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Author: Marcus Carlsen

Marcus Carlsen is an avid audiophile with a deep passion for hi-fi systems, high-end headphones, and premium speakers. Marcus constantly explores the latest audio technologies and equipment, from precision-engineered speakers to the finest headphones.

Paradigm

Paradigm

In the seventies of the last century, a new company called Paradigm appeared in the Canadian city of Toronto. Two talented engineers, Scott…

Pro-Ject Audio Systems

Pro-Ject Audio Systems

Pro-Ject Audio Systems was founded by Heinz Lichtenegger in 1990 in Vienna (Austria) with one idea: to produce audiophile quality Hi-Fi components…

Pioneer

Pioneer

The founder of the international corporation Pioneer Nozomu Matsumoto began by assembling speakers in his own garage. Thanks to these activities, the son…

Panasonic

Panasonic

The future president of one of the world's largest corporations, Konosuke Matsushita, began his career as a bicycle salesman in Osaka. Then the…

Ortofon

Ortofon

The company's history began in 1918: engineers Arnold Paulson and Axel Petersen teamed up to develop audio equipment for a new field…

Onkyo

Onkyo

The name of Onkyo Corporation is formed from two Japanese words: On meaning sound, and Kyo meaning harmony. It is said that at…

Nakamichi

Nakamichi

Etsuro Nakamichi, a radio engineer in the Japanese Navy during World War II, founded Nakamichi Research in 1948. In 1957, Nakamichi released…

Naim

Naim

Naim Audio has always been considered a special, iconic company, and it retains this status to this day. History itself also contributes to…

NAD

NAD

The NAD company was founded in the UK (London) in 1972 by Martin Borisch, as an association of seven large European distributors…

Mission

Mission

Mission was founded in the UK in 1977 and has always been recognized as one of the leading companies in the field…

Marshall

Marshall

The history of Marshall begins in England in the 60s of the last century, when Jim Marshall assembled his first amplifier based…

Mytek

Mytek

Mytek Digital was founded in New York in 1992 by Polish native Michal Jurewicz. At the time of the founding of the company,…

Mark Levinson

Mark Levinson

Mark Levinson is an American private company, a subsidiary of Harman International Industries. The company specializes in the development of Hi-End audio…

Musical Fidelity

Musical Fidelity

Musical Fidelity is a very well-known and popular English company that grew out of a garage cooperative. MF products are quite extensive: amplifiers,…

Marantz

Marantz

Few companies in the world of Hi-Fi Audio can boast such a rich history as Marantz. In 2013, the company celebrated its 60th…

Music Hall

Music Hall

Music Hall LLC was founded in April 1985 by Roy Hall. Initially, it was decided that the company would specialize in the production,…

Meze

Meze

Meze is a Romanian manufacturer of unusual wooden headphones. The history of Meze is a history of improving technology day after day. Founded in…

McIntosh

McIntosh

The Mackintosh company began operations in the late 1940s. Frank McIntosh was a consultant for a Washington, D.C. firm that developed radio and…

Magnat

Magnat

In 1973, a small company was created in Cologne (Germany), with a staff of no more than 60 people. The company was founded…

Monitor Audio

Monitor Audio

The British company Monitor Audio, which is one of the world's leading manufacturers of Hi-Fi loudspeaker systems used in stereo systems and…

MAG-LEV Audio

MAG-LEV Audio

The history of MAG LEV Audio began in the living room of a house in the center of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Three designers were…

MoFi Electronics

MoFi Electronics

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL or MoFi) is a company known in the music world as an innovator in the production of…

MartinLogan

MartinLogan

The entire history of MartinLogan represents a continuous forward movement. From 1983 to the present day, more than fifty models of branded speaker…

M&K Sound

M&K Sound

M&K Sound was founded by Jonas Miller and his partner Ken Kreisel. Miller was the owner of one of the largest in the…