Kenton "Ken" George Forsythe (July 21, 1944 – July 9, 2023) was an American engineer and professional audio pioneer, known for developing high performance loudspeakers for the sound reinforcement industry.

[1] Born in Boston, he graduated from Yale University in 1966 with a degree in History and UC Berkeley in 1968 with a Master of City Planning.

Forsythe developed two-way compact loudspeaker systems.

[2] In 1978, Forsythe and Kenneth Berger co-founded Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) in Framingham, Massachusetts.

[3] Kenton Forsythe died on July 9, 2023, at the age of 78.