Design notes and technical insight from Legacy Audio founder Bill Dudleston, covering how loudspeakers are engineered, measured and voiced.

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Legacy Aeris XD – Ecoustics ‘Best in Show’ at T.H.E. Show SoCal 2025

The Legacy Audio Aeris XD system with Wavelet 2 and i.V2 ULTRA amplifier was named 'Best in Show' at T.H.E. (Total HiFi Experience) Show 2025 by Ecoustics.com. "To put it mildly-- this system rocks. Playing Tool’s “Chocolate Chip Trip,”

Audio Insider: Why DSP In Speakers Changes Everything

AXPONA's Audio Insider Lenny Florentine sits down with Chief Designer, Bill Dudleston, from Legacy Audio to discuss the importance of Digital Signal Processing in loudspeakers. Hear Legacy Audio loudspeakers for yourself in Utopia A at AXPONA April 11-13th, 2025. Watch

Legacy Audio Selected for Groundbreaking Dubai SoundCultureProject

Dubai, UAE – January 2025 – Legacy Audio, a pioneering manufacturer of high-performance audio systems, is proud to announce its selection as one of five distinguished companies for the highly anticipated SoundCultureProject in Dubai. The exclusive event, curated by Robert

Dubai SoundCultureProject with Legacy AUdio SPeakers

Legacy Speakers in The Penguin Finale

Legacy Audio enters The Batman universe in a defining moment of HBO's The Penguin. In the Season 1 finale, Colin Farrell’s character celebrates his rise to power, dancing to music played on Legacy Audio Aeris XD speakers. Set designers for

Acceleration in Speaker Design

Driver Responsiveness Just as high-performance vehicles must articulate the road ahead through acceleration and cornering, loudspeakers must closely track the complexity of music waveforms. But how much priority is really given to acceleration in speaker component selection? Since articulation is

Legacy Focus XD – Best Floor-Standing Loudspeakers 2023

The Legacy Focus XD have been named Best Floor-Standing Loudspeakers for 2023 by Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity. View the Award here. “In my opinion, the Focus XD loudspeakers pretty much have it all, in terms of beauty,

Focus XD floor standing speaker 2023 award

Legacy Wavelet II – 2022 Golden Ear Award Winner

The Legacy Wavelet II has received the 2022 Golden Award from The Absolute Sound. The award is for reference products that have withstood the test of time and new favorites destined to become classics. Anthony Cordesman reviewed the Wavelet II

Golden Ear 2022 award winner - Wavelet 2

Legacy Audio launches Signature XD at AXPONA

(Springfield, IL) - The newly released Legacy Signature XD brings the highest level of performance to an elegant slim five-driver four-way tower configuration. Though occupying little more than one square foot of floor space, the internally powered 48” Signature XD

Legacy Audio Signature XD Self Powered Integrated Amplifier Tower Floor Standing Speaker in Olive Burl

Bill Dudleston on ‘The Intellectual People’ Podcast

Legacy Chief Designer, Bill Dudleston, joins Jason Weissman on 'The Intellectual People' Podcast to discuss what got him into building speakers and ultimately Legacy Audio. He even talks about Earl Geddes, the late Arnie Nudell and speaks about the powerful

Is Your System 24-Bit Ready?

With the plethora of new high res streaming services such as Qobuz, Tidal, and Roon, I frequently have audiophiles approach me to discuss how much they love 24-bit recording playback capabilities and the improvements they are hearing. Which begs the

Climax Mastering Chooses Legacy Audio

Climax Mastering located just 30 minutes outside of Paris, France, specializes in mastering for vinyl, CD and digital platforms. Main Monitors: Legacy Audio Focus XD The Legacy Focus XD were selected as the main monitors for their 40 square meter

Legacy Focus XD at Climax Mastering in France

New Legacy iV “Powerhouse Amplifiers” Audioholics Interview with Bill Dudleston

Gene DellaSala of Audioholics met up with Legacy Chief Designer, Bill Dudleston, at the 2020 Florida Audio Expo to discuss the new Legacy i·V amplifier series. “Legacy Audio dropped the gauntlet down with their new 600wpc i·V 7 channel &