Meyer Sound Laboratories

Meyer Sound Laboratories
Company type	Professional Audio Manufacturer
Industry	Professional Audio
Founded	1979
Headquarters	Berkeley, CA, United States
Key people	John & Helen Meyer, Founders
Products	Loudspeakers, Digital Audio Systems, Audio Analysis Tools
Number of employees	Around 300 (2015)
Website	www.meyersound.com

Meyer Sound Laboratories is an American company based in Berkeley, California that manufactures self-powered loudspeakers, multichannel audio show control systems, electroacoustic architecture, and audio analysis tools for the professional sound reinforcement, fixed installation, and sound recording industries.

The company's emphasis on research and measurement has resulted in the issuance of dozens of patents, including for the now-standard trapezoidal loudspeaker cabinet shape.^[2]^[3] Meyer Sound has pioneered other technologies that have become standard in the audio industry, including: processor-controlled loudspeaker systems, self-powered loudspeakers,^[4]^[5] curvilinear arraying, cardioid subwoofers, and source independent measurement.

Some symphony halls and performing arts facilities utilize Meyer Sound products, such as the rehearsal area at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Svetlanov Hall in Moscow, Russia, and the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Meyer Sound's Constellation acoustic system is used to manage outdoor sound at the New World Center in Miami, Florida, which is the headquarters for the New World Symphony.^[6]

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^ "Meyer Sound: Patents". Meyer Sound. Archived from the original on 2006-02-21. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
^ "Patent Database Search Results: AN/"meyer sound" in US Patent Collection". Retrieved 16 January 2017.
^ "Necessity Mothers Invention" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Maureen Droney, Mix magazine, Nov 2004
^ "Pioneering Self-Powered Loudspeakers Since 1995". Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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[2] "Meyer Sound: Patents". Meyer Sound. Archived from the original on 2006-02-21. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[3] "Patent Database Search Results: AN/"meyer sound" in US Patent Collection". Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[4] "Necessity Mothers Invention" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Maureen Droney, Mix magazine, Nov 2004

[5] "Pioneering Self-Powered Loudspeakers Since 1995". Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

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