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Community Professional Loudspeakers is an American manufacturer of loudspeakers and sound reinforcement equipment. The company has been located in the Philadelphia area since its inception, and has occupied its present location in Chester, PA since 1981.

Corporate History
The company was founded in 1968 by Bruce W. Howze and was originally named Community Light and Sound. Thomas C. Walter joined the company in 1970 and held various sales and marketing positions until 1985. Howze and Walter were joined in 1971 by John T. Wiggins and in 1974 by Christine Howze. Today the company is run by Bruce Howze, Christine Howze, and John Wiggins.

Community established itself as the first company to utilize fiberglass to create large yet lightweight loudspeaker horns and enclosures. The company’s first notable live sound reinforcement loudspeaker product, introduced in 1970, was the LMF, a fiberglass midrange horn, followed a year later by the Leviathan fiberglass bass horn. Since its founding, the company has been issued a number of patents for pioneering loudspeaker technologies.

Community also established itself in the mid-1970s as among the first to test and document the performance of both its own loudspeakers and competitors’ loudspeakers. The company’s test measurement philosophy is based on the underlying principles of “free field” and “far field,” believing that far more dependable and relevant data can be obtained by testing loudspeakers at measurement distances that correspond to actual listening distances.

Today the Community brand has a global presence with its products being used for live performance and permanent installation in houses of worship, convention centers and other venues. Community Professional is also known for its weather-resistant loudspeaker designs, which are installed in major sports stadia and arenas throughout the world.