Theophany Loudspeakers

General information

A Short History

After a life threatening illness in 2002 Garth Murray, who is part owner with his wife Stephanie, incurred a brain injury. After this traumatic experience he started having very vivid dreams, sometimes while still awake. In one of those dreams he saw the S3 and all of the relevant dimensions. In a later dream he saw the M5 and the name of the company. In one further dream he observed some materials that were used inside the speakers.

Shortly after the first dream through a series of quite unusual events Garth meet Mathew Simmons. Mathew is one of the directors of "The Arvus Group". Matthew started repairing speakers at the age of twelve and has gone on to design and build speakers used around the world. Mathew has a close family member that has also suffered a brain injury similar to Garth's so understood some of the difficulties he had. Together they formed a very close friendship. At the beginning Mathew was able to offer help and technical expertise that would ensure that the dreams would come to fruition. The drivers used in the first speakers were all designed and constructed buy Mathew Simmons.

In March of 2005 as a result of the dreams Theophany Loudspeakers was established. Since that time the models have improved as we have learnt more and more about varying aspects of speaker construction and design. Theophany tried many driver makes and models but found that the drivers and the expertise offered by Arvus always surpassed that which was available on the world market. The ability to request changes and improvements, even design developments to the drivers we use has given us an edge over other brands. Arvus now produce our drivers specifically designed to give us maximum benefit when paired with our unique cabinets.

Our philosophy has never been focused solely around standard speaker construction theory. While we do believe in the many advancements that our competitors have made we have found that some key and quite critical areas are often neglected. Accordingly we have chosen to focus on several very specific areas of design. Namely elimination of Harmonic distortion in both the drivers and the cabinets, very fast transient response or attack and aerodynamic airflow. All of which improve the overall listening experience to a point of near reality.

These efforts have not gone unrewarded. We have had many favourable magazine reviews both here in New Zealand and overseas. We have also been awarded several business awards including Champion Canterbury Business of the Year, Producer Manufacturer, Small Enterprise 2008, an award which we are very proud of.

Our clientele is continuing to grow as we market our product both in New Zealand and internationally with markets continuing to grow in Australasia, Russia, USA, Europe and the Middle East. We are looking to move into markets in Asia over the coming year.

Our goal is that our clients not only have an enjoyable listening experience but that they have a truly emotional experience that they will not easily forget.