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What is the future for Proac Speakers ?

I have always enjoyed their speakers and have owned them in the past. However, from what I have heard, they are no longer being imported into the US due to distribution problems, the main engineer is no longer there and Mr. Tyler's future is in question. I also see an increase in Proac's being sold here on Audiogon. Does anybody know what's going on at Proac ????
garebear
stewarttyler
4 posts
 

Hello everybody, I am Stewart Tyler MD and Designer of ProAc

Speakers. I think I had better explain what has happened in the

last few years. My trainee designer left and joined Modern Audio

to make an active speaker called MAD. Unfortunately my importer

became sick, and has now died, making ProAc difficult to buy in the

States. The company ProAc and sister company Celef has had no

changes, and a new importer, The Sound Organisation (https://soundorg.com/proac/ )  has taken

over ProAc, and has a professional company with guys on the road

which the previous guy never had. More shops and better dem

facilities. Also new models the Tablette 10, DB1, D20 were never

really brought in to the States. We are now working on some new

designs, designed of course by me. Bad Rumours are not good,

and when somebody dies there will be confusion for a while.

My Son and Daughter help me run the company, and my Son in

law is fast becoming a good designer, especially cross overs.

Check out our Website designed by my Son, see what's new.

Good Luck to you all

Stewart

carmenc
293 posts
 
Thanks Stewart for your post.  I've never been a business owner, but I can only imagine the peaks and valleys you go through.  I for one love your speakers and can't wait to get a pair of your monitors for my dedicated listening room.  You're one of the top designers...up there with Richard Vandersteen, Jim Thiel, Bobby of Merlin, etc.

Looking forward to your future designs and Proacs longevity!
Best.....

cmach
193 posts
 
Dear Mr. Tyler,

Welcome to Audiogon. I recently purchased a pair of D-30R's at Revelation Audio in Southern California. I've been extremely pleased with them and they continue to impress me with their musical capabilities. Keep up the great work and wishing you and the folks at Proac continued success.
stewarttyler
4 posts
 

Hi Guys, and thanks for the response, no pun intended, and the

flattery. There are new models on our website which is being upgraded

right now. As the Hi Fi world is changing we will continue to produce

hand crafted speakers, designed by myself to go in systems with

turntables, great tranny amps, and of course Valves which I love.

I have a few good CD players and a Marantz CD recorder which I copy

vinyl to cd in real time. We want to try and recreate music as you

would hear it live, not super market noise ,and not for convenience !

Listening should be an occasion, not rushed and you do not Hoover

with a background sound, as long as there are enthusiasts out there

we will be here to satisfy their needs.

all the best

Stewart

soix
9,003 posts
 
Thank you Stewart for clearing this up.  After many decades of listening and despite many new entries to the speaker market over that time, ProAc speakers remain among my top 5 in terms of speakers that are nicely detailed yet still sound like music rather than stereo equipment.  So it was very disconcerting to hear there was possibly trouble brewing, and I'm very glad and relieved to hear things are good and that your wonderful speakers continue to evolve and improve.  I look forward to reading about and hearing your latest work.  And congrats on getting a better distributor. 

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