Audio

The British company IOTA Enterprises Limited began its activities under the Nakamichi brand, having close relations with the Grande Group, which is the holder of licenses for several brands (including Nakamichi); but when it came time to renew the license agreement, it turned out that the cost of the license exceeded the budget for developing new […] More

iFi Audio is a subsidiary of the well-known British company Abbingdon Music Research (AMR), which has already gained an excellent reputation as a manufacturer of high-end high-end electronics. AMR traditionally operates in the upper price category and offers very expensive devices. The creation of iFi Audio was a kind of experiment designed to introduce advanced AMR developments […] More

Hi-Fi Rose (also Rose) is a brand and division of the Korean industrial company CI Tech, which since 1967 has been producing various types of automation and robotization systems for trade and heavy industry. At the moment, in addition to Rose, CI tech has divisions for the production of vending machines and parcel terminals, as well […] More

The interesting history of the German company HECO, a manufacturer of high-quality acoustic systems, began in 1949 with the development of speakers. The chosen path has stood the test of time – HECO acoustics have received recognition from even the most fastidious sound connoisseurs in different countries of the world. Quite a few speaker systems from this […] More

The Hifiman brand belongs to the Chinese company Head-Direct, which produces various audio equipment. Its product range includes in-ear and full-size headphones, amplifiers for them, as well as portable players with high sound quality. Despite the fact that the Head-Direct company was founded not so long ago, in terms of the number of achievements in the world […] More

The history of Hegel Music Systems began in 1988. It was then that a student at the Norwegian University of Technology (Trondheim) began his thesis work, which examined the design of a transistor amplifier, devoid of the disadvantages inherent in classical systems. In general, Bent Holter became interested in electronics under the influence of his father. At […] More

The Harman/Kardon story is the life story of Sidney Harman. The future talented businessman and engineer was born in 1918 in Montreal and grew up in New York. As a teenager, he collected periodicals that were still relevant, attracted local distributors to sell them for 5 cents, and then shared the proceeds with them. Sidney Harman also […] More

Goldring was founded by Heinrich and Julius Scharf in Germany in 1906, but in 1933 its owners moved to Britain, and for 110 years it has been producing cartridges (pickup heads), stylus and accessories. The Goldring line includes more than 15 cartridges of various types, and the company is one of the world leaders in the […] More

The history of Gato Audio is in many ways the quintessence of many similar evolutions of audio companies, especially Danish ones. It begins back in the 1950s – with the fact that young Paul Rossing mastered the basics of sound engineering at a small radio factory owned by his father. It will come as no surprise that […] More

Gold Note is a trademark of the Italian company Bluenote, created in 1992 by mechanical engineer Maurizio Aterini and began with the production of accessories that were used with components from other manufacturers, and then with their own. Bluenote was founded in 1992 by Maurizio Aterini, a certified mechanical engineer, and began with the production of […] More

The Anthony Gallo Acoustics brand became famous for its developments in the field of designer loudspeakers, which began in the 90s of the last century, long before this direction became part of the generally accepted mainstream. The company received its name in honor of the founder and chief designer, Anthony Gallo. Gallo Acoustics was born in New […] More