GLOBAL: Across 2025, Meyer Sound continued to expand its global footprint across touring, installed and immersive projects, while simultaneously introducing new integrated loudspeaker technologies shaped by real-world production workflows. Taken together, the year reflected an increasingly connected ecosystem in which product development, system design and creative application informed one another across disciplines and markets.

Central to this evolution was the debut of ASTRYA-140, the company’s new flagship screen channel loudspeaker, which reinforced Meyer Sound’s position in premium exhibition sound while introducing GEN-1 technology. GEN-1 brings networked connectivity and onboard signal processing directly into the loudspeaker, signalling a broader shift toward unified, intelligent systems. This same platform extended into low-frequency reinforcement with the launch of the USW-121P, the first Meyer Sound subwoofer to ship with GEN-1 technology.

“Our focus is on how entire systems behave together in the real world,” says John McMahon, Senior Vice President. “Designers need tools that integrate cleanly, scale intelligently, and perform with consistency whether they’re building a cinema, a house of worship, or an immersive performance space. That way of thinking grows directly out of the workflows we see every day.”

Those workflows were clearly reflected in a wide range of installations delivered throughout the year. In cinema and cultural spaces, a new Meyer Sound system at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater stood out as a landmark deployment, extending the venue’s legacy as one of the industry’s most respected screening rooms. Additional installations came online at The Beverly Theater and Haus7 Studio at Bavaria Film. In the sports and entertainment sector, Avicii Arena in Stockholm deployed a large-scale Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system that redistributes crowd sound in real time, allowing chants, music and audience energy to travel dynamically across the arena during hockey games and concerts.

Performing arts venues also featured prominently. At Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, the nation’s oldest operating opera house, a discreet, high-performance Meyer Sound system was integrated into the 2,500-seat hall, delivering consistent coverage across three balconies while preserving the building’s historic character. In Oakland, the Fox Theater entered a new chapter with a PANTHER and 2100-LFC system designed for uniform coverage and controlled low-frequency performance from the pit to the deep under-balcony.

Educational and worship environments continued to expand Meyer Sound’s institutional reach. Arizona State University’s MIX Center and the University at Buffalo advanced their spatial audio capabilities using Meyer Sound technology, while worship installations including Victory Christian Fellowship and Calvary Church demonstrated the importance of precise coverage and intelligibility at scale in modern worship design. Internationally, Meyer Sound also supported a sound art installation by Bill Fontana at St. Peter’s Basilica, using audio to reveal the hidden voice of the Basilica’s great bell.

Across theatre and immersive performance, Meyer Sound systems underpinned a wide range of contemporary storytelling formats throughout 2025. Productions including Bob Marley: Hope Road at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Cirque du Soleil’s ALIZÉ in Berlin, and Broadway titles Buena Vista Social Club and Redwood relied on Meyer Sound solutions to meet the demands of modern theatrical sound design, from spatial imaging to large-scale musical reinforcement.

Education remained a foundational pillar of the company’s activity. More than 50 in-person training programmes were delivered across six continents and over 20 countries, culminating in the opening of Planet X, Meyer Sound’s new training facility at its Berkeley, CA headquarters. The space hosted its first programmes in 2025, including an Avnu Alliance Plugfest and a Constellation Certification Program, underscoring the company’s long-term investment in knowledge-sharing and standards development.

On the touring front, large-format productions once again defined Meyer Sound’s presence in stadiums and arenas worldwide, with artists including Metallica, Ed Sheeran, Dave Matthews Band and Billy Strings deploying Meyer Sound systems across global tours. Festivals continued to serve as proving grounds for system design and performance, with long-standing partnerships spanning Montreux Jazz Festival, Roskilde Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Coachella’s Do LaB stage.

The year also marked a significant cultural milestone as Meyer Sound supported Dead & Company’s Golden Gate Park performances celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Dead’s music, an event that echoed decades of collaboration stretching from the original ‘Wall of Sound’ to today’s large-format touring systems.

Across product development, installations, touring, festivals and education, Meyer Sound’s 2025 reflected a consistent emphasis on innovation grounded in field performance. “Innovation only matters if it holds up in the field,” McMahon concludes. “Our role is to keep building systems that creators can depend on as productions grow more ambitious, more immersive, and more connected.”