Royd Audio Speakers

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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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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Have added a review of the A7 Series II and Coniston from Hi-Fi Review magazine, from 1987. Contains come useful insight into these older speaker models.

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I’ve tweaked the site slightly to handle the stats of different versions of the same model. Now you’ll find different stats for each version of a speaker model, which tidies things up and helps to prevent misleading information. See the A7, Sintra and Sapphire for examples.

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I’ve added some info and nice photos of the Royd Sapphire II’s, thanks to Carlos Contreras.

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Statistics on the Royd Prior are now online. Many thanks to Ian H (of pink fish media) for these. These are definitely one of the rarer models.

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