Products: Mixers, Amplifiers, Active and Passive Loudspeaker Cabinets, Portable Lighting Rigs, and Accessories
Associated Brands: Traynor Amps, ART Pro Audio, Apex Electronics, Orion FX Lights, and VTC Pro Audio
Price Range: ~ $- $
yorkville
Yorkville is one of the hardest working Pro Sound companies ever. These guys build great that lasts for the long haul. I know of lots of people that have been using the same Yorkville powered mixers and speakers for 20 years with now issues whatsoever. Check them out!
history
Founded in the back room of the original Long & McQuade Music store in downtown Toronto in 1963, co-founder Peter Traynor, a repairman at the time, developed a bass guitar amplifier dubbed the “Traynor Dyna-Bass” as a rugged and reliable alternative to amps currently available at the time. The Dyna-Bass amp was specifically designed and built to withstand the rigors of rentals and the road. Shortly thereafter, he and Jack Long officially started Yorkville Sound, and by the end of 1963 Yorkville was making P/A column speakers as well as bass amps and cabinets. After incorporating in 1965, Yorkville Sound expanded its sales into the USA and soon after added a guitar amplifier (the YGA-1) and a powered P/A mixer (the YVM-1) to the line. Since then Yorkville has only gotten bigger and better!
