The RezCom Journey

The RezCom Journey

RezCom Systems was never built to blend in or fade into the background. What began as one man's need to hear a television more clearly turned into a 20-year defiance of conventional sound design. Leon, a Vietnam veteran and accountant, wasn’t looking to launch a business—he was just frustrated with not being able to hear. But when he started searching for better speaker solutions, he encountered the same dismissive answers: “That’s not how it works,” “Electrostatic speakers can’t be used in public spaces,” “It’s too expensive,” “It’s been tried.” Most dismissed him outright. But Leon wasn’t looking for average. He wanted something built in the U.S., something authentic, something with integrity.

That search led him to Dr. West, a former NASA engineer who once built massive microphone panels to record rocket launches. Dr. West had since dedicated his life to building the world’s most transparent electrostatic speakers—tools for audiophiles, not the commercial market. But when Leon heard Dr. West’s Mini Stat speaker for the first time, everything changed. He didn’t just hear the sound. He felt the potential. The clarity was unlike anything he had experienced. Leon teamed up with his longtime colleague Russ, and RezCom was born in 2005 with one goal: bring that level of fidelity to public venues. What followed was a 15-year series of prototypes, setbacks, and hard-won progress.

Each version was a lesson:

• ComStat – Based on the Mini Stat but with a sturdier cabinet and better projection, it was used in senior centers and small venues. It was a start, but not strong enough to cover distance.
• WallStat – Built to recess into 16-inch on-center walls and paired with a larger cone driver. It improved bass and space efficiency but still lacked long-range projection.
• DynaStat – A towering speaker with dual 10-inch subwoofers, designed for large halls and dance floors. It moved air, but its bulk made it difficult to install and transport. Same with the ClubStat – A close sibling to the DynaStat, outfitted with dual 12-inch subs for high-output venues. Only one was ever built due to its impracticality in field use.
• Concert Master – Retrofitted from an existing cabinet, this model combined a large woofer with an electrostatic panel. It improved clarity but suffered from both horizontal and vertical dispersion limitations.
• Large Format Wall Panels (“Behemoth”) – Created for the original St. Ambrose install, these massive units could fill the sanctuary but proved to be excessively loud in close seating zones, creating an imbalance of sound that couldn’t be resolved through placement alone.
• Alcove Speakers – Small-scale electrostatic panels with louvers, created in a rush to solve unexpected acoustic problems in church alcoves. These compact units performed far beyond expectations and inspired the creation of our first flagship product.

The surprising success of the Alcove Speakers—filling an entire 10,000 sq. ft. church on their own—led directly to the development of the CS890. Larger, reinforced, and capable of delivering more power without sacrificing clarity, the CS890 became the solution for sanctuary-wide coverage. Later, to better serve the alcove areas and side rooms, those same CS890 components were re-engineered and scaled down into the CS390. The final member of the product family, the CS890TWS, was developed after a school gym install revealed the need for flexible, angle-tuned projection in dual-use environments.