Handcrafted Speakers Chesapeake Bay Born

Farm-To-Table Speakers crafted on the Eastern Bay.

Handcrafted on the Bay

Expert Design

Acoustic design is first and foremost.

Our designs are a collaboration with acclaimed designers at Woden Design, Scott Lindgren and David Dlugos. They use advanced acoustic models, CAD and decades of experience to create bespoke speaker designs that bring to life the full abilities of the carefully selected drivers. Our 1/4 wave designs then go through several iterations of design, test, and improvement. The final result is speakers that sound natural, reach low, and allow the drivers to breath.

Layered Joinery Enclosure

Constructed like no other

Our “inner-box - outer-box” design creates an incredibly strong enclosure, with minimal resonance and yet is surprisingly light. We first, build a premium Baltic Birch “inner-box” using woodworking joinery (think dovetail - not butt joints) that integrates the enclosure in an amazingly strong structure. Outside of that we layer an outer hardwood box that brings beauty and even more strength. The result is breathtaking beautiful, light and strong.

Real Wood

Why Real Wood?

In a world of mass-production, we think there’s something special about real hardwood - not just thin veneer. There’s something special about using real hardwoods like Walnut, Cherry and Maple. Our designs encompass inlays, joinery ends and etching and engraving that makes each speaker an artful creation. Every speaker is finished with hand rubbed oils and finally hand waxing, resulting in a crafted art piece.

“The Southward standmounts were presented in a whirlwind after one of the days of the Axpona show, and even in that brief demo I could clearly hear music delivered with a rightness that’s characteristic of well-constructed crossoverless design, plus an uncommon extension of upper and lower frequencies that made me forget that a single driver was doing all of the work. Add in the artful wood inlay cabinet work and you’ve got a speaker that is exuberant and fun with one foot squarely in the HiFi world and the other one - which includes the price tag - placed a bit closer to reality. Color me impressed!”

— Duncan, The HiFi Podcast with Darren & Duncan
“As a long-time Magnepan fanatic, I was amazed by the clarity of the Southwind single driver speakers. There was the feeling of great air and space with no sensation of speaker location.”

Ron Wills, long-time audiophile
"Those are sick, dude”.

Anonymous audiophile, see FAQ for “Two Audiophiles walk into bar” story
“it’s like a piece of art.”

Randy Messman, CheapAudioMan
"I know nothing about audio. Your magic boxes and wires amaze and confuse me. But I do know this: Eastern Bay Speakers are insanely good!"

Rob Daly, Unfrozen Cave-Man Music Listener (and part-time comedian)
"We came to your listening room at the CAF yesterday and your speakers were one of our favorites. We brought our 11 year old son, who also loved them and is following his dad’s footsteps with a love of music and speakers. We would love to reserve a pair. Thanks for showing us and our son kindness and we will proudly support your business! They sounded awesome, even with ye old sub off :)"

Valerie, CAF 2024

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Farm-To-Table?

Crafted locally, Sourced locally

We make our cabinets locally using Chesapeake Bay Area craftsmen. We source our hardwoods from the local mill where the rough lumber is milled to our specifications. Yes, we use non-local drivers, but the cabinet, assembly and whimsical nautical designs are 100% Eastern Bay.

Eastern Bay

What is the Eastern Bay?

The Eastern Bay of the Chesapeake is an area rich in nautical history. Kent Island is the 3rd oldest permanent English settlement in the US after only Jamestown and Plymouth MA, and conflicts for it’s control led to military disputes including the 1st naval battles in North American waters. Across the shallow bay to the south (Eastern Bay) lies St. Michaels, a noted ship building town in early 1800s producing the venerable fast schooners known as “Baltimore Clippers”. Also known as the “Town that Fooled the British” during naval battles in the War of 1812.

OK, we’re into the local naval history thing… what does that have to with speaker design? Well, while we can find no accounts they produced speakers during the 18th or 19th century around here… but we think they would have loved our nautical themed designs! (Yes, even the British).

Found Treasure

Real woods, Reasonable Prices

While we love being local and using real hardwoods, we’re not luddites. Our goal is to bring high-quality crafted audio products at reasonable prices. By using the latest tools like lasers, brilliant design and smart assembly we can offer truly hand crafted products at prices that everyone can enjoy - not just the landed gentry. Try us. All treasure isn’t buried on remote islands… sometimes it’s right in the middle of the Bay.

Our Artisans