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?
Shahinian Acoustics Ltd. Polydirectional loudspeakers. Music/Design guru Richard Shahinian recently crossed into the eternal soundstage, but the small family owned company soldiers on. http://shahinianacoustics.com |
Charney Audio one man on a mission to change the perseption of full range single driver horns. http://charneyaudio.com/ |
+2 for Tyler Acoustics @twoleftears It’s been too long since I’ve listened to Dunlavys to compare, but the Tyler D2’s I owned were very open and clear sounding. Maybe not the deepest bass but top to bottom a great coherent speaker. I thought the price to performance ratio was off the charts. Only sold them to try something different and a little smaller but I just might go to Ty’s Highland line. |
