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We continuously innovate beyond product, crafting new categories and telling compelling stories that add value to our solutions, allowing music to enrich life.

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Sonance Design Gallery

San Clemente, CA

Sonance Design Gallery helps clients visualize the ideal audio experience for Residential, Commercial, and Marine environments.
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Looking Back + Forward

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1983

EST.

Sonance is established by founders Scott Struthers and Geoff Spencer

Launch of Sonance ONE Prototype

1985

Paving the Way for Audio Design

Sonance releases first construction retrofit speaker bracketing systems

Sonance RotoLock
Speaker Bracketing System

1993

Innovating Bass

First dual-voice coil woofer is introduced

Sonance Subwoofer
Model 1000

1997

Giving People Control

Patents first amplified volume control for distributed audio systems

Sonamp 1230 Amplifier

1999

James is Founded

James Loudspeaker is founded in Northern CA by a group of passionate engineers and craftsmen, loyal to creating solutions without compromise

James Loudspeaker
Napa, CA

2002

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

Founder, Scott Struthers, receives CEDIA lifetime achievement award for his impact on the industry

CEDIA
Lifetime Achievement

2004

IPORT

IPORT is established, introducing iPod music control for the home

iPort In-Wall
Music System

2009

TRUFIG

TRUFIG is established for flush installation of technology

TRUFIG Mounting Platform

2010

SONANCE LANDSCAPE SERIES

Launched SLS, a significant addition to the Sonance outdoor category, offering high-quality outdoor audio solutions

Sonance Landscape Series

2011

INVISIBLE AUDIO

Invisible Series launches, which included the world's best-sounding invisible speaker, further enhancing the Sonance reputation for innovation in audio technology

Invisible Series

2013

DESIGNER SOUNDBARS

Sonance unveils adjustable-width 3-way soundbars, catering to the evolving needs of home theater designs and aesthetics

Sonance SB Adjustable Soundbars

2014

AUDIO INTO ARCHITECTURE

Sonance Architectural Series Discreet Opening System with Bandpass Subwoofer is introduced, blending technology seamlessly with home interiors

Discreet Opening System

2015

BEST NEW PRODUCT

Sonance wins CEDIA Best New Product award for DSP Amplifiers, impacting the industry with flexible, performance-driven amplification

DSP Amplifiers

2020

Virtual Showroom

In response to a global pandemic and a major pivot from in-person sales engagement, Sonance launches Sonance STUDIO360, a virtual showroom

STUDIO360

2023

Visual Experience Series

Sonance introduces our most flexible and extensive series of design and performance driven speakers, Sonance Visual Experience and Visual Experience with Quadratech

VX | VXQ

2024

QUADRATECH TWEETER

James Small Aperture 853 gets the Quadratech Tweeter Makeover

SA853QT Standard and Shallow Depth Models