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{{Short description|British loudspeaker manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox company |
  name   = ProAc |
  logo   = [[Image:ProAcLogo.png|ProAc logo]] |
  type   = [[Private company|Private]]|
  foundation     = 1979|
  location       = [[Northamptonshire]], NN13 7BE, [[UK]]|
  key_people     = [[Stewart Tyler]] Chairman, Founder|
  industry       = [[Consumer electronics]]|
  revenue        = |
  products       = [[Loudspeakers]] |
  homepage       = [http://www.proac-loudspeakers.com www.ProAc-Loudspeakers.com]
}}

'''ProAc Limited''' is a British [[loudspeaker]] manufacturing company. The company was reportedly founded by [[Stewart Tyler]] in 1979 and registered on 09/05/1988. The brand of ProAc was built on the reputation of his first loudspeaker manufacturing entity, ''Celef Audio Ltd.'', which was reportedly founded in 1973, incorporated on 10/09/1975 and renamed to ''Celef Audio International Limited'' on 10/12/1985. The Celef name is no longer used for marketing, but still appears to remain the legal and financial entity operating the ProAc brand.

==Reviews==
#'''Tablette''' - "a speaker that isn't as neutral as the BBC LS3/5a compact monitor, but that does manage to equal or exceed that venerable design in most respects." - ''Stereophile'', April 11, 1984.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Tablette review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/0484proac/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=11 April 1984}}</ref>
#'''Response 2''' - "THOSE PROACS KICKED ASS!!!!" "some of the very best speakers I've heard at any price, but that's not why I love 'em so. No, the reason I adore these ProAcs is because—they're NOT audiophile speakers!" - ''Stereophile'', July 10, 1992.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Tablette review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/792proac/index.html |accessdate=15 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=10 July 1992}}</ref>
#'''Response 1S''' "How sweet the sound" - ''Stereophile'', September 1, 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response 1s review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/content/proac-response-1s-loudspeaker |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=1 September  1994}}</ref>
#'''Studio 100''' - "The use of a treble-challenged tube amp is mandatory to hear the Studio 100s at their best." - ''Stereophile'', October 1, 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Studio 100 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/content/proac-studio-100-loudspeaker |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=1 October 1994}}</ref>
#'''Response 2.5''' - ""Emotional" Speaker.. playing the "Resurrection" through the 2.5s brings a lump to your throat and a tear to your eye, he's succeeded." - ''Stereophile'', January 10, 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response D2 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/196proac/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=10 January 1996}}</ref>
#'''Response 3''' - "Whew—these are killers—KILLERS—K-I-L-L-E-R-S!!!" "unequivocally faithful to the music. Go hear them now! If you even consider changing your speakers, I implore you to audition these imported masterpieces from the UK—a truly Class A product in every regard." - ''Stereophile'', September 5, 1991.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response 3 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/991proac/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=5 September 1991}}</ref>
#'''Response 4''' - "stunning, world-class performer in every regard. It is well deserving of a Class A recommendation and has become a cherished component of my reference system. I recommend that you do whatever it takes to hear this lovely loudspeaker. It deserves to be compared with any speaker at any price." - ''Stereophile'', March 1, 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response 4 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/394proac/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=1 March 1994}}</ref>
#'''Response 1SC''' - "Small wonders, a well-engineered gem of a speaker." - ''Stereophile'', March 5, 1998.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response 1sc review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/386/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=5 March 1998}}</ref>
#'''Response 3.8''' - "If a loudspeaker can pull me into the music—as the ProAc Response 3.8 did time and again—I know that it's doing a superb job." - ''Stereophile'', January 10, 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response 3.8 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/297/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=10 January 2000}}</ref>
#'''Future 1''' - "Tactile, transparent, crystalline, and fast without being hard, bright, or analytical, the ProAc Future One fulfills Stuart Tyler's goal of building a loudspeaker with all the desired qualities of electrostatic designs and none of their drawbacks." "that ribbon tweeter had me hearing new stuff in every recording I played. And despite their relatively small size (they're definitely apartment-friendly), the Ones created a big, smooth, detailed, satisfying sound." - ''Stereophile'', October 10, 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Future 1 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1000proac/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=10 October 2000}}</ref>
#'''Response 2''' - "stunning product that delivers a quality of sound most audiophile speakers only hint at." - ''Stereophile'', September 10, 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response 2 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/792proac |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=10 September 2005}}</ref>
#'''Response D28''' - "open and pleasing, and when you combine its strengths with its lack of any glaring weaknesses, you have another great two-way speaker from Stewart Tyler." - ''Stereophile'', August 22, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response D28 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/808pro/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=22 August 2008}}</ref>
#'''Response D2''' - "well-engineered loudspeaker from a designer with a long track record of producing good-sounding speakers." - ''Stereophile'', June 21, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response D2 review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/proac_response_d_two_loudspeaker/index.html |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=21 June 2010}}</ref>
#'''Response DT8''' - "highly recommended" - ''What HiFi'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response DT8 review |url=https://www.whathifi.com/proac/response-dt8/review |accessdate=24 June 2019 |publisher=What Hi-Fi |date=8 October 2018}}</ref>
#'''Response D2R''' - "let me forget the hardware—and life for that matter—and fall deeply into the music. Very highly recommended." -''Stereophile'', March 31, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=ProAc Response D2R review |url=https://www.stereophile.com/content/proac-response-d2r-loudspeaker |accessdate=14 August 2021 |publisher=Stereophile |date=31 March 2020}}</ref>

==External links==
*[https://www.proac-loudspeakers.com/ ProAc Website]

==References==

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[[Category:Loudspeaker manufacturers]]
[[Category:Companies based in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:Audio equipment manufacturers of the United Kingdom]]


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