Adire Audio started as a dream to build the biggest, baddest transducers on the planet. I like to think we delivered, and we fundamentally changed the way transducers were designed and built because of it. As it closed down in 2008, the team moved on to other things, different industries. I myself went hard-core into consulting and along the way designed transducers in the pro, consumer, and automotive space that ship in the tens of millions a year. XBL² not only brought concepts like linearity and accuracy to the lexicon, it also set a standard for high-performance reproduction.
A year or so ago, I was approached by audio enthusiasts who had the same passion for audio that the Adire team did, back in the late 90s and early 2000s. In talks over the following year, it became painfully obvious to me that not only did I not have the heart or desire to get back into the DIY and automotive transducer market directly, but that I had found people who could carry forward what we created and grew — kindred spirits who see life in audio not as a balance sheet or marketing campaign, but a way to let thousands and thousands of people experience music.
