Accuton

Accuton Loudspeaker Drivers

About Accuton:
Accuton loudspeaker drivers are manufactured by Thiel and Partner GmbH. In 1984, the Backes & Müller production-engineer, Bernhard Thiel invented a process to produce very thin sheets of extremely hard corundum (Al₂O₃), also known as sapphire. This patented procedure allowed the manufacturing of very stiff, light weighted and highly damped loudspeaker calottes. This new and very hard material facilitates loudspeaker drivers with broader bandwidth, lower distortion and a purer sound than ever before possible. At first, these ceramic drivers were produced exclusively for new Backes & Müller products, but a few years later Bernhard Thiel stepped out of B&M and founded his own company, the original Thiel GmbH in Homburg, Germany. His loudspeaker units – only tweeters and midranges at this time – were distributed quickly in the audiophile world and gained a very high reputation for their sonic virtues. Very soon, these drivers were used in many of the – top of the line – high-end loudspeaker boxes of today’s world. Backes & Müller, still being the main customer for Bernhard Thiel, went out of the amoxicillin business in the year 1992. This – of course – presented some major problems for the young Thiel GmbH. So Bernhard Thiel started looking for a partner to take care of the economical side of business. This partner was found in Adrian Bankewitz, at this time European distributor of Accuton products and long time friend of Bernhard Thiel. He bought the assets of the old Thiel GmbH and put together the production and distribution channels and the new Thiel & Partner GmbH of today was born. Since those early days, Accuton has experienced a continuous growth and expansion.  Accuton company website.

Where to Buy Accuton:
Accuton loudspeaker drivers and speaker parts can be purchased at Madisound.