The world of audio has changed dramatically in the past two decades – with the advent of new technologies, the diversity of audio products and prevalence of audio in the average person’s daily lives has exploded. By 2026, soundbars alone are projected to top $12B in annual sales globally. Consumer demand has shifted to audio products that take up less space and provide a full acoustic range in a single package.
Resonado’s flagship developments, from its Res-Core technology, formerly described as Flat Core Speaker (FCS), a novel take on the conventional loudspeaker with a proprietary motor, are ready to capitalize on those market trends, less than a year since the company announced the closing of its Series-Seed venture capital round at $3M. According to Resonado, Res-Core was engineered to deliver high-performance audio in compact form factors.
Resonado Labs is a Chicago-based audio technology company that was just founded in 2017. Dedicated to designing and engineering high-performance speaker technologies by innovating at the core, Resonado has focused on overcoming the physical limitations of traditional speaker design — delivering powerful raw sound at maximum efficiency, higher linear excursion, and wider dynamic frequency ranges in sleeker than ever form factors. Read more about Resonado's approach to core loudspeaker technologies.
"Resonado takes a radical approach to innovation. Our design driven methods led us to challenge the assumption how high excursion speaker drivers could and should be designed. Identifying an opportunity to deliver full frequency sound in small form factor speakers led to the development and patenting of our core technology. Paul W. Klipsch, in his approach to overcoming the limitations of the existing technology in 1946 by developing his legendary horn load speaker, inspired me to reimagine how a speaker driver could be designed to introduce the next generation to better sound," says Brian Cho, Founder of Resonado Labs."
In a joint press conference, Resonado and Klipsch have confirmed a plan to launch a range of new products within the following 8 months. The first product will be the Cinema One speaker, combining the Klipsch signature sound with Resonado's unique drivers, and basically serves to signal the collaboration between the engineering teams from both companies. In the event, Klipsch stated that the "real magic" will arrive with the new products that are on the way.
Klipsch has remained an American icon through decades of change by relying on founder Paul W. Klipsch’s underlying sound principles and philosophy to reproduce the power, detail, and emotion of the live experience. While other brands prioritize other features, the two companies are aligned in delivering big, powerful sound straight from the hardware – and Resonado is enabling Klipsch to extend this philosophy to a series of compact new products.
"I am inspired by the incredibly talented group of entrepreneurs, engineers and designers at Resonado Labs,” says Paul Jacobs, President & CEO of Premium Audio Company. "By incorporating their cutting-edge transducer technologies, we will deliver a state-of-the-art, design-centric collection of products unlike anything Premium Audio Company has previously done."
Established in 2020, Premium Audio Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of VOXX International Corporation, includes some of the most legendary and revered brands such as Klipsch, Jamo, Magnat, Heco, Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite and Integra.
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