 
  • Daniels Audio-Factory-direct high-end audio, including the "Guppy" and "Mud Puppy" speakers. 
  • Davidson-Cool-looking speakers on Angelfire page with lots of pop-ups. 
  • Definitive Technology-Home theater oriented loudspeaker systems. 
  • Delage-Texas-built subwoofers with direct factory order. 
  • Diapason-Lovely Italian speakers - check out the pictures. 
  • Diatone-Nicely retro-looking Japanese speakers. 
  • Digital Phase-Speakers featuring "Acousta-Reed" technology, factory-direct from Chattanooga. 
  • Direct Acoustics-Factory-direct speakers by Winslow Burhoe. 
  • Driver Design Limited-California based maker of speaker components. 
  • Dul'cet-Canadian speakers under their own name and from Swans. 
  • Dunlavy-High-end speakers from Colorado, reviewers love 'em. 
  • Duntech Audio-Australian-built audiophile-quality speakers. Famous among other things for being incredibly huge. 
  • Dynaudio True Loudspeakers-Danish-built; company slogan: "Danes don't lie." 
  • ESP-Huge beautiful speakers (nice photos) from Bend, Oregon. 
  • Eggleston Works-Very well-reviewed speakers, built in Memphis within walking distance of Sun Studios. 
  • Elac-Speakers from North Germany, they make their own drivers. 
  • Electrocompaniet-Well-regarded Norwegian high-ender. Full product line. 
  • Eminent Technology-Exotic-looking planar speakers, analog gear, accessories. Way-cool test tones on the web site. 
  • Energy Loudspeakers-Hi-Fi loudspeakers and subwoofers for high end audio and home theater systems. 
  • Eosone-Home theater oriented speakers by famous designer Arnie Nudell. 
  • Epos Acoustics-Loudspeakers with attitude. 
  • Euro Acoustics-High performance loudspeakers for studio and home from EU based manufacturer. Worldwide delivery to most countries. 
  • Evett & Shaw-Maker of premium loudspeaker systems from Utah. 
  • FOCAL - JMlab-French builder of the JMlab loudspeaker line, also FOCAL speaker components (used in several other high-end lines), and car audio components. Regular contender for the most expensive speaker you can buy. 
  • Fase Evoluzione Audio-Handcrafted Italian audio, very nice to look at. 
  • Final-Elegant Dutch electrostatic speakers. 
  • Forsman-Dramatic-looking Norwegian speakers using the "Vertical Split System (VSS)" concept. 
  • Gallo Acoustics-Anthony Gallo Acoustics makes the truly unique "eyeball" loudspeakers. 
  • Genelec-Industrial-chic active pro studio monitors. 
  • Genesis-Speakers from Arnie Nudell from $125,000 down to $1,500 - worth looking at. 
  • German Physiks-High-end speakers with Walsh omnidirectional drivers - powerful design statement, some will like them.
  • Gershman Acoustics-Canadian high-end speakers with unique shapes. 
  • Goldmund-Insanely-high-end components from Geneva. 
  • Gradient-Well-regarded Finnish speakers - Gradient also makes the subwoofer for the legendary Quad electrostatic. 
  • Greybeard Audio-Speakers that are, uh, unique-looking. 
  • HGP-High-end speakers from Germany, with highly-coloured prose. 
  • Hales Design Group-High end loudspeakers named after mastermind Paul Hales. 
  • Harbeth Loudspeakers-Extremely British (BBC pedigree) high-end speakers. 
  • Heco-German speaker builders since the 1950s. . 
  • Hsin Yuan Industry Co., Ltd.-Manufacturer and exporter of car speakers, home audio, wall speakers, ceiling speakers, waterproof boat speakers and computer speakers. 
  • Hsu Research-US-built subwoofer technologies, innovative cylindrical designs. 
  • IPTRC-Makers of the Inverted Projected Tesseract Resonating Chamber loudspeaker - as in odd-shaped. Nifty java applet. 
  • Impact Technology-US-built. 
  • Induction Dynamics-Nice-looking speakers from Kansas with unique patented crossovers. 
  • Infinity-US manufacturer at the center of high-end speaker history - part of Harman/Kardon now. 
  • Innersound-Dramatic-looking hybrid-tech (electrostatic/dynamic) hybrid-home (British/US) speakers. 
  • Invisible Speakers-Not thin film, but hide-in-the-wall. 
  • Jadis-Really-REALLY-high-end French maker of tubed electronics and speakers that have to be seen to be believed (heard too, they say). 
  • Jamo-Danish speaker builder claims to be Europe's largest - some high-end offerings have been well-reviewed. 
  • Jean Maurer - Lectron-High-end speakers and amps (tube & hybrid) from Switzerland. 
  • Joly Speakers-From Taiwan. Unique web site. 
  • Joseph Audio-US-built speakers, well-reviewed. 
  • KEF-British maker of a full line of loudspeakers; has been in the business since it began. 
  • Kerlegan Audio-Loudspeakers from New Jersey; also enclosures and supplies for DIY. 
  • Kharma speakers and cables-High End speakers and cables from The Netherlands; check out the "Special Products" link. 
  • Kinetic Audio-Makes speakers and components for Audiophile, Home Theater, Multimedia, Auto and Entertainment systems. 
  • Klipsch-Wide range of speakers, from computer monitors to classic 50-year-old horn-loaded designs; interesting sound clips on site. 
  • Kora Electronic Concept-Sleek high-end gear from Toulouse, France. 
  • Krix Loudspeakers-Australia's oldest speaker manufacturer, since 1974. 
  • LINK-Nice-looking speakers from Belgium, since 1981. 
  • Legacy Audio-Large speakers with many drivers, nice-looking amps and home theater gear, all US-built. 
  • Linn Hi-Fi-Scottish audio cult invented analog high-end in 1972, makes everything, music-oriented. 
  • Loth-X-From Singapore, neat-looking turntables, horn-loaded speakers, and battery/tube preamps. 
  • Lowther-British speakers, all embodying the acoustic horn principle. There are fan-club web sites around the world, so they must be onto something. 
  • MB Quart-German built speakers. 
  • Magnat-Wide line of German speakers. 
  • Magnepan - Magneplanar Loudspakers-Hi-end loudspeakers that are taller than you are and only an inch thick; have been popular and well-reviewed for many years. 
  • MartinLogan-Fine electrostatic and hybrid loudspeakers that you can see through. 
  • Meadowlark Audio-San-Diego-built speakers named after birds. 
  • Meridian-UK high-end manufacturer at the leading edge of digital technology - well-reviewed products. 
  • Merlin Music-US-built high-end speakers; good reviews recently. 
  • Mink Hollow Audio-The "Idol" transmission-line speakers. 
  • Mirage Loudspeakers-Offering a wide range of products for high-end, two channel audio systems and home theater. 
  • Mission Audio-British speaker builder, mostly mass market, some high-end. 
  • Monitor Audio-Very complete line of high-end speakers featuring the famous gold tweeter. 
  • Montana-Speakers, featuring the KAS, the kick ass speaker. Cool URL. 
  • Mordaunt-Short-Long-time makers of fine British loudspeakers. IE-centric web site. 
  • Musical Technolog\-The Kestrel, Harrier, Osprey, and Falcon speakers. 
  • Mutine Hi-Fi-Quebec-built audio. 
  • NEAR Loudspeakers-New England Audio Resource - full line of speakers, with unique metal-driver technology. 
  • NHT Hi-Fi-Now Hear This - range of high-end audio & home theatre speakers. Big 3.3 speakers, much deeper than wide, regarded by some as world's premiere rock 'n' roll speakers. 
  • NSM-US-built speakers, wide range. 
  • Naim Audio-Quirky but excellent British high-end manufacturer. 
  • Neat Acoustics-Hand-built in County Durham. 
  • Neukomm Audio Systems-Swiss manufacturer of high-end audio amplifiers, cd-players, etc. 
  • Newform Loudspeakers-Odd-looking Canadian loudspeakers, sold factory-direct with evaluation period. 
  • Note Perfect-High-end Aussie speakers. 
  • Nova Audio-Big square high-end speakers from Texas. 
  • Ohm Speakers-High-end speakers, some using unconventional technology including the "Walsh" omnidirectional driver. Factory-direct sales with long home-trial period. 
  • Osborn Home Page-Proudly-Australian speaker builder. 
  • PSB Loudspeakers-Fine high-end loudspeakers - PSB stands for Paul & Sylvia Barton, chief designers. The editor is biased, I have a pair of the ridiculously cheap PSB Alphas plugged into my computer. Canadian-built, full range of models. 
  • Paradigm-Canadian manufacturer of mass-market/hi-fi Audio and Home Theater Loudspeakers. 
  • Paragon Acoustics-US-built high-end loudspeakers, unusual-looking, sound clips from Enya on web site. 
  • Parasound-California-built high-end products featuring designer John Curl. 
  • Peak Consult-Danish builders of the nice-looking "Enigma" and "Incognito" speakers also sell DIY supplies. 
  • Phase Technology-Wide range of US-built speakers. 
  • Phlox/YBA-YBA is Yves-Bernard André, French audio designer - the products are loved by some audiophiles, others are put off by a certain air of techno-mysticism, cf. the Blue Laser CD player. 
  • Piega-Swiss-built speakers, some active. 
  • Pinnacle-Loudspeakers from New York, including the top-of-the-line "Classic Gold Aerogel" (not kidding). 
  • Platinum Audio-US-built high end loudspeakers. 
  • Polk Audio Home Page-One of the world's biggest speaker makers. High-enders diss them. 
  • Polysonics - Pro-Audio Loudspeakers-Pro, not consumer, high-quality loudspeakers and components. 
  • Primare-Complete line of high-end products boasts of Scandinavian design values. 
  • Quad-Funky British high-end electronics, and probably the best-loved electrostatic speakers ever built anywhere. 
  • Quadral - the sound company-Fine speakers built in Germany since 1977. 
  • RBH Sound-L.A. based speaker builder. 
  • REL Acoustics-Welsh-built subwoofers, said to bridge headbanger and audiophile values, not bad-looking. 
  • RR Audio Laboratory Trapagon Loudspeakers-Acoustical analysis and engineering, loudspeaker design and consultation for audio and computer design projects. 
  • Reference 3A by Daniel Dehay-Canada's UHF mag thinks these Swiss speakers are the world's best; otherwise obscure.
  • Revel Speakers-Unique-looking (some like them) high-end speakers - a subsidiary of well-known high-end builder Madrigal. Well-reviewed. 
  • Revox of Switzerland-"Founded by Willi Studer in 1948" - most famous for professional recording equipment. Cool euro-styling. 
  • Rogers British High Fidelity-They make the LS3/5A, the original "BBC" speaker, perhaps the most famous small monitor ever built. 
  • Roister-High-end from Greece - lots of speakers and a really handsome amp. 
  • Royd Loudspeakers-High-end speakers built in Shropshire, England - well-reviewed. 
  • SD Acoustics-British-built loudspeakers - gleaming piano black lacquer and ribbon tweeters. 
  • SEA Speakers-Speakers from Florida with some interesting customers. 
  • Senic Audio Systems-Norwegian high-end speakers. 
  • Sequerra-High-end speakers and amplification from Dick Sequerra. Factory-direct sales. 
  • Shamrock Audio-Maker (in Oregon) of the "Eire" handcrafted speaker, and distributor of "R.E. Designs" amps and preamps. 
  • Silverline Audio-High-end speakers (at, they say, a realistic price) from California - some, er, aggressively styled. 
  • Snell Acoustics-Long-time builder of well-regarded high-end speakers - and a digital room-correction system. 
  • Soliloquy-A design project of Cary's Dennis Had. 
  • Sonicweld-"The world's first and only all-metal loudspeaker machined from solid billets" - looks just like it, too, very eye-catching. From Orem, Utah. 
  • Sonique-Speakers and tube amps from Australia - very nice-looking wood finishes. 
  • Sonus Faber-Legendary Italian maker of lavishly beautiful speakers that sound even better then they look. 
  • Sony-Their home page. 
  • Sound Dynamics-Another branch of Canada's Audio Products International empire; high-end speakers, most ugly, some very well-reviewed. 
  • SoundLab Speakers-Big, ambitious, electrostatic speakers from Utah. J. Gordon Holt, perhaps the world's most famous audiophile, swore by SoundLab for years. 
  • Spendor-Well-regarded British speakers. 
  • Stereolith-Speakers that due to Swiss magic deliver stereo from a single box. Or so they say. Look kind of cool. 
  • Sunfire by Bob Carver-The 3rd audio company founded by innovative (and controversial) designer Bob Carver; amplifiers and a subwoofer with a built-in 2,700 watt amp! 
  • Tannoy-Leader in UK loudspeakers for decades - proof that British speakers can be BIG. 
  • Teufel-German-built home theater specialists claim good audio performance too. 
  • The Samadhi Line-Speakers by well-known audio writer Dick Olsher - very good-looking indeed. 
  • Thiel-Much-loved US-built speakers featuring designs by Jim Thiel. 
  • Tonsil-From Poland. 
  • Totem Acoustic-Some say these Quebec-built products are the best small speakers in the world. 
  • Triangle-Nice-looking speakers from France. 
  • V-Vox HiFi luidsprekers-Elegant-looking Dutch speakers. 
  • VS Audiophile Speakers-From Australia. 
  • Vaessen-"Belgian artist designs High-End Loudspeaker" (egg-shaped) - you read it here first. 
  • Vandersteen Audio-Long-time leader in high-end audio - regarded as very good value for the money. 
  • Velodyne-Famous for monster accelerometer-controlled subwoofers, now make full-range speakers too. 
  • Verity Audio-Quebec-based maker of the "Parsifal" and "Fidelio" speakers. 
  • Waveform - Mach 17 Loudspeakers-Seriously cool speakers (by all accounts), eccentric designer, direct-order only. 
  • Westlake Audio-Big stately ugly speakers. 
  • Wharfedale-The domain seems to be owned by a retailer, but they do have some pages for this well-known British name. 
  • Whatmough Monitors-From Australia, and they claim they're world-class. 
  • Wilmslow-British maker of speakers for 30 years. 
  • Wilson Audio-Very high-end (correspondingly priced) speakers from David Wilson. 
  • Wilson Benesch-Mondrianesque web site from British maker of high-tech LP gear and speakers. 
  • Wisdom Audio-They claim the Nevada-built Dipole 75 Planar Source System is the best speaker anywhere. Not bad-looking. 
  • Wood Speaker Systems-From northern Sweden - picture suggests they may be rather elegant. 
  • Wraith-Thin black speakers from Michigan. 
  • X-Stream Audio-Manufacturer and distributor of powered subwoofers based on patented Pressure Relief Guide (PRG) Technology. 
  • Yamamura Churchill-The stuff looks DIFFERENT, and the blurb says 'Be Yamamura. He has been described as a "True Renaissance Man" and his work and creativity as shown here, genuinely resemble the universal skills of the giants of the Italian Renaissance' - critical opinion on how the stuff sounds is divided. 
  • Zingali-Wooden horn-driven loudspeakers from Italy; site just arriving. 
  • acoustic solutions-Loudspeakers for the audiophile. 
  • avantgarde Acoustic-Wild-looking audiophile spherical horn speaker systems with ultra-high sensitivity. 
  • mbl Akustikgeräte GmbH-German hi-fi and lots of it. Lots of high-end speakers look like alien technology, but mbl's take the cake. 
  • nOrh Loudspeakers-Hand-made in Thailand by an American expat. Rather beautiful, speaker cabinet is 1-inch-thick solid wood. 

 
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