Vision and Foundation

Vision and Foundation

Our Vision

We shape the future of Sound.

Dr. Christian Heil shares his vision for the future of sound

We are artisans of sound in all its beauty, revealing beauty and emotion.
Dr. Christian Heil, Founder & President
What are your thoughts about the challenges faced by the industry?
When we talk about sound, we primarily use technical and technological vocabulary. For example, we talk about SPL (Sound Pressure Level), directivity, distortion, and throw. This terminology is essential to describe the work the L‑Acoustics teams have done over the last 30 years, but largely insufficient to describe sensory perception.

Today, one of the challenges ahead for the L‑Acoustics Group is to evolve and reinvent our relationship to sound. By changing how we contemplate it, we shape what is to come – we open up new pathways to design and imagine the future of sound. This future implies a new way of describing and expressing ourselves about sound, of sharing its story to infuse it with life. If its conception only reinforces its invisible dimension, we relegate it to becoming merely a technical commodity. Our vocation, however, is not that of a technical service provider. We are artisans of sound in all its beauty, revealing meaning and emotion.

Our ambition for tomorrow is to offer a spatial dimension, a visual dimension, an emotional dimension. We aim to paint with sound, to move it, and allow it to shapeshift like a living organism to better connect with it. This new and more artistic aspect will define a three-dimensional sonic universe. It will deepen our connections to audio-visual artists and composers and will open up new horizons of creative collaboration.
What are your thoughts about the challenges faced by the industry?
If we look specifically at concerts, it seems important to underline the overwhelming areas reserved for imagery. Visuals and screens occupy most of the space. As for sound, it adapts, moves to the side, or tries to be discreet. This tendency has come to affect the artists themselves. While artists’ concerns often heavily rely on the visual, less attention is usually paid to the sound emanating from their sound system because they may not hear it. And on the other hand, they’re directly confronted with the imagery because it is behind them.

Our Ambition

We connect humans through the best shared sound experiences.

Our ambition is to bridge the gap between technical innovation and artistic expression. We believe that by pushing the boundaries of what is possible in audio science, we provide the ultimate the ultimate platform for human connection.

Co-CEOs , Laurent Vaissié and Hervé Guillaume

To hear more about our mission from Co-CEOs, Hervé Guillaume and Laurent Vaissié, listen to the Headline Podcast.

Our Values

Our team’s day-to-day is shaped by our values, which guide our choices and our behaviour.

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Passion

  • Act with optimism and determination
  • Give your best to deliver the best quality
  • Commit to achieve your goals

Creativity

  • Challenge the status quo
  • Value all ideas
  • Be open minded & embrace change

Courage

  • Choose the best versus the easiest
  • Take measured risks
  • Take and assume responsibilities

Connection

  • Act as a team
  • Respect everyone and enrich each other
  • Understand and bond with partners

Our Foundation

Built on these enduring principles, L-Acoustics has led the professional audio industryfor over 40 years. Our foundations is defined by scientific innovation, a human-centered culture, and a commitment to glabal sustainability and professional elevation.

L-Acoustics was founded around innovations that revolutionize the professional audio industry.

“Simplicity through design” is our pragmatic and avant-garde approach to our technological advancements.

By cultivating daring and independent thinking with our teams, we succeed in building excellent products and services while remaining more efficient in our progress.

 

Since the inception of L-Acoustics, our company has always taken a people first approach. We pay particular attention to our team members constitution and development, a key reason for our success. The L-Acoustics Group is founded by exceptional people driven by passion and enthusiasm to work collaboratively and grow with the company. L-Acoustics respects and values its members, by encouraging individual initiatives and contributions. We also foster diversity and refuse and forms of discrimination.

We promote sustainable sourcing and energy-saving practices by reducing the size and weight of our sound reinforcement system standards three-fold, thus reducing the impact of transportation and energy consumption on tours and festivals.

Our products lead the industry in performance and reliability, reaching a lifespan of over ten years with regular use and maintenance, reducing the need for early replacement. Our vast worldwide network of certified partners in 80 countries provides a standardized local solution for global tours’ audio needs, reducing CO2 emissions caused by overseas transport of sound systems.

Beyond internal team training, we also foster education  for those who appreciate music technology. Through our educational programs and initiatives, we strive to show that sound moves us in wonder and is essential to our culture. We value and promote furthering the education of our team member and industry professionals. We also foster creativity, innovative solutions, and cross disciplinary thinking to advance state of the art audio technology.

Our technologies contribute to the development of cultural events by improving the quality of sound reproduction of live performances of all kinds.

Our innovations in the service of art allows us to be a source of inspiration and creativity. Cultural self-expression through music and the arts is a fundamental human right and should be deemed essential worldwide.

We support our partners, artists, musicians, performing arts professionals, and our team members in all of their creative endeavors