A new speaker company has been established by former Scan Speak engineers.

Scandinavian Audio Research consists of Lars Goller, former Director of engineering, and designer of the revelator and SD series patents, Ulrik Schmidt, former senior engineer, Frank Neilsen, former senior mechanical engineer, Torben Sondergaard, former president of Scan Speak, Benny Frank Pedersen, Alan Hydel Jensen, and David Stephens, VP and director of Sales and marketing for VIFA and Scan Speak in North America from 1995-2003. The initial offering of drivers will be sold under the SB Acoustics brand, and will consist of a 1" soft dome tweeter, 5" Midwoofer, 6" Midwoofer, 10" Woofer, 12" woofer and 15" woofer. The new drivers are designed from scratch, and utilize a new, proprietary cone material, low distortion magnets and a new chassis design. A new driver manufacturer with such impressive credentials is certainly welcome.

We look forward with interest to see which manufacturers choose these drivers for their designs. Drivers by SB Acoustics will be available at Madisound and other retailers on December 7.