SoundLab

SoundLab is an American loudspeaker manufacturer specialising in full-range electrostatic loudspeakers designed to deliver extraordinary openness, realism, and musical scale. Handcrafted to order in Utah, USA, SoundLab speakers have developed a passionate worldwide following amongst listeners seeking one of the most transparent and immersive loudspeaker experiences available in high-end audio.

What makes SoundLab particularly distinctive is the company’s commitment to full-range electrostatic design combined with decades of continuous refinement and engineering evolution. While electrostatic loudspeakers have always been admired for their speed, transparency, and near-weightless presentation, SoundLab has worked extensively to overcome many of the traditional limitations historically associated with large panel designs.

At HeyNow Hi-Fi, SoundLab represents one of the most unique and emotionally captivating listening experiences available in Australia. There is a sense of openness, dimensionality, and effortless realism that can make conventional loudspeakers sound comparatively mechanical or enclosed once properly experienced.

Manufactured by hand in Utah, SoundLab loudspeakers are engineered around large-format full-range electrostatic panels designed to reproduce music with exceptional coherence and minimal crossover interference throughout the critical frequency range. Unlike many hybrid electrostatic designs that combine dynamic woofers with smaller electrostatic panels, Sound Lab focuses on preserving the continuity and phase integrity of a true full-range electrostatic approach.

One of the most significant developments within the company’s modern designs came through the introduction of their segmented horizontal dispersion architecture approximately a decade ago. By carefully controlling the horizontal radiating sections into a more focused line-array style behaviour similar in concept to a D’Appolito dispersion pattern, Sound Lab dramatically improved image focus, frequency integration, and listening consistency while maintaining the huge soundstage and openness electrostatics are famous for.

The company has also addressed one of the long-standing practical challenges associated with traditional electrostatic loudspeakers — the need for constant high-voltage wall charging. SoundLab designs utilise a highly innovative self-energising system where the panels initially charge from the first watt of amplifier signal, while an internal alternator system maintains charge through battery storage integrated within the crossover interface. The result is a remarkably practical and elegant electrostatic solution without the usual dependence on permanent high-voltage mains charging.

Sonically, SoundLab loudspeakers are capable of truly breathtaking realism. Vocals and acoustic instruments emerge with extraordinary purity, scale, and dimensionality, while the soundstage can feel almost physically holographic within the listening space itself. The presentation remains fast, effortless, and highly transparent without the cabinet coloration or box resonance associated with many conventional loudspeaker designs.

Despite their physical scale, modern SoundLab speakers are also surprisingly room-friendly and easier to position than many listeners initially expect due to the controlled dispersion behaviour developed within the newer panel architectures.

The SoundLab range available through HeyNow Hi-Fi includes handcrafted full-range electrostatic loudspeakers manufactured to order in Utah, USA. Each speaker is built with a strong emphasis on long-term reliability, customisation, and preserving the extraordinary realism electrostatic loudspeakers are capable of achieving.

For customers seeking an alternative to more conventional high-end loudspeaker designs — including those familiar with electrostatic brands such as MartinLogan — SoundLab offers a uniquely immersive and highly refined approach to music reproduction that remains genuinely rare within the Australian market.

At HeyNow Hi-Fi, Geoff and his experienced system setup team provide assistance with amplifier matching, room integration, speaker positioning, and complete system optimisation to ensure SoundLab loudspeakers perform at their extraordinary full capability within each customer’s listening environment.

Explore the SoundLab Electrostats range:

Floorstanding Speakers