Master List of Speaker Companies

[pozz]

Need your opinions!

2 options going forward:
1. Keep the current colour-coding system, which groups countries, and sorts companies according to the country
2. Go back to colour-less and sorted by Company Name, regardless of country

1 looks good and easy to read.

 

[fredoamigo]

maybe we should do a sort to differentiate between speaker manufacturers whose main activity is this and the others?

as well as the craft companies which do not produce much?

I know it's a lot of work !! but then we'll do it maybe later because making an exhaustive directory country by country is not easy !!

 

[Kaiju]

Buchardt audio

 

[Burning Sounds]

Great list, thank you!

Just a small point - I'm not sure how you are defining "active," but MagicLX (Germany) do not sell passive speakers in the sense that their Linkwitz designs do not use internal passive x-over components - they all require external analogue or digital x-overs/eq and amps.

 

[pozz]

Great list, thank you!

Just a small point - I'm not sure how you are defining "active," but MagicLX (Germany) do not sell passive speakers in the sense that their Linkwitz designs do not use internal passive x-over components - they all require external analogue or digital x-overs/eq and amps.

I think this would still be active. For the largest active pro monitors the amps and crossovers are in separate external boxes.

 

[Burning Sounds]

I think this would still be active. For the largest active pro monitors the amps and crossovers are in separate external boxes.

Yes, they are active speakers in my book, too. All SL's designs are active, but many people think of active speakers as having the x-over/amps in the speaker box.

 

[pozz]

Yes, they are active speakers in my book, too. All SL's designs are active, but many people think of active speakers as having the x-over/amps in the speaker box.

Probably the easiest way would be define what active & passive mean in @sweetchaos's opening post.

 

[kschmit2]

Just a few more (including some real gems):

Brodmann (formerly Bösendorfer), passive speakers from Austria: http://www.brodmann.at/
Graham Audio, passive speakers from the UK: https://www.grahamaudio.co.uk/
Audiodata, passive speakers from Austria: https://www.audiodata.com/
Raidho Acoustics, passive speakers from Denmark: http://raidho.dk/
Franco Serblin, passive speakers from Italy: http://www.francoserblin.it/
MBL Akustikgeräte, passive speakers from Germany: https://www.mbl.de/
Lansche Audio, passive speakers from Germany: https://www.lansche-audio.com/
hORNS and 5° (5degrees), passive speakers from Poland: http://horns.pl/en/
Kawero! (Kaiser Acoustics), passive speakers from Germany: https://www.kaiser-acoustics.com/
Qln, passive loudspeakers from Sweden: https://qln.se/
Sveda Audio, active and passive loudspeakers from Poland: http://www.sveda-audio.com/index_en.html
Ayon Audio, passive loudspeakers from Austria: https://www.ayonaudio.com/
Blumenhofer Acousticsa, passive loudspeakers from Germany: https://www.blumenhofer-acoustics.com/
FISCHER & FISCHER, passive loudspeakers from Germany: https://fischer-fischer.de/en/
Opera Loudspeakers, passive loudspeakers from Italy: http://www.operaloudspeakers.com/en/
Gradient loudspeakers, passive loudspeakers from Finland: https://www.instagram.com/gradientofficial/ website down (https://web.archive.org/web/20170706111154/http://www.gradient.fi/Gradient/Home.html)
INKLANG Lautsprecher Manufaktur, passive loudspeakers from Germany: https://www.inklang.de/de/
Zu Audio, passive loudspeakers from the US: https://www.zuaudio.com/
AUDIUM, active and passive loudspeakers from Germany: http://en.audium.com/ and https://www.audium.com/index.php
Naim Audio, passive loudspeakers from the UK: https://www.naimaudio.com/
Spatial Audio, passive loudspeakers from the US: http://www.spatialaudio.us/
REL Acoustics, active subwoofers from the US: https://rel.net/
Omega Speaker Systems, passive loudspeakers from the US: https://omegaloudspeakers.com/
Eden Acoustique, active and passive loudspeakers from Canada: http://www.edenacoustics.com/
B&M Backes und Müller, active loudspeakers from Germany: https://backesmueller.de/en/
KS Digital, active loudspeakers from Germany: https://www.ksdigital.de/
Martion Audiosysteme, active and passive loudspeakers from Germany: http://martion.de/en/

 

[kschmit2]

even more:

Live Act Audio, passive loudspeakers from Germany, https://live-act-audio.de/
Eternal Arts, passive loudspeakers from Germany: http://www.eternalarts.de/en/en-eternalarts.html
Concrete Audio, passive loudspeakers from Germany: https://www.concrete-audio.com/en/
Apogee Acoustics (1981-1999), passive loudspeakers from the US: http://www.reality-audio.com/apogeespeakers.html
Apogee Acoustics (2000-present), passive loudspeakers from the Australia: http://www.apogeeacoustics.com/company.html
Suesskind Audio, passive loudspeakers from Germany: https://suesskindaudio.de/
Neat Acoustics, passive loudspeakers from the UK: https://neatacoustics.com/
Q Acoustics, passive loudspeakers from the UK: https://www.qacoustics.co.uk/
Horn-Kultur, passive loudspeakers from Germany: https://www.horn-kultur.de/wordpress/?page_id=436
Unison Research, passive loudspeakers from Italy: http://www.unisonresearch.com/en/
Silberstatic, passive loudspeakers from Germany: http://silberstatic.de/
Hornmanufaktur, passive speakers from Austria: http://www.hornmanufaktur.at/?lang=en
Rosso Fiorentino Audio, passive loudspeakers from Italy: https://rossofiorentino.com/
tmr Elektronik, active loudspeakers made in Germany: https://www.tmr-audio.de/
SaxxTec, active and passive loudspeakers made in Germany: https://saxx-audio.de/
Intonation Audio Manufaktur, passive loudspeakers from Germany: http://www.intonation.de/

 

[Selcuk Turkoglu]

Aurum Cantus is another one I didn't see listed.
Started out as an Italian company and now is Chinese.

http://www.aurumcantus.com/aurumcantus-company/index_company.htm#
https://www.audiophile-direct.com/pages/who-is-aurum-cantus

 

[Deleted member 65]

IKEA ... ;-)

https://www.ikea.com/se/sv/p/eneby-bluetooth-hoegtalare-vit-80401466/

 

[tomtoo]

maybe we should do a sort to differentiate between speaker manufacturers whose main activity is this and the others?

as well as the craft companies which do not produce much?

I know it's a lot of work !! but then we'll do it maybe later because making an exhaustive directory country by country is not easy !!

Think about Yamaha they do, hell i think all. But they do good speakers. So why we should seperate ?

 

[fredoamigo]

Think about Yamaha they do, hell i think all. But they do good speakers. So why we should seperate ?

it is not a question of separating anything, but of distinguishing the main activity.
jbl for loudspeakers and high-end products has chosen to call itself JBL Synthesis to differentiate itself from jbl consumer.
example in france there is totaldac which makes today a loudspeaker but their main activity is the digital ... I could cite dozens of examples like this one.
there is no question of distinguishing between good and bad products because it would be difficult to be objective without measures.

Well, it was just an idea ...

 

[pozz]

it is not a question of separating anything, but of distinguishing the main activity.
jbl for loudspeakers and high-end products has chosen to call itself JBL Synthesis to differentiate itself from jbl consumer.
example in france there is totaldac which makes today a loudspeaker but their main activity is the digital ... I could cite dozens of examples like this one.
there is no question of distinguishing between good and bad products because it would be difficult to be objective without measures.

Well, it was just an idea ...

It would be interesting, but difficult.

For example, JBL/Harman have the controlling share in the live reinforcement/PA speaker market and have many other divisions, including a partnership with Lincoln for car audio.

If we start going after all the OEMs and parts manufacturers this will quickly become unmanageable. It is also a question of whether or not to include the very small speakers in cellphones, tablets and other small devices (like toys, where I understand ESS previously had a really strong hold with their DAC chips).

Would we include Samsung for their soundbars?

Interesting question, which I can't answer. But the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook offers a broader view than simply looking at the major driver catalogs.

@HammerSandwich previously posted the very useful resource above: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/active-speaker-oems.11089/#post-313567

We should not be simply replicating the work that went into that catalogue.

 

[tomtoo]

OT
Just was going thru @kschmit2 list.
Hell of a Design.
18"woofer
midrange horn
and plasmatweeter at 2,3khz
https://www.lansche-audio.com/produkte/h-serie/cubus-mk2/

Some kind of Spaceship of Speakers.

 

[MZKM]

-added country map

Suggestion, switch to non-marker version (just colors in the country). Also, change the color scheme, as red usually means bad and right now a medium amount (~50) is gray. I would set the minimum to light green, middle to medium green and max to dark green, or whatever colors, just have them the same.

 

[sweetchaos]

@sweetchaos
This should be a interaktive map of 150 german speaker manufakturer.
https://trendblog.euronics.de/audio...e-150-deutsche-lautsprecher-marken-53360/amp/


I can't verifie couse i'am outside and my inet connection here on the smartphone you can easely count every byte received. So the page wont open right.Sry

Thanks!
I added 45 companies from here, from a total of 155 (mostly were repeats, and some missing).

 

[sweetchaos]

Latest stats:

In a surprising twist, Germany takes the lead, overtaking both France and United States!

Anyone else watching this thread like this?

Source: The IT Crowd

 

[sweetchaos]

I appreciate everyone's contributions...you guys save me a lot of time and effort *hunting down* each speaker company.

ASR community is outstanding!

When i started this, 48 hours ago, the list was:
# of Passive Speaker companies: 80, # of Active Speaker companies: 37

Now, we're at:
# of Passive Speaker companies: 358 , # of Active Speaker companies: 99

 

[tomtoo]

I think this correlates with from where the ASR readers are. Most US and Europe i'am shure there are much more Indian, Chinese , Japan speaker manfakturer. But there is the language barriere and if no readers that know the language help it looks biased.