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Acoustic Energy
Website:https://acoustic-energy-corinium.co.uk/
Est. year: 1987
Acoustic Energy is a British loudspeaker company formed in London in 1987 by Phil Jones, who built the first AE1 as a small monitor for his own South London recording studio with aluminium cones he made himself.Since 1995 it has been based in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, first in Cirencester and now at Trull Farm near Tetbury.
Range & what it's known for
Three numbered series form the core. The 100 Series, with the AE100, AE109 and AE120 in their second versions plus the AE105 and AE107 for home cinema, uses a 130 mm long-throw mid-bass unit and a soft-dome tweeter. The 300 Series, AE300, AE309, AE320 and the AE307 centre, was built around a new ceramic-aluminium sandwich cone. The 500 Series, AE500, AE509 and AE520, switches to carbon-fibre cones for both tweeter and mid-bass, and the three-way AE520 is the largest passive model below the flagship. Above them sits Corinium, named after the Roman name for Cirencester, a floorstander that took three years to develop with larger carbon-fibre drivers and a new soft-dome tweeter. The AE1 continues as the AE1 Active and its AE Active successor, and 40th-anniversary editions of the AE1 and AE2 revisit the original metal-cone designs. The AE SUB, stands, the Extreme outdoor series and Aego sub-satellite systems fill out the list.
Who owns it and where it's made
Acoustic Energy has been British-owned since April 2017, when directors Mat Spandl, James Luce and Neil Truckell bought the company from its Malaysian parent Formosa Prosonic, which had owned it since a 1994 manufacturing partnership. Design, measurement and listening tests happen at the Gloucestershire headquarters, while production is shared with long-standing manufacturing partners overseas.
The lineup in this catalog
Loudspeakers (20). Prices run from GBP 279 for the AE100 pair and GBP 3,650 for the AE520 to GBP 6,000 for Corinium in standard finishes and GBP 7,000 in British Racing Green or Midnight Silver.
Who it's for
Acoustic Energy fits a buyer who wants a first pair of real hi-fi speakers and a clear route upward without leaving the brand. The AE100 or AE109 is the starting point, the 300 Series is the next step for a larger room or a better amplifier, the 500 Series and Corinium serve a settled system, and the AE Active pair covers anyone who wants to plug a streamer straight in with no separate amplifier. Home cinema owners can build a full set from the 100 and 300 Series centres and the AE SUB.
Range & what it's known for
Three numbered series form the core. The 100 Series, with the AE100, AE109 and AE120 in their second versions plus the AE105 and AE107 for home cinema, uses a 130 mm long-throw mid-bass unit and a soft-dome tweeter. The 300 Series, AE300, AE309, AE320 and the AE307 centre, was built around a new ceramic-aluminium sandwich cone. The 500 Series, AE500, AE509 and AE520, switches to carbon-fibre cones for both tweeter and mid-bass, and the three-way AE520 is the largest passive model below the flagship. Above them sits Corinium, named after the Roman name for Cirencester, a floorstander that took three years to develop with larger carbon-fibre drivers and a new soft-dome tweeter. The AE1 continues as the AE1 Active and its AE Active successor, and 40th-anniversary editions of the AE1 and AE2 revisit the original metal-cone designs. The AE SUB, stands, the Extreme outdoor series and Aego sub-satellite systems fill out the list.
Who owns it and where it's made
Acoustic Energy has been British-owned since April 2017, when directors Mat Spandl, James Luce and Neil Truckell bought the company from its Malaysian parent Formosa Prosonic, which had owned it since a 1994 manufacturing partnership. Design, measurement and listening tests happen at the Gloucestershire headquarters, while production is shared with long-standing manufacturing partners overseas.
The lineup in this catalog
Loudspeakers (20). Prices run from GBP 279 for the AE100 pair and GBP 3,650 for the AE520 to GBP 6,000 for Corinium in standard finishes and GBP 7,000 in British Racing Green or Midnight Silver.
Who it's for
Acoustic Energy fits a buyer who wants a first pair of real hi-fi speakers and a clear route upward without leaving the brand. The AE100 or AE109 is the starting point, the 300 Series is the next step for a larger room or a better amplifier, the 500 Series and Corinium serve a settled system, and the AE Active pair covers anyone who wants to plug a streamer straight in with no separate amplifier. Home cinema owners can build a full set from the 100 and 300 Series centres and the AE SUB.
