Loudspeakers

Loudspeaker designers are usually only household names if said household is packed with hi-fi equipment, but if anyone can claim to be well-known in the industry it’s Andrew Jones. After studying physics and acoustics at the University of Surrey, followed by postgraduate studies in crossover design, he landed a job at KEF in 1983. He stayed in Maidstone until 1994, becoming Chief Engineer and working on – among other projects – KEF’s Reference 104/2s and the Uni-Q driver that’s still used (albeit much improved). After a stint at Infinity Systems, he moved on to Pioneer in 1998, where he worked on the TAD Model 1-derived EX series.

It was in 2015 that Jones left the Japanese brand for Germany’s ELAC, where he took up the role of vice-president of engineering and lead designer. Based in the US, he engineered several celebrated speakers, including the affordable Debut ranges. In 2021 he left ELAC, to the great surprise of many hi-fi enthusiasts, and joined Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab to expand the hardware offering of its new MoFi Electronics subsidiary. The first speaker for the American brand was the SourcePoint 10, built around a concentric driver design that remains the hallmark of Jones’ extensive career.