Graham
AUDIO
What we do
Graham Audio are based in Devon, south-west England, where we hand build high quality monitor loudspeakers - including a range of BBC-licensed models such as the LS3/5 and LS5/9. We use the very best materials and industry-renowned experts to produce neutral yet highly revealing loudspeakers that work equally well in the recording studio or your listening room at home.
We use BBC "thin wall" cabinets and bespoke hand-made drive units which result in levels of transparency and realism that are hard to find elsewhere today. Our loudspeakers are available throughout the world, and come with a 5 year warranty.
Graham Audio
Graham Audio is a family-owned British company based in Newton Abbot, a small market town in Devon, south-west England. We are passionate about high-quality audio and believe that the classic BBC loudspeaker designs offer levels of neutrality, transparency and realism that are hard to find elsewhere today. Using modern components and production techniques we have been able to maximise the performance while remaining true to the original designs.
All loudspeakers are hand-assembled on site. One person is responsible for every step of production, which includes testing and auditioning. A second person double-checks the completed product, repeating the testing as a matter of course and saving the results for future reference. As part of the test procedure, all completed loudspeakers are compared to our master reference samples to ensure complete consistency.
Graham Audio are proud to work with some of the best talent in the industry, including Derek Hughes and Volt Loudspeakers. Our loudspeaker systems are available throughout the world from carefully selected outlets who have full demonstration facilities, and will support you through the selection and setting up process.
The Company
The company was founded by Paul Graham, who has spent more than 20 years working in all areas of professional audio, including the recording and broadcast industries, and in live sound and performance. Of all the different approaches, Paul has always favoured the "BBC sound" for both professional and personal applications, but feared that many of the classic designs would be lost forever as one by one the surviving examples gradually failed after many decades of operation. A couple of chance meetings and some long conversations later, it was decided that the only way to preserve this legacy was to seek BBC approval to build them himself.
Our debut loudspeaker - the BBC LS5/9 - was warmly received by reviewers and owners alike, and the BBC LS5/8 and BBC LS3/5 have been equally successful. In addition, our range of bespoke loudspeakers includes a high power, high quality passive monitor primarily intended for live sound (the SYSTEM3D) - and from that research programme the floor-standing VOTU was born.
The Chartwell LS6 sits between the LS3/5 and LS5/9, and gives nothing away to those models in terms of dynamics and musical insight. And the LS5/5 sees the introduction - for what we believe is the first ever - of slot loading to the domestic hifi market. This feature was widely used by the BBC to improve the off-axis response of large drive units, which results in a smoother power response that makes it easier to accommodate large speakers in typical domestic environments.