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Saarland manufacture run by former Accuton engineer Stas Malikov. Beryllium domes of the absolute top class. An hour's drive from Ladenburg — geographically ideal.

Technical Audio Devices — Pioneer's reference division from Japan. Beryllium compression drivers at the very top of the field.

OEM supplier of the beryllium diaphragms for JBL, Focal and Radian. A B2B giant, not a classic consumer supplier.

The gold standard for diamond domes. OEM supplier to Kharma, Marten and Magico. A direct competitor to BlieSMa.

Taiwanese manufacture with its own DMD diamond tweeter production — the affordable answer to Accuton. Builds complete driver ranges from woofer to diamond dome.

BBC heritage in its purest form. OEM supplier to PMC, ProAc and Funktion-One. English tradition since 1985.

Bruno Putzeys' playing field. Low-distortion mid-bass drivers and Class-D modules at the very top. Roskilde, Denmark.

Cult status for open-baffle subwoofers in the US DIY scene. Straight out of Wisconsin.

Ejvind Skaaning's legacy. Premium woofers for Sonus Faber, Rockport and other high-end manufactures.

French manufacture since 1986 with its own cone technology (Kevlar variations). Old-school charm.

Allan Isaksen (ex-Vifa) built an OEM manufacture that quietly supplies Audio Physic. A hidden giant without a big brand name.

French manufacture with complete in-house designs for subwoofers and midranges.

The old French school — recently awoken again. Vintage charm with modern manufacturing.

Neu-Ulm manufacture with a long tradition. Made in Germany, widely available through specialist dealers.

Israeli DIY manufacture with Hexatech technology. Solid classics for DIY builders.

Norwegian tradition since 1950. Solid standard solutions for every application.

The DIY classic par excellence. Solid, established, superbly documented.

An established German full-line manufacturer (50+ years) – a staple of the DIY scene.

A broad, affordable catalogue of HiFi (SPH) and PA drivers.

Danish-designed (Danesian Audio), built at Sinar Baja – a DIY favourite. Satori is the premium line.

Holds the historic Peerless & Vifa brands – a large OEM house with raw drivers.

An established Chinese manufacturer – raw drivers and planar ribbons.

Parts Express' house brand – the dominant US DIY value brand with plenty of T/S data.

Danny Richie's company – DIY kits, crossover upgrades and drivers of its own.

The largest US full-range OEM (since 1949) with catalogue drivers from stock.

Compact long-excursion full-range and sub drivers and bass shakers.

A historic Polish manufacturer (since 1945) – raw drivers and reconing through its web shop.

French OEM manufacture from Strasbourg that long produced quietly for high-end brands. The Wom, Sub and vKi series are gaining a reputation in the DIY scene — France's most modern driver forge.

Billy Woodman's manufacture has been building the studio world's most famous midrange since 1974: the SM75-150 soft dome. BBC league like Volt — uncompromising, hand-built, thoroughly English.

The invisible giant: the Krefeld cone and surround supplier behind countless European drivers since 1949. Like Materion, not a consumer brand — but anyone who understands cones knows DKM.

German workshop for the rebirth of classic Klangfilm and Telefunken field coils — artfully restomodded to today's manufacturing standards. Treehaus Audiolab uses them for its Cinema series.

French field-coil manufacture run by Katy Fertin. Sensitivities up to 98 dB. Closer Acoustics uses them for its Heritage line.

A radically innovative US manufacture with Permendur pole plates and cryogenically treated coils. Andrew Songer builds drivers nobody else builds.

Berlin manufacture building full-range drivers with field coils. The AC series and Andagio — German craft manufacture in the field-coil world.

The Japanese field-coil legend. A small manufacture with near-mythical status in the DIY scene.

Jürgen Reis' manufacture for premium full-range drivers. A direct competitor to Lowther with a more modern design.

German manufacture for idiosyncratic horn designs and full-range drivers. Robert Bastanis' playing field.

Polish full-range manufacture with distributors worldwide. Known for the Nenuphar series.

Chinese manufacture that has been building more affordable field-coil drivers since 2006. Democratising a previously elite class.

The English full-range legend, going back to the 1930s. The new Hegeman line makes the brand relevant again.

French field-coil manufacture since 1956. A direct heir to the golden age of field-coil drivers.

The Japanese full-range classic. The FE series and Alnico super tweeters. A long tradition going back to Foster Electric.

Mark Fenlon's aluminium drivers are a cult choice for compact full-range designs. Made in Hong Kong/Japan.

Field-coil OEM for European boutique manufactures. B2B-focused, less consumer business.

Ted Jordan's company – the classic JX92S, today the Eikona 2 aluminium full-range.

Boutique full-range by Salabert, continued by Ocellia – made in France.

Hungarian manufacturer (since 1993, ex-BEAG) – raw full-range and field-coil.

Hand-built current-driven field-coil drivers in Germany.

Boutique single drivers, highly linear, sold direct for open-baffle and horn DIY.

Field-coil/Alnico replicas of Western Electric/Altec – vintage tone at a lower price.

Near-exact field-coil replicas of 1930s Western Electric – an insider legend.

High-efficiency full-range drivers – in-house designs, sold direct.

Family company with a star-shaped bending-wave full-range driver – a legend of time coherence.

BMR full-range drivers with very wide dispersion – affordable for DIY.

Michael Fertin's Danish field-coil manufacture — the second branch of the Fertin dynasty alongside EMS in France. Hand-built field-coil full-ranges with Scandinavian restraint.

Spanish pro-audio manufacture that is part of the DNA of 42.audio. The 15XA38Nd powers HACTAR Mk1 and Monolith Mk1.

US compression-driver manufacture with beryllium options from Truextent. The JBL alternative for the pro scene.

Hanover manufacture for high-end compression drivers with a coaxial speciality. Pro-audio focus.

French OEM supplier to L-Acoustics and Nexo. The manufacturing secret behind big pro-audio brands.

Italian pro-audio brand of the B&C group. A solid standard for the pro scene.

Italian pro-audio giant since 1946. Parent of 18Sound and Ciare. An OEM giant of the industry.

Italian pro brand. Solid, established, widely used in touring.

Italian pro manufacturer (since 1979) – woofers, coax, compression; also builds the Jensen line.

An established Italian raw-driver manufacturer, a brand of the B&C group.

RCF's transducer division – raw pro woofers and compression drivers sold separately.

OEM/ODM house (Audison heritage) – designed in Italy, built in its own plant.

Spanish pro manufacturer (since 1971) – Components catalogue with raw drivers from 10 to 18 inch.

Vertically integrated Bulgarian pro manufacturer (since 1989) – raw drivers only.

A large Thai pro OEM (since 1991) – a broad compression catalogue.

Brazilian pro brand (Harman) – affordable compression drivers for DIY horn and PA.

British manufacturer (30+ years) – 6.5-inch mids up to 24-inch subs, hand-built.

A historic British manufacturer (1930s) – domestic line on the original tooling.

Hand-built high-efficiency horn compression drivers (since 1965) plus woofers.

The British reference for guitar speakers since 1924, plus a full pro line.

UK family company (heritage from 1958) – Fane Acoustics (guitar) plus Fane International (pro).

The largest US driver manufacturer (now B&C) – guitar/bass/pro plus raw woofers.

A historic US guitar brand, today built in Italy by Sica.

US family business – hand-assembled guitar speakers with 60s/70s tone.

Hand-built guitar speakers with the vintage character of the 50s and 60s.

The pro sister of SB Acoustics from the Sinar Baja plant. Rosso, Bianco and Nero cover everything from the budget woofer to the neo compression driver — Danish engineering, Indonesian manufacturing.

The official successor to Altec Lansing — still building the 604 Duplex, the 288 and replacement diaphragms on the original tooling. America's answer to Vitavox: living history rather than a museum.

Alongside Goto the second Japanese horn legend. Among connoisseurs its compression drivers are the ne plus ultra — waiting lists included, myth guaranteed.

Brazilian pro manufacturer with US distribution from Florida — the natural neighbour of JBL Selenium. A huge catalogue of compression drivers and woofers at aggressive prices.

Almost 100 years of American pro-audio history — from the Patrician to the DL woofer series. Raw drivers are mainly spare parts today, but the legacy weighs heavily.

Serbian manufacture for true ribbon tweeters of the highest class. Made in Europe.

Chinese manufacture since 1994 for ribbons and magnesium midrange drivers. The G1 series has a name in the DIY scene.

German manufacture for premium ribbons — sells mainly complete loudspeakers.

Cologne AMT manufacture — the world leader in Air Motion Transformers.

Taiwanese manufacture using exotic materials such as bamboo cones. The compact W series has cult status.

Chinese OEM manufacture for affordable ribbons. Hidden inside many small brands.

A one-man specialist (Oskar Wrønding) – soft-dome tweeters since 1983.

Developer of the Sealed Ribbon Tweeter – affordable true ribbon for DIY.

The company where Dr Oskar Heil invented the Air Motion Transformer. The Great Heil AMT is still built today — if you say AMT, you should know where it came from.

Dutch pro manufacture with the legendary SA8535 Ribbon Compact Driver — a ribbon at compression-driver levels. An insider tip of the European pro scene since the 80s.

Bang & Olufsen's Class-D legacy. Danish engineering from Copenhagen.

Bruno Putzeys' Dutch manufacture for Class-D modules. The FA253 powers HACTAR Mk1 and Monolith Mk1. A must for the brand.

The leading Danish pro Class-D module manufacturer (since 2006) – primarily OEM.

Italian Class-D pioneer (since 1995) – OEM modules with DSP.

Swedish-designed Class-D modules (ex-Abletec), now ETAL.

DIY supplier of scalable Class-D modules (IRS2092), kits and power supplies.

High-quality TPA3255 Class-D modules with post-filter feedback – a DIY favourite.

DIY brand (Sure → Wondom) for Class-D boards, DSP and plate amps.

The DSP democratisers from Hong Kong. Flex, PWR-ICE plate amps and SHD platforms are the glue of countless active DIY projects — without miniDSP, active DIY would be a different hobby today.