Out of The Box – Diptyque Audio

Our ‘Out of the Box’ Series features companies who might slip through the net from time to time. Companies with something more than hot air, who make loudspeakers but make them with a rare passion that drives them and shapes the products they design and build.

When did you start the company?

We (Eric and Gilles) met in 1999. We soon discovered that we shared a passion for HiFi and music. We also had complementary skills and experience, Eric in mechanics and Gilles in electroacoustics. We built our first planar loudspeaker prototype in 2000, and since then we’ve never stopped making progress!

Is making a loudspeaker an ‘art’ or a ‘science’?

We think it’s exactly the combination of the two. We’re scientists and technicians who build loudspeakers with objective, measured elements. We are artists who imagine and design unique objects with new ideas, and a great deal of sensitivity in the service of an incomparable art: music.

What makes your loudspeakers different to other brands?

1. Our technology: planar loudspeakers with two unique patents: bipolar push pull and crossed push pull technology for the Reference model.

2. All the well-known qualities of planar loudspeakers in the midrange and treble + firm, controlled bass, even with small panels.

3. A unique aesthetic design with numerous customization options.

4. 100% French manufacturing with industrial partners near Toulouse who work for the aeronautics industry.

5. Eco-responsible design, 100% easy to repair.

What challenges do you face in making and selling loudspeakers?

Over the past 25 years, we’ve taken many steps forward, with the aim of improving our products and making them better known.

Here are a few key steps:

• Finding the right recipe for the sound we dreamed of.
• Creating the specific tools to rigorously manufacture membranes, coils, structures.
• Finding industrial partners who meet our requirements.
• Find financing for this crazy project and buy our own building.
• Find and train talented technicians to work with us.
• Participate for the first time, in 2018, in the Munich High End show.

Where do you hope the company will be in five or ten years?

We want to keep our identity and our know-how as a high-level craft company. We want to continue to develop commercially worldwide.

Where can consumers hear about your products and find out more?

We are now distributed in over 30 countries. See the list of our distributors on our website. We are present at numerous trade fairs, including the annual Munich High End.

Our UK distributor is Reference Audio Distribution.

Diptyque Audio Website