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Arendal Sound
Website:https://arendalsound.com/product/1528-tower-8-limited-10th-anniversary-edition/
Est. year: 2015
Arendal Sound is a Norwegian loudspeaker company founded in 2015 by Jan Ove Lassesen and named after his home town of Arendal on the south coast, where the company is still based. It sells only direct to the customer and shipped its first series, the 1723, in early 2016. In ten years it has grown from one THX-certified home cinema range into four series covering stereo and multichannel use, sold across Europe and North America with a 60-day home audition period.
Range & what it's known for
Each series is named after a date in Arendal's history. The 1723 series is the THX-certified core, with the Tower THX, Monitor THX, Center THX, Surround THX and Height S plus the 1S, 2S, 1V and 2V subwoofers. The 1961 series is the compact line with a Tower, Bookshelf, Monitor, Center, Surround and Height model and its own subwoofers. The 1610 series, launched in 2026 and named for the year Arendal became a market town, sits between them with Tower 8, Bookshelf 8, Slim 8, Monitor and Center 8 versions. The 1528 series heads the range with the Tower 8, Bookshelf 8, Monitor 8, Slim 8, Center 8 and Center+ 8, using lithium-magnesium tweeters and carbon-graphene midrange cones. Across the lines the drivers are Arendal's own, and the cabinets are designed around controlled-directivity waveguides and time-aligned baffles, checked on a Klippel near-field scanner in the company's own lab.
Who owns it and where it's made
Arendal Sound is a private company run by its founder, an engineer from nearby Grimstad whose father ran an electronics shop in the town. Acoustic design, measurement and product development are done in Arendal, production is contracted to a factory in China because building in Norway would price the speakers out of their market, and European orders ship from a warehouse in the Netherlands.
The lineup in this catalog
Audio systems and loudspeakers (3). Maker prices start at about EUR 1,300 for the 1610 series and EUR 1,900 a pair for the 1961 Tower, with the limited rosewood 1528 Tower 8 at EUR 11,900 a pair.
Who it's for
The usual Arendal customer orders a matched surround package or a stereo pair out of one catalogue online and is happy to try the speakers at home. A smaller room calls for the 1961 series, a dedicated cinema for the 1723 THX models, and a large stereo or multichannel room for the 1528 series.
Range & what it's known for
Each series is named after a date in Arendal's history. The 1723 series is the THX-certified core, with the Tower THX, Monitor THX, Center THX, Surround THX and Height S plus the 1S, 2S, 1V and 2V subwoofers. The 1961 series is the compact line with a Tower, Bookshelf, Monitor, Center, Surround and Height model and its own subwoofers. The 1610 series, launched in 2026 and named for the year Arendal became a market town, sits between them with Tower 8, Bookshelf 8, Slim 8, Monitor and Center 8 versions. The 1528 series heads the range with the Tower 8, Bookshelf 8, Monitor 8, Slim 8, Center 8 and Center+ 8, using lithium-magnesium tweeters and carbon-graphene midrange cones. Across the lines the drivers are Arendal's own, and the cabinets are designed around controlled-directivity waveguides and time-aligned baffles, checked on a Klippel near-field scanner in the company's own lab.
Who owns it and where it's made
Arendal Sound is a private company run by its founder, an engineer from nearby Grimstad whose father ran an electronics shop in the town. Acoustic design, measurement and product development are done in Arendal, production is contracted to a factory in China because building in Norway would price the speakers out of their market, and European orders ship from a warehouse in the Netherlands.
The lineup in this catalog
Audio systems and loudspeakers (3). Maker prices start at about EUR 1,300 for the 1610 series and EUR 1,900 a pair for the 1961 Tower, with the limited rosewood 1528 Tower 8 at EUR 11,900 a pair.
Who it's for
The usual Arendal customer orders a matched surround package or a stereo pair out of one catalogue online and is happy to try the speakers at home. A smaller room calls for the 1961 series, a dedicated cinema for the 1723 THX models, and a large stereo or multichannel room for the 1528 series.
