# MTX Audio

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**MTX Audio** is an American consumer audio company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona[1] that manufactures sound equipment for applications including [car audio](/source/Car_audio), [home audio](/source/Home_audio), marine audio and [live sound](/source/Live_sound) products. They are best known for their car audio products and they specialize in [subwoofers](/source/Subwoofers) and subwoofer [amplifiers](/source/Amplifiers).[2]

MTX Audio is a [brand name](/source/Brand_name) owned by the [Mitek Corporation](/source/Mitek_Corporation).

## History

MTX audio was called Matrecs in 1979. The MTX name came in when Loyd Ivey, then owner of his own company American Acoustic Labs, bought out the Matrecs name in 1979 and changed it to MTX under Ivey’s parent company Mitek. In 1991, MTX Audio acquired [Soundcraftsmen](/source/Soundcraftsmen), a defunct audio equipment manufacturer which was located in [Santa Ana, California](/source/Santa_Ana,_California), and was called *MTX Soundcraftsmen* until 1999. In 1984 MTX created the first mobile audio enclosure.

## Today

John Ivey is [chairman](/source/Chairman) and [CEO](/source/CEO) of MiTek and therefore MTX, which employs over 750 people. MiTek has 12 other companies including MTX, with plants in Ennis, Texas, Louisville, Kentucky, Monroe, Wisconsin, West Dundee, Illinois, Winslow, Illinois, and in Phoenix, Arizona.

List of global brand names and what countries MiTek has their products/facilities in.[3]

- **MTX**- USA, Europe, Germany, Australia, New Zealand
- **COUSTIC**- USA, Europe
- **Xtant**- USA, Europe
- **StreetWires**- USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand
- **Mitek**- USA, Europe
- **Atlas IED**- USA, Europe[4]

## Parent company

John Ivey Is the president and CEO of his company MiTek corp which he founded in the mid-1980s after acquiring Matrecs and the American Case Company. MiTek is the parent company of 13 other companies, including MTX, with manufacturing plants in seven American states and three countries around the world.[5]

## Products

MTX makes car audio, marine audio, ATV-UTV Audio, home audio, and portable audio products. The MTX Jackhammer 24 is a 24-inch square subwoofer and one of the largest available on the consumer market.[6]

## References

1. ["About MTX Audio"](https://www.mtx.com/about-mtx/). *MTX Audio | MTX.com*

1. MTX [High-tech Car Audio and Car Accessories](http://www.autoradio-1001.com/en/). Retrieved 2011-01-04.

1. Allen, George. ["MiTek"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212206/http://www.mitekusa.com/default.aspx?article). MiTek. Archived from [the original](http://www.mitekusa.com/default.aspx?article) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-06-03.

1. ["Atlas Sound and Innovative Electronic Designs Merger"](https://www.avnetwork.com/avnetwork/da-lite-screen-company-and-joe-kane-productions-announce-strategic-partnership-103237). November 2007. Retrieved 2018-12-18.

1. Gorman, Perry. ["MiTek Corporation"](http://www.mitekcorp.com/default.aspx). MiTek USA. Retrieved 2012-11-10.

1. ["Home"](http://international.mtx.com/). *international.mtx.com*

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.mtx.com)
- [Mitek on International Trade by](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlG6rAXknKc) [Loyd Ivey](/source/Loyd_Ivey) on [YouTube](/source/YouTube)

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