The boutique British speaker brand offering personal hi-fi design

Based in Surrey, UK, Ceri Thomas named his speaker company after a nearby village, hoping to draw parallels between the craft of hand-building electronics and the traditional bucolic splendour of rural England. Combining high quality components with mid-century inspired forms and bold colour combos, depending on customer requirements, Enton Green is tapping into demand for a more vivid, individual audio tech.

From Art Deco inspired colourways like gold, light pink and light green, to the high-grade Baltic birch plywood boxes, to custom finishes using prints and photographs, Enton Green can accommodate almost anything. That said, the firm started out following the grey and black colours used by the 80s-era Altec Lansing ‘Voice of the Theatre’ range of cinema speakers.

Enton Green’s A6.5 was inspired by the Altec Lansing A6, originally released in 1984. This in turn was an evolution of a speaker design dating back to 1947, once ubiquitous in cinemas around the world. We spoke to Thomas about the origins of the brand and its approach to design.