Manufacturers

The story of REL is similar to many others: once upon a time there lived a talented man on Earth who did not like the situation on the market, and he decided to change it. In our case, this man’s name was Richard Edmund Lord, and he did not like existing subwoofers and low-frequency solutions in […] More

In 1948, Willy Studer founded a company in Zurich for the production of oscilloscopes for high-voltage laboratories, his staff consisted of three people. The prototype, called Dynavox 100, was ready in June 1949, and a batch of 500 were ordered by Christmas. On March 27, 1951, the Studer company registered the reVox trademark and the debut model […] More

Rega is known for its originality. This is what has allowed her to enjoy popularity for more than forty years. The company’s specialty is vinyl disc players and everything connected with them. However, the company offers components to build a complete system from single-brand components. But how did it all begin?  It all starts at fourteen. That’s when teenage Roy’s mom […] More

Ruark Audio, whose factory is located outside London, has firmly established itself in the Hi-Fi market as one of the most respected British manufacturers of loudspeaker systems. Head of Design Alan O’Rourke is a renowned expert in the evaluation of manufactured loudspeaker systems. Alan O’Rourke is a descendant of a noble Irish family whose roots go […] More

Many experts believe that Reavon players will take the very place that was vacated in the UHD disk player market after OPPO and Pioneer left it. This hope is confirmed by flattering reviews in the European specialized press and the already received EISA award for “Best Ultra HD Player 2021 – 22.” In any case, comparisons and […] More

Rotel’s founder, Mr. Tomoki “Tuck” Tachikawa, was born in Taiwan. He studied at a Japanese university and remained in that country, where he created various businesses and trading companies before founding Rotel. Rotel is headquartered and owned in Japan, with its main design and development center in the UK and its largest plant in China. But it is […] More

In America, large companies most often do not crush their small but nimble competitors. They simply buy them wholeheartedly, becoming owners of both the brand and the technology. That’s exactly what Harman Specialty Group did for many years, the largest conglomerate of companies in the field of consumer electronics, led by the steady hand of founder, director […] More

Questyle Audio specializes in the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art Hi-Fi audio components. Questyle Audio’s product range includes high-resolution portable audio players (digital audio players), current headphone amplifiers, D/A converters for DSD signals, 5 GHz wireless Hi-Fi systems, preamplifiers, power amplifiers, etc. d. Questyle Audio is dedicated to meeting the audio quality expectations of music lovers and […] More

On the websites of audio companies, in information and advertising materials, you can often find the word “legendary”, which, as a rule, is perceived as nothing more than a figure of speech, a verbal seasoning. If there are legends in the world of High Fidelity, there are only a few of them, and the first name […] More

The history of Quadral began in Hannover in the 1970s, when the All-Akustik division, part of the All Group, began producing loudspeaker systems under its own Quadral brand. Very quickly the brand name became synonymous with the highest quality acoustics. Incredible clarity and richness of reproduction, richly nuanced balanced sound combined with high technology – these […] More

The stories of companies producing hi-fi equipment are very similar to each other in about half the cases. As a rule, they feature a certain “Mr. X”, who, being a professional (non-professional) musician, has been looking for audio equipment since childhood that would have sound characteristics that correspond to his high musical taste. Having spent half his […] More