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Perlisten

Perlisten

Website:https://www.perlistenaudio.com/

Est. year: 2016

Perlisten Audio is an American loudspeaker and subwoofer maker founded in April 2016 and based in Verona, Wisconsin. It builds hi-fi and home theatre speakers, in-wall and in-ceiling models, subwoofers and amplifiers, and within its first four years it became the first brand to gain THX Dominus certification. Its products are developed around extensive measurement work and drive units made specifically for the company.

Range & what it's known for

The line is split into series. The S-Series includes the S7t tower, S5t, S4b bookshelf, S5m monitor and S7c centre. The R-Series offers the R7t and R5t towers, R4b bookshelf, R5m monitor and R5c centre, and the newer A-Series covers the A4t, A3t, A3m and A2s. The X-Series serves in-wall and on-wall use, while the D-Series subwoofers run up to the dual 15-inch D215s and the in-wall D8is. DSP1500 and DSP3000 amplifiers drive the passive subwoofers. The signature engineering trait is the DPC (Directivity Pattern Control) array, which surrounds the tweeter with flanking drivers to steer dispersion, used with lightweight TPCD domes and Textreme carbon fibre cones.

Who owns it and where it's made

Perlisten was set up by Daniel Roemer and Lars Johansen. Roemer spent more than 25 years in acoustic measurement and modelling work for NHT, Acoustic Research and Advent, while Johansen held a management post at Harman International in the 1990s and later worked in Danish speaker component manufacturing. Roemer has since passed away. Engineering is led from Wisconsin, with additional operations in Copenhagen and California.

The lineup in this catalog

Perlisten is listed here with loudspeakers, which cost about USD 2,000 for a smaller model and more than USD 20,000 for the biggest, depending on series and size.

Who it's for

For a stereo system or a full home theatre, Perlisten supplies speakers, centre channels, surrounds and subwoofers from one maker. The A-Series and R-Series are the ways in, the S-Series and S7t editions sit above them, and the D-Series subwoofers and architectural models let owners extend a system without leaving the brand.