2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Laurent Vaissié

LAURENT VAISSIÉ
CEO
L-Acoustics

SPACE: THE NEW FRONTIER IN PRO AUDIO

Pro audio manufacturer L-Acoustics has quadrupled its business since COVID. There are several reasons for that growth, but if CEO Laurent Vaissié had to pick a recent one, he’d go with the launch of the company’s L Series loudspeaker in 2023 at the Hollywood Bowl in California.

“This event signaled a major shift for us and the industry in terms of sound quality, control, efficiency, and sustainability,” he said. “The response from our clients, engineers, sound designers, and artists has been incredible, leading to a twofold increase in our production plans in 2024 and almost a twofold
increase again planned for next year. This success validates the radical design path we have chosen, building on the success of the K series, and we are excited to take it even further soon!”

Such rapid growth poses challenges in itself, especially when it comes to finding people who share the same values that have shaped L-Acoustics since its foundation 40 years ago. It’s the only way to “make sure that our size becomes an asset, allowing us to serve our clients even better and innovate even further,” Vaissié explains.

Offering more than 13,000 training certificates in 2025 alone, scholarships and special initiatives to encourage women in pro audio, Vaissié stresses, “We still need to come together as an industry and find ways to provide a safety net for the crews and artisans of sound that make the shows happen.”

From an audio perspective, says Vaissié, “space is the new frontier!”

“Today, an artist may carry the same state-of-the-art equipment and crew through major cities and venues, but the audience’s experience will be different because the space, i.e., the venue’s acoustics, is not consistent,” he says.

“Some venues, such as sports arenas, are notoriously challenging from a sound standpoint. One of the most exciting opportunities to enhance the quality of the shared sound experiences lies in the convergence of the source, the system, and the space. Only when all three are properly addressed can we guarantee the best experience for the fans.”