Nyal Mellor

Nyal Mellor
President / Lead Designer of Acoustic Frontiers and Creator of the HYPERSUB Frontier Series
Nyal Mellor is a globally recognized authority in high-performance home theater, recording studio, and audiophile room design. For nearly two decades, he has guided clients through the complexities of system design—optimizing everything from room layout and equipment selection to sound isolation and acoustic treatment. Anchored in the rigorous standards of the CEDIA/CTA RP22 Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice and driven by a relentless pursuit of measurable performance, Mellor has earned the trust of discerning clients, architects, and builders who demand precision acoustics, flawless integration, and reference-level results.
It was this same pursuit of excellence that led Mellor to create HYPERSUB. After years of designing and calibrating theaters, he identified a consistent gap in the marketplace: even the most acclaimed commercial subwoofers failed to deliver the performance, flexibility, and integration required for truly reference-level home cinemas. Determined to solve the problem, he founded HYPERSUB with the goal of engineering a subwoofer system built for the most demanding environments.
The result was the HYPERSUB Frontier Series—a family of ultra-high-performance subwoofers developed from the ground up to meet the real-world challenges of high-end installation. Each model, including the F-15, F-21, and F-24 DUO, embodies Mellor’s philosophy of precision engineering: advanced transducer design, proprietary DSP amplification, and a shallow, modular form factor optimized for near-wall, in-wall, and behind-screen (baffle wall) applications. The Frontier Series was not only conceived as a response to limitations in the market, but also as an extension of Acoustic Frontiers’ design philosophy—integrating rigorous acoustic science, advanced technology, and installation solutions tailored for real-world rooms.
Through Acoustic Frontiers and HYPERSUB, Nyal Mellor has set new benchmarks in both system design and subwoofer engineering—redefining what it means to deliver immersive, world-class listening environments built on an unshakable low-frequency foundation.