Oct 20, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min · 15 segments
Have audiophiles become so accustomed to compromised sound that we've forgotten what great loudspeakers should sound like? Paul Hales, the designer behind PRO Audio Technology, Theory Audio Design…
Paul HalesGuest
Brian MitchellHost
Okay, so let's quickly get into the difference between the three companies, what they do the same, and how they all connect.

Theory Professional is the DBA we use when we're kind of facing the commercial professional side.

And that's been catering for 25 years or 20 whatever years that is to very high-end private screening rooms.

So think of rooms where Trinovs and Storm processors and those kind of really high-end products go, right? A lot of our clients are celebrities, movie stars, movie industry folks, music industry folks, that kind of an audience.

just to give people a price range real quickly of the pro audio side because that's another way so it's

it's pretty expensive it's all made in the us right all the speakers are made in the us the amplifiers are made in italy and made in um thailand um but the speakers are all billed to order in the us so it is sort of on the pricier side um this a small pro system might be 40 grand retail We're talking

So every time I quote a price or something like that, everybody needs to keep in mind for both brands, you have to use our amplifiers, which we call loudspeaker controllers.

Okay, so let's quickly get into the difference between the three companies, what they do the same, and how they all connect.

Theory Professional is the DBA we use when we're kind of facing the commercial professional side.

And that's been catering for 25 years or 20 whatever years that is to very high-end private screening rooms.

So think of rooms where Trinovs and Storm processors and those kind of really high-end products go, right? A lot of our clients are celebrities, movie stars, movie industry folks, music industry folks, that kind of an audience.

just to give people a price range real quickly of the pro audio side because that's another way so it's

it's pretty expensive it's all made in the us right all the speakers are made in the us the amplifiers are made in italy and made in um thailand um but the speakers are all billed to order in the us so it is sort of on the pricier side um this a small pro system might be 40 grand retail We're talking

So every time I quote a price or something like that, everybody needs to keep in mind for both brands, you have to use our amplifiers, which we call loudspeaker controllers.
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