Yorkville Sound's 50th Anniversary

Launched in 1963 in the back of a music store in downtown Toronto, Yorkville Sound began custom manufacturing innovative Pete Traynor designed loudspeaker columns, small mixers, and bass and guitar amplifiers.

The ultra-rugged user-friendly product was specifically created to suit customer demand, and the original Traynor branded product quickly built a reputation for unmatched reliability in the field.

Since its humble beginnings, Yorkville Sound is proud to say it's grown steadily over the last five decades - moving first from the original workshop to the initial factory location on Dundas Street in downtown Toronto in the ‘60s. From there it moved to a larger space in Scarborough Ontario in the early ‘80s before moving to its current 150,000 square foot facility in Pickering Ontario in the ‘90s.

Its core manufacturing business still employs over 200 people at the Canadian factory. Over the years it has also built a strong resale division with brands like Apex Electronics Microphones and Applied Research & Technology (ART) branded signal processing, as well as building an extremely successful distribution business.

Yorkville Sound will be marking its 50th Anniversary with select limited edition historical tribute product reissues and special scheduled events throughout 2013. Stay tuned for details.