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Alcons Audio
Website:https://www.alconsaudio.com/
Est. year: 2002
Alcons Audio is a Dutch professional loudspeaker manufacturer based in Zwaag, North Holland, started in October 2002 by Tom Back together with engineer Philip de Haan and Maurice Laarhoven and formally registered in May 2003. It builds sound reinforcement systems for touring, installation and cinema around its own high-output pro-ribbon transducers, and its catalog runs to more than a dozen product series plus matching amplification and processing. For home use the relevant part is a small group of full-range speakers derived from that cinema and studio work.
Range & what it's known for
The core business is pro-audio. Line-array and point-source systems fill the V-series (VR5, VR8, VR12), the L-series and the compact Q-series, while the C-series and the CRMS family cover screen and surround speakers for cinemas. Everything is driven by the company's own Sentinel amplified loudspeaker controllers, ALC-series units that combine Class G amplification with DSP. The defining engineering trait is the pro-ribbon driver, a ribbon that de Haan developed for high sound pressure levels, protected by several patents, and used for mid and high frequencies across nearly the whole range. The same drivers reach the residential market through home cinema and full-range monitors.
Who owns it and where it's made
Alcons Audio BV is privately held by its three founders, who remain active in daily management, with Back in charge of sales and marketing, de Haan running R&D and Laarhoven handling finance. Loudspeakers, amplifiers and processors are developed and manufactured in-house in the Netherlands. In October 2022 the company moved into a 4,700 m2 building in Zwaag to increase production capacity. Offices followed in Germany in 2003 and the USA in 2011.
The lineup in this catalog
Loudspeakers (4). The company does not publish list prices for these models; positioning follows the professional lineage, so expect pricing above domestic speakers of similar cabinet size.
Who it's for
Alcons Audio makes sense for listeners who want ribbon mid and high-frequency drivers designed for cinema-level output rather than living-room volume, typically owners of dedicated home theatres or large listening rooms, and for studio or post-production buyers who need the same speakers at work and at home. Because the systems are designed as active packages, the natural path is to pair the speakers with the brand's own Sentinel controllers and grow from a stereo pair to a multichannel layout.
Range & what it's known for
The core business is pro-audio. Line-array and point-source systems fill the V-series (VR5, VR8, VR12), the L-series and the compact Q-series, while the C-series and the CRMS family cover screen and surround speakers for cinemas. Everything is driven by the company's own Sentinel amplified loudspeaker controllers, ALC-series units that combine Class G amplification with DSP. The defining engineering trait is the pro-ribbon driver, a ribbon that de Haan developed for high sound pressure levels, protected by several patents, and used for mid and high frequencies across nearly the whole range. The same drivers reach the residential market through home cinema and full-range monitors.
Who owns it and where it's made
Alcons Audio BV is privately held by its three founders, who remain active in daily management, with Back in charge of sales and marketing, de Haan running R&D and Laarhoven handling finance. Loudspeakers, amplifiers and processors are developed and manufactured in-house in the Netherlands. In October 2022 the company moved into a 4,700 m2 building in Zwaag to increase production capacity. Offices followed in Germany in 2003 and the USA in 2011.
The lineup in this catalog
Loudspeakers (4). The company does not publish list prices for these models; positioning follows the professional lineage, so expect pricing above domestic speakers of similar cabinet size.
Who it's for
Alcons Audio makes sense for listeners who want ribbon mid and high-frequency drivers designed for cinema-level output rather than living-room volume, typically owners of dedicated home theatres or large listening rooms, and for studio or post-production buyers who need the same speakers at work and at home. Because the systems are designed as active packages, the natural path is to pair the speakers with the brand's own Sentinel controllers and grow from a stereo pair to a multichannel layout.
