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The Speaker Company That Went Bankrupt - Then Put the Studio Back in the Living Room
M&K Sound helped popularize the powered subwoofer, disappeared into bankruptcy, and returned with the same stubborn proposition: your home theater should tell the truth about the mix. Here is what survived, what it costs, and what builders can borrow.
The Speaker Company That Hides in Your Ceiling
A tiny Riverside outfit run by industry lifers keeps inventing speaker categories the big brands never bothered to build - starting with a soundbar that lives in your ceiling.
The $399 Mixer That Refused to Break: How Mackie Armored Pro Audio and Sold It to the Bedroom
A former Boeing engineer built a mixer he could drop off a table, priced it for people who play bars for beer money, and turned durability into a business model. Here is how Mackie kept selling ruggedness while the audience moved from the stage to the bedroom.
The Kentucky Town That's Been Hiding Inside Your Amp for 60 Years
For six decades a factory in a Kentucky town of 2,500 has been building the speakers inside your amplifier - and letting other brands take the credit.
The Speaker Company That Names Its Line Arrays After the Moons of Jupiter
A small crew in Walnut, California ships line arrays, subwoofers and weatherproof PA gear straight to the DJs and churches who use them - and names the product series after planetary moons.