A black background with a Sontronics STC-20 microphone in moody lighting in the foreground, the mic sitting in its spider shockmount with the circular pop filter in front of it

OUR STORY

IN THE BEGINNING

Back in 2004, musician and audio enthusiast Trevor Coley decided to pursue his dream of creating a range of microphones that delivered professional-quality results at truly affordable prices.

He began sketching out designs for innovative-looking mics with classic styling and a unique sound too, thanks to our signature smooth high-frequency rolloff that you'll find in all of our mics, from the most affordable dynamic to our top-of-the range models.

The Sontronics brand was launched at the NAMM Show in Los Angeles in January 2005 where we showed our first range of condenser mics. Many of these mics, including Orpheus, STC-1 and STC-2, ended up becoming best-sellers and remain in our range today.

On a white background is an open wooden box, its lid to the left, and in the velvet-lined base is the silver champagne-coloured Sontronics Orpheus microphone

Sontronics has since grown from strength to strength and our products now include studio condensers, mono and stereo ribbons, valve and dynamic microphones, including our world-beating Podcast Pro, as well as must-have accessories such as our ST-POP popshield, XLR-USB cable and Elevate desktop stand.

Our mics can be found in some of the biggest and best studios and sound stages as well as in radio stations, home studios, educational establishments and podcasting set-ups all round the world.

On a white background is a row of seven Sontronics Podcast Pro microphones, lying on their sides from front to back: red, gold, green, blue, purple, cosmic grey and black

A black background and in the foreground the Sontronics Delta 2 microphone facing slightly to the left

"Sontronics constantly pushes boundaries in designing cutting-edge microphones destined to be classics of the future."

Andrew Dudman, Chief Engineer, Abbey Road Studios

BEST OF BRITISH

All our products are designed and developed here on the south coast of England by our founder Trevor Coley, and all our new prototype models are put through rigorous beta-testing with top British producers including Flood (U2, Editors, The Foals) and Paul Epworth (Adele, Coldplay, U2) as well as several engineers at Abbey Road Studios.

The majority of our microphones are also made here in the UK with all of our top-end mics fitted with circuits made to our proprietary designs and hand-wound transformers manufactured within 2 miles of our door.

We are proud to be spear-heading innovations in electronics engineering and product design right here in Dorset.

A silver champagne-coloured Sontronics Mercury microphone with its circular grille and solid cylindrical body sitting in a spider-style shockmount, the microphone facing slightly to the left

Every single mic is individually checked and tested here in our Dorset warehouse before being shipped. You can be sure that every Sontronics microphone has undergone rigorous scrutiny at each stage of the process before it gets to you and your studio.

SONTRONICS TIMELINE

A silver Sontronics STC-2 cylindrical shaped microphone in its spider-style shockmount on a black folded velvet background

A grey square with the words "2005 Sontronics launches with five mic models including STC-2"

A blue square with the words "2006 Our new Sigma is one of the world's first phantom-powered ribbon mics. It's soon followed by Delta and Apollo"

A Sontronics Sigma microphone its rectangular body in its curved arc shockmount mounted on a mic stand

On a black background a pair of Sontronics STC-1S pencil-style microphones mounted on their stereo bar

A grey square with the words "2007 Black versions of our STC-1, STC-1S and STC-2 are released"

A light blue square with the words "2008 Sontronics steps into the preamp world, releasing the ground-breaking Chimera and Sonora. STC-80 dynamic mic is also introduced."

The Sontronics Chimera (left) and Sonora (right) preamp boxes sitting side by side on a black slate base with the lights reflecting on the surface

A Sontronics Saturn microphone with its circular head suspended by four springs in its circular frame with the rectangle body below it in its shockmount mounted on a microphone stand

A blue square with the words "2009 Our new multi-pattern Saturn goes through its final stages of beat-tests with top UK producers"

A black square with the words "2010 We mark our 5th anniversary with the relase of Saturn as wella s the STC-2X, STC-10, STC-20 and Pad/Phase"

A line-up of three microphones from left to right: silver Sontronics STC-3X in its shockmount, a black slender STC-10 and a chunky STC-2

Three silver Sontronics microphones on a black background, including the large DM-1B with its grille mesh cylinder and the two smaller DM-1S and DM-1T

A light blue square with the words "After 3 years of research and development, our DM-series of mics for kick drum, snare and tom tom are released"

A black square with the words "2012 Launch of our Halo dynamic mic, designed specially for guitar amp"

A purple background and in the foreground the Sontronics Halo microphone with its central cylinder suspended by four springs in a circular ring with the small rectangular body below it, the mic pointing upwarsd and to the right

A cylindrical black Sontronics STC-20 microphone sitting in its spider-style shockmount with the pop filter attached to the front of the shockmount, the microphone and pop filter are angled slightly to the right

A grey square with the words "2012 Announcement of our new STC-3X Pack an STC-20 Pack all-in-one recording packages"

A blue square with the words "2014 Following months of testing at Abbey Road, our stunning new Aria valve mic is unveiled and goes on to receive multiple awards"

A man in a beanie hat wearing headphones facing us singing into a silver Sontronics Aria microphone which is facing towards him

A man with short hair, Sontronics' founder Trevor Coley, next to a woman with long light brown hair, his wife and Sontronics director Lisa Coley, holding a glass award

A light blue square with the words "2016 Product Manager Chris Cook joins our team after graudating top of the class from Abbey Road Institute"

A man with short hair (Sontronics' founder Trevor Coley) and a man with a beard (Sontronics' product manager Chris Cook) standing on the stands at the front of Abbey Road Studios holding four Sontronics microphone flightcases

A woman with spiky hair wearing glasses and headphones facing towards us singing into a silver champagne-coloured Sontronics Mercury microphone which is pointed towards her

WORDS OF WISDOM

Sontronics founder Trevor Coley with Mercury microphone

"From the day Sontronics was conceived, my passion has been to design innovative products capable of delivering outstanding results, built to the highest standards yet at a realistic price.

"Over the years, Sontronics has matured into a respected brand, picking up amazing reviews and multiple awards along the way, all of which makes me feel so proud. The ultimate accolade is knowing that world-famous artists, engineers and producers are making hit records, giving stunning on-stage performances and creating record-breaking podcasts using our microphones.

"When you get a Sontronics mic, whoever you are and whatever you're recording, you join this family and you become part of something very special. Thank you for taking that journey with us."

Trevor Coley, Founder & Designer, SONTRONICS

On a black background is the silver-champagne coloured Sontronics Aria microphone leaning slightly downwards

"The fact that the engineers at Abbey Road use Sontronics mics on a daily basis, choosing ours over and above their multi-million-pound collection of vintage mics just blows my mind!"

Trevor Coley, Founder & Designer

"Sontronics is such an impressive company... from the products themselves to the direct and friendly support offered by Trevor, Lisa and the team. It's not difficult to recommend them or their mics!"