Who owns energy speakers

In August, the Take Classic System becomes available for purchase at Circuit City, marking the first time the Energy brand has ever been sold through a national retailer. The brand also gives its popular Connoisseur Series speakers an all-new, extremely stylish look. The refresh of the line also sets the stage for all future Energy products to include the company's exclusive Convergent Source Module. In September, the Veritas Series is redesigned.

Serving as the premier flagship line since its inception, Veritas speakers are known for their sonic accuracy and dramatic spatial reproduction of the live concert performance.

Featuring a world-class design and innovative new audio technologies, the latest Veritas speakers stay true to Energy sound principles and present unrivaled flat on-axis frequency response and minimal levels of distortion and resonance. The latest series also features advanced high-definition crossover networks, improved woofers, new voicing and attractive, elegant wood cabinetry.

All of the new Energy Veritas speakers feature one-inch pure aluminum tweeters to ensure clear, accurate highs for the most detailed listening experience. On the Klipsch BB there are many many people with year old speakers that sound just as good as anything you can buy today. Made in Denver, Colorado, Grado Labs. Made in Brooklyn, New York. Made in Binghamton, New York. Made in Hope, Arkansas. Thiel Audio. Made in Nashville, Tennessee. Avalon Acoustics. Made in Boulder, Colorado.

Onkyo Corporation????????? The word Onkyo translates as "sound harmony". Klipsch fans will notice the smooth baffle design on the Reference Premiere layout, as opposed to older Reference II speakers.

Reference Premiere speakers also have unmatched stereo imaging. The company's factories in the United States are located in Framingham, Massachusetts also the site of the company headquarters , Westborough, Massachusetts and Stow, Massachusetts.

From an audiophile standpoint, Klipsch seems to have a better reputation than Bose for audio reproduction. Klipsch has a reputation for focusing on tonal quality while Bose is known more for its durability. Bose also has more robust designs. As for affordability, the winner is Klipsch. Sorry, I am a bit jaded in this regard. They cannot afford to build it here! Exit Audioholic Chief. So when you hear that word, watch out.

WmAx Audioholic Samurai. I recently came across a 2 way speaker product that was designed by a German company and outsourced to China. I'm not even sure if I can find a speaker that measures similarly for 3x the amount. So, if this speaker was made in Germany, do you think it would have the low price? I think the same speaker would cost substantially more, thus canceling it's high value. It is the same for a lot of other products.

I understand the economic implications, but it's still difficult[for me] to give up the incredible values that I have had access to in the last few years by outsourcing products to locations with very low employee labor costs. WmAx said:. DD Senior Audioholic. Biggiesized Senior Audioholic. Before you all go shooting off your mouths, I hope you guys realize the difference between outsourcing manufacturing and outsourcing assembly work.

A lot of goods are manufactured in China because they are indeed cheaper to make there. However, a lot of those goods will then also be exported for assembly, be it in the U. There is nothing inherently wrong with manufacturing in China as global trade is a good thing. However we do need to correct the trade imbalance with China. You must log in or register to reply here. Latest posts. They then launched the Energy brand and gained international recognition with their hugely successful "Energy 22" model.

Not long after that they introduced a speaker brand called "Image" pronounced like "Mirage' with some success, but dropped it when they purchased "Mirage". Again, they brought the former owners of that company into their fold as key employees. The "Athena" brand got it's name from the "Athena Project" which was a colaborative research venture into active loudspeakers which included several competing companies and was headed up by Dr.

Howard Heiber, the founder and owner of API was one of shrewdest and toughest clients I ever dealt with, but he was fair and even generous at times. I also had the great pleasure of meeting Paul Klipsch in the early 80's. Where the heck did all those years go? Joined May 23, Posts Likes They're all great speakers, and hopefully the quality doesn't derail from the this acquisition.

But I don't think this is the end of the wholly Canadian owned speaker company era although API was a big player Totem Acoustics is another Canadian company that produces excellent products and is based out of Montreal, Quebec. There's also various other well known hi-fi manufacturer based in Canada. So I would doubt this is the end. Quote: It sounds like you know a lot about API. What was your relationship with them?

So Klipsch is trying to keep the original integrity and feel of the companies. Ian Paisley is still leading that engineering team. Mirage make some beautiful boxes. So I believe that Klipsch has made a valuable acquisition and upper managment has done a good job of integrating the companies into Klipsch.

Joined Oct 5, Posts Likes Paradigm also sold out a year or two ago