# Eminence Speaker, LLC

> Eminence Speaker, LLC is America's largest maker of loudspeaker drivers, built in the 2,500-person town of Eminence, Kentucky since 1966. It sells guitar and bass speakers under its own name - the Legend, Patriot and Redcoat series - and quietly manufactures the drivers inside amplifiers from Fender, Peavey, Ampeg, Yamaha and dozens of other brands as an OEM partner. In 2023 the Gault family sold the company to Italy's B&C Speakers, the world's largest pro-audio driver maker.

- **Founded:** 1966
- **Headquarters:** Eminence, Kentucky, United States
- **Founders:** Bob Gault (Founder & President (1966-1992))
- **Team size:** ~47-90 employees
- **Products:** Legend Series, Patriot Series, Redcoat Series, American Standard & Neodymium Series, Custom / OEM Solutions
- **Notable:** Largest manufacturer of loudspeaker drivers in the USA, Distributes to over 90 countries, Celebrated 50 years in business in 2016; nearly 60 years operating in 2023

## Products & services

- **Legend Series** — Guitar and bass speakers built for clean, neutral, high-headroom tone; some models use neodymium magnets for reduced weight.
- **Patriot Series** — Guitar speakers voiced for classic American amp tones, marked with an American flag backplate label.
- **Redcoat Series** — Guitar speakers voiced for classic British amp tones, marked with a British flag backplate label.
- **American Standard & Neodymium Series** — Pro-audio and musical instrument loudspeaker lines, including lightweight neodymium-magnet drivers and high-frequency devices.
- **Custom / OEM Solutions** — Custom-designed loudspeaker drivers manufactured for amplifier and pro-audio brands under their own names.
- **Eminence Impulse Responses (Eminence Digital)** — Downloadable sampled impulse responses of Eminence speakers for use in DAWs and amp profilers.

## Achievements

- Largest manufacturer of loudspeaker drivers in the USA
- Distributes to over 90 countries
- Celebrated 50 years in business in 2016; nearly 60 years operating in 2023
- Built the Legend, Patriot and Redcoat series into widely recognized guitar-speaker lines
- Manufactures all US production under one 100,000 sq ft roof

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — B&C Speakers S.p.A. of Italy acquired 100% of Eminence Speaker LLC and the assets of Eminence Dongguan in China, ending nearly six decades of Gault family ownership.
- **2016-02** — Eminence celebrated its 50th anniversary.

## Links

- Website: https://eminence.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eminence-speaker
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/weareeminence
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/eminencespeaker
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eminence_speaker/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EminenceSpeaker/

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Last updated: 2026-08-20