2. speakers
  3. 135641-1464

Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!)

Let's give a shout-out to those very small speaker companies that make excellent products.  I'm thinking of true one-man operations (owner-designer-maker) as well as very small ones (owner-designer + a very few employees).

My nominees: Ryan, Prana, Philharmonic, Fritz, Watkins, Vaughn, Chapman, even Daedalus, Salk, Selah.

Who else belongs in this list?

How do they manage to compete with the "big boys", in quality if not in quantity?


twoleftears

Showing 6 responses by twoleftears

twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears OP
5,320 posts
 

Any more comments on Tyler?

From the outside, they remind me strongly of the Duntech/Dunlavy lines.

twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears OP
5,320 posts
 
So the questions remains, how do many of these tiny companies rival and sometimes surpass the likes Revel, B&W and others?  Is it the genius of the individual designer?  A speaker "auteur", rather than a gaggle of cooks.
twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears OP
5,320 posts
 
Lots of great suggestions here.  Keep 'em on coming.  There are all these interesting companies under the radar.  Perhaps one of them will be the Next Big Thing.
twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears OP
5,320 posts
 

@david_ten See title of this thread.

And a +1 for Silverline, that I'm very curious about but have never been able to hear (but have received recommendations from people whose ears I trust).

twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears OP
5,320 posts
 

Any love for Spatial Audio?


Also I notice no mention of Emerald Physics.

twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears OP
5,320 posts
 

Exactly.

What I was going for in this thread was the enterprise headed by one guy, with perhaps one or two helpers, tops.  There seem to be plenty of viable speaker companies operating like this, though the downside is of course that it's diabolically difficult to find somewhere to listen to their products.

More to discover