Sound proposition

Any hi-fi buffs among our readers may well have come across MonoPulse, a loudspeaker company that is attracting rave reviews from the critics.

MonoPulse’s range of unusual looking speakers have won praise from the notoriously pedantic hi-fi press for delivering excellent sound quality at budget prices (£500–£1,400 is a snip to serious audiophiles).

So what sort of company is MonoPulse? A consortium of German PhDs perhaps, based in a lab in Bavaria. Or maybe a slick design and manufacturing operation in the US mid-West. In fact, the question should be who is MonoPulse, and the answer is Allan Hendry, retired engineering manager turned hi-fi entrepreneur.

MonoPulse’s founder and still its sole employee, Hendry assembles each pair of speakers in his workshop in the New Forest, using components sourced from a variety of suppliers, to his own exacting designs.

With more than 500 pairs sold in the UK and around the world, MonoPulse shows every sign of turning into a significant business. This is in no small part thanks to the critical acclaim lavished on Hendry’s speakers. ‘This is what real high fidelity is all about,’ cooed Hi-Fi News, while Hi-Fi Choice praised MonoPulse’s ‘vivid sound that gets you close to the music’.