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Manufacturers

HiFi manufacturers specialize in designing and producing high-fidelity audio equipment, including speakers, amplifiers, turntables, DACs, headphones, and more.

Integra
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Integra

The first mention of Integra dates back to 1969, when the Japanese company Onkyo (a large electronics corporation founded in 1946) began…

3 min readFeb 8, 2024
iFi
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iFi Audio

iFi Audio is a subsidiary of the well-known British company Abbingdon Music Research (AMR), which has already gained an excellent reputation as…

2 min readFeb 8, 2024
HiFi Rose
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HiFi Rose

Hi-Fi Rose (also Rose) is a brand and division of the Korean industrial company CI Tech, which since 1967 has been producing…

1 min readFeb 8, 2024
HECO
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HECO

The interesting history of the German company HECO, a manufacturer of high-quality acoustic systems, began in 1949 with the development of speakers. The…

6 min readFeb 8, 2024
HiFiMAN
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HiFiMAN

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…

5 min readFeb 8, 2024
Hegel
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Hegel

The history of Hegel Music Systems began in 1988. It was then that a student at the Norwegian University of Technology (Trondheim) began…

3 min readFeb 8, 2024
Harman/Kardon
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Harman/Kardon

The Harman/Kardon story is the life story of Sidney Harman. The future talented businessman and engineer was born in 1918 in Montreal and…

6 min readFeb 8, 2024
Goldring
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Goldring

Goldring was founded by Heinrich and Julius Scharf in Germany in 1906, but in 1933 its owners moved to Britain, and for…

2 min readFeb 8, 2024
Gato Audio
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Gato Audio

The history of Gato Audio is in many ways the quintessence of many similar evolutions of audio companies, especially Danish ones. It begins…

3 min readFeb 8, 2024
Gold Note
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Gold Note

Gold Note is a trademark of the Italian company Bluenote, created in 1992 by mechanical engineer Maurizio Aterini and began with the…

2 min readFeb 8, 2024
Anthony Gallo
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Anthony Gallo

The Anthony Gallo Acoustics brand became famous for its developments in the field of designer loudspeakers, which began in the 90s of…

10 min readFeb 8, 2024
Fyne Audio
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Fyne Audio

Have you heard about the new audio company Fyne Audio? An ordinary question that turns into a kind of pun when it comes…

3 min readFeb 8, 2024
Fostex
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Fostex

Fostex was founded in 1973 as a subsidiary of Foster Electric Company. Initially, its products were aimed exclusively at the Japanese market, which…

2 min readFeb 8, 2024
FiiO
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FiiO

The young and very promising company FiiO was founded in China in 2007 and in less than 10 years has turned the…

2 min readFeb 8, 2024
Focal
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Focal

The famous French brand Focal JMlab has grown literally from scratch, embodying the success story of its founder, Jacques Maule, who became…

6 min readFeb 8, 2024
Exposure
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Exposure

The English company Exposure was founded in 1978 by John Farlow, who was both the owner of the company and the designer…

4 min readFeb 8, 2024
Elipson
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Elipson

The Elipson company was created in 1938 under the leadership of Joseph Leon and at first focused on professionals. Having achieved success in…

4 min readFeb 8, 2024
Esoteric
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Esoteric

The creation of the Esoteric brand in 1987 was predetermined by history itself; it could not fail to appear. The vast experience accumulated…

3 min readFeb 8, 2024
Emotiva
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Emotiva

Emotiva is a young US company that develops and designs its products (amplifiers, speakers, processors, preamps, etc.) at its facilities in Tennessee. Flagship…

2 min readFeb 8, 2024
Electrocompaniet
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Electrocompaniet

The Electrocompaniet company began its history in the 70s of the last century in Norway, which in itself is unusual – at…

4 min readFeb 8, 2024
ELAC
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ELAC

The name of the ELAC company speaks for itself – Electroacustic, and today this company is one of the most famous and…

8 min readFeb 8, 2024
Dual
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Dual

Despite the gigantic abundance of vinyl players, which are often futuristic structures made of glass and metal, there are companies that are…

3 min readFeb 8, 2024
DeFunc
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DeFunc

The name of the company Defunc (Sweden) comes from a combination of two words: DEsign + FUNCtion (design + function). The result of…

1 min readFeb 8, 2024
Devialet
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Devialet

Devialet is a French company based in Paris and founded in 2007. The company's history began in 2004, when Pierre-Emmanuel Calmel, who was…

8 min readFeb 8, 2024