Audiovector

Why it is renowned

Audiovector is known abroad for tall, narrow floorstanding loudspeakers in its R and QR ranges, several of which owners can upgrade step by step to a higher grade.¹² The American magazine The Absolute Sound has reviewed both its flagship R 10 Arreté and the Trapeze Reimagined, noting that the company builds everything from affordable bookshelf models to statement towers at its factory outside Copenhagen.²¹

The speakers are sold through distributors and dealers across Europe, in the United States and Canada, in South America, in much of Asia from Japan to India, in Australia, in the Middle East and in South Africa.³

The story

Ole Klifoth, a music lover with experience in the hi-fi trade, founded Audiovector in Copenhagen in 1979 after failing to find a speaker he liked.⁴ His first design was a large six-way model with eight drivers; the smaller three-way Trapez followed soon after.¹ Its ideas of linear dynamics, linear phase and a 6 dB per octave crossover still shape the range.⁵

The company is still owned by the family. Mads Klifoth, Ole's son, has run it since 2015 and widened its distribution abroad, while Ole remains in charge of research and development.⁴ Every loudspeaker is designed, developed and assembled by hand in-house at the factory in Skovlunde, north-west of Copenhagen.⁴⁶

What to know it by

• R 10 Arreté⁷Flagship floorstander with a rear array of eight bass drivers
• Trapeze Reimagined⁵Ole KlifothThree-way trapezoid floorstander based on the 1979 Trapez
• R 8 Arreté⁸Floorstander with an isobaric compound bass system
• Trapez⁵1979discontinuedOle KlifothThree-way trapezoid speaker, the blueprint for its range