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Loudspeakers
Carry the oldest French speaker name and put a spherical Planet on the floor for design-led buyers.
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about elipson
Elipson is the oldest French loudspeaker brand, with roots reaching to 1938. The name was coined in 1951 as a contraction of "ellipse" and "son," and the company built its reputation on the spherical cabinet — a design signature it still carries decades later. That heritage, plus a strong industrial-design identity, is what separates Elipson from the more engineering-forward French houses. The current catalog spans the spherical Planet L and Planet M, the vintage-styled Heritage line, the Legacy floorstanders and bookshelves, Chroma turntables, and matching amplification including the P1 and A2700. The Planet speakers, with their coaxial drivers and round enclosures, are the brand's calling card and the easiest sell to a buyer shopping as much on looks as on sound. Elipson is part of the AV Industry group, which also holds Ateca, Eltax, Lumene, NorStone, and Tangent. In the US, Elipson reaches buyers through Apos Audio and Indi Imports. Press coverage is real and varied: Stereophile ran "Eyes on Elipson," and What Hi-Fi? has reviewed the range, with additional coverage in the broader high-end press. That places Elipson as an established second-tier import — a recognized name with named-press backing that competes for the design-conscious buyer against Focal's lifestyle lines, KEF's lifestyle range, and the better Bang & Olufsen speakers, without sitting at the cost-no-object reference end. Elipson manufactures in France, at its factory in Saint-Fargeau in Burgundy.