ΦPHI Hi-Fi Innovation
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| Private | |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006 |
| Headquarters | Pretoria and Gordons Bay, South Africa |
Key people | Jacques van Zyl CEO / Designer |
| Products | High-end Loudspeakers |
| Website | phi-audio.com |
ΦPHI Hi-Fi Innovation is a South African manufacturer of boutique loudspeakers and audio amplifiers, founded by Jacques van Zyl in 2006. The company designs and produces audiophile hi-fidelity equipment with a bias towards minimalism and under-explored technologies such as single-ended hybrid and valve amplification and single driver Voigt pipe and Double Taper Tuned Pipe (DTTP) loudspeakers. Loudspeakers are produced in numbered limited editions and one-off bespoke designs are offered. ΦPHI trades under the names PHI Audio and PHI Bespoke High-End.
History
- 2006 Jacques van Zyl builds the Cyclops - a two driver bi-polar Voigt pipe with an external filter box
- 2007 ΦPHI designs the DTTP, a double taper tuned pipe, and builds the first Naledi
- 2009 ΦPHI relocates from Johannesburg to Pretoria. MuZetaPhi is created and a sister company, Vulpecula Technology, is established in Aberystwyth, Wales
- 2011 ΦPHI relocates to Gordons Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa
Products
Selected products:
- PHI Cyclops II – 2-way bipolar high-end TQWT loudspeaker system
- PHI Khaen – 3-way bipolar high-end TQWT loudspeaker system
- PHI Siderium – 4-way bipolar high-end DTTP loudspeaker system