Born from Pat McGinty’s 1987–1993 garage speaker-building project, Meadowlark Audio now makes limited-production, digitally active high-end speakers and luxury custom architectural audio in Redwood, New York. Founded in 1993 and built into an international brand by 2004, the company moved from carefully tuned passive designs to multi-amplified speakers with onboard digital signal processing. Its current work includes the Raven, a twin-subwoofer three-way, and the unusually deep-reaching Pelican infrasonic system.
Bache AudioBache Audio is a small Brooklyn company that handcrafts high-fidelity speakers and single-ended amplifiers, an effort that began when founder Greg Belman built audio equipment for his own listening. Its designs favor wide-band drivers, quasi-coaxial alignment, and straightforward circuitry, while custom finishes and made-to-order builds let listeners tailor speakers to their rooms. A Brooklyn listening room offers customers the chance to hear the speakers before buying.BROOKLYN, NY
SVSFrom its Youngstown, Ohio headquarters, SVS designs home-audio speakers and subwoofers that challenge the old high-end model of paying more for better sound. The company grew from garage-built subwoofers into an international audio brand, pairing reference-level engineering and testing with direct support from its Sound Experts. SVS is especially known for making immersive home-theater and hi-fi performance accessible across a broad range of budgets.YOUNGTOWN, OH
McIntosh Laboratory, IncFounded by Frank McIntosh in 1949, McIntosh Laboratory crafts high-end home audio systems and has designed and handcrafted its products at its Binghamton, New York factory since 1951. The company is recognized for its illuminated blue Watt output meters, enduring product designs, and a place in music history that includes powering Woodstock and the Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound.”BINGHAMTON, NY
Rogue Audio, IncFrom its factory in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, Rogue Audio designs and hand-builds vacuum-tube amplifiers and related high-end audio equipment. Founded on the idea that serious amplifier performance should remain affordable, the company develops its electronics in-house and hand assembles and tests each product in the United States. Its lineup includes the long-running Cronus and Sphinx integrated amplifiers alongside phono and headphone components.BRODHEADSVILLE, PA