THE EA HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY

At EA, we believe that neither amps nor speakers should have tone. Tone comes from you, the artist. Like brush strokes to a canvas, your fingers express your musical soul, amplified by EA without coloration.

John Dong and Larry Ullman founded EA in 1981 to design speaker systems for audiophiles. Dissatisfied with the "state of the art" products available in the high-end audio market, John and Larry auditioned popular and critically praised speakers to determine the relationship between the physics of the design and the sound of the speakers. Data was compiled on hundreds of speaker systems. Every raw driver we could obtain was evaluated and the history of speaker design was thoroughly. We determined that theories advanced in the 30's, 40's, and 50's include the basis for impressive products if modern material and computerized instrumentation are used.

In 1995, Michael Tobias (MTD Basses) and Dan Lakin (Lakland Basses) proposed us two challenges. First, could we design and build a speaker system that would produce usable, high SPL (Sound Pressure Level) in a small, compact and easy to carry package. The second part of the challenge would revolutionize the world of bass amplification. Both Mike and Dan had players who loved their DI sound in the studio but had difficulty reproducing that sound in a live setting. They challenged us to make this high power, easy to carry speaker system match the DI sound that players loved in the studio, in a live setting.

EA has focused on the amplification of musical instruments, with three goals in mind: wide dynamic range, wide dispersion, and extended bass response to accurately replicate the full range of every instrument, including the fundamentals of the low E and B-strings on electric bass. It was at this time that we designed and built the first Transmission Line Speaker Cabinet for musical instrument application. Although other manufacturers have shied away from using Transmission Line cabinets due to the incredible engineering and exacting manufacturing details inherent in the TL design, EA determined that it was the only way to meet the challenges proposed by Mike Tobias and Dan Lakin. The incredible amount of engineering and attention to detail that goes into every EA product has resulted in highly portable, truly innovative bass cabinets and amps that produce a remarkable bass sound unequaled in the music industry.

We soon realized that most amps were designed to accommodate current speaker cabinet fashion, cabinets that had exaggerated bass and a scooped mid-range (see Buying a Bass Cabinet). We needed to design an amp that provided clean, clear and consistent sound throughout the entire bandwidth. We needed an amp that worked equally well for 4, 5 and 6 string electric bass, upright bass, keyboards, acoustic guitars and more. We needed to design an amp that had enough power to cut the gig and enough headroom to handle the transient attacks of today’s aggressive slap and rock bass players. Gary Gibilisco joined Euphonic Audio in 2000, to oversee the design and manufacturing of a complete line of electronics products, of which the iAMP-600 was the first. Gary brings significant audio electronics manufacturing expertise to EA, along with many years of professional bass playing experience. His primary responsibility is to ensure that every EA electronics product reflects the absolute best that technology has to offer, while being manufactured to EA’s exacting standards.

Every EA speaker cabinet and amplifier features the absolute finest components from the best suppliers:

* Transmission Line design
* Imported, lightweight, Poplar plywood
* Unique outer covering which is tough, easy to clean, and will not absorb odors
* Integrated handles
* Tilt-Back feature
* Proprietary Kevlar drivers (CXL Line) made by Eminence
* Proprietary Whizzer Cones (Wizzy Line) made by Eminence
* Intelligently designed and musical crossovers

Our Class D amplifiers have an honest power rating throughout the full bandwidth – meaning you’ll get true power throughout the entire audio spectrum, from 20-20KHz; input level control and metering; highly effectual and intuitive tone shaping controls; professional balanced outputs (with a Jensen transformer option for the Direct Input section); versatile parallel and series effects processing; rugged steel construction and more.

Our sound quality and consistent performance improvements have been achieved by a new design approach, careful selection of materials, and attention to the smallest detail to produce remarkable bass output and full range sound in a compact cabinet.