As went the infamous tag line of Royd Audio, whose speakers were an underrated gem from the British Hi-Fi industry. Each pair was hand built by Joe Ackroyd in Telford, UK from the early ’80s until the start of the 21st Century. Over this time, Joe produced many unique and exceptional speakers, all of which captured the hearts of their owners. Regret only came to those who sold them on prior to a misjudged upgrade…
Royd Audio Minstrels
Within this site you can find a mass of information and resources about these legendary and cult speakers. For new users just stumbling on their first Royds’ and long time addicts wishing to reminisce over all the models tried; I hope that you will enjoy them for many years to come.
Please note: although www.roydaudio.com was original the official UK Royd company website, this is no longer the case. This site has no affiliation with Royd Loudspeaker Co. Ltd and is now simple run and contributed by fans, for fans of Royd speakers.
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You can now find a review of the Royd Edens’ from Hi-Fi News, Nov 1989. Perhaps not the most flattering, but a worthy read nonetheless. Plenty of useful stats and measurement graphs.
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You can now find a load of nice hi res photos of the Royd RR2’s, thanks to Richard ‘2by2′.
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Just added a review of the RR1’s from Hi-Fi+ Spet/Oct 2001. Its a nice lengthy and detailed write up, with some nice photography, definitely worth reading.
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You can now find another review of the Royd Sorcerers, from What Hi-Fi? July 1998. It features the Sorcerers in a group test of eight other competing speakers of the day.
I’d like to thank Doug Maskew for sending in a scan of the promotional booklet that came with his brand new Sorcerers from 15 years ago.
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I’ve added a review of the Royd Sorcerers, from Hi-Fi Choice magazine from Feb 1995. Gives a positive account of these near field monitors that featured high up the Royd range.
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I have added some nice photos of a pair of Coniston R’s. Thanks to Martin ‘joydivider’ for these, who them speakers for next to nothing in a pawn shop!
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