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Parts Express
Parts Express is an Ohio-based supplier of audio components, equipment and DIY resources, founded in 1986. Its catalogue serves speaker builders, installers and commercial buyers, with customer projects, a sponsored discussion forum and a speaker-design competition alongside retail and wholesale operations.
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Parts Express was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Springboro, Ohio. Its business spans retail, wholesale and commercial sales, education and government customers. The stated audience includes electronics enthusiasts, original-equipment manufacturers, sound contractors and home-theatre installers, so it is broader than a parts shop for domestic speaker hobbyists alone. [1] [2]
The company emphasises loudspeaker transducers, raw drivers and general audio components, while its product scope also covers home audio, commercial systems, professional or prosumer equipment, lighting and mobile electronics. Its official about page reports more than 7,500 components across over 200 brands in stock. The homepage illustrates the range with Dayton Audio DSP electronics, powered desktop speakers and a bookshelf speaker kit. [1] [2]
The accompanying DIY resources add a practical route beyond shopping. Tech Talk is an audio/video speaker-building forum sponsored by Parts Express, established in 2005 for project questions, equipment discussions and classifieds. The customer project gallery documents submitted builds, while an annual speaker-design competition brings registered projects before a judging panel. The catalogue is an entry point for sourcing, the gallery for seeing implementation ideas and the forum for discussion; none of those automatically establishes a commercial listing as an endorsed engineering design. [1] [2]
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