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AKG, founded in Vienna by Dr. Rudolf Goerike and Ernst Pless, soon became one of the biggest players in the world of sound. Today AKG is synonymous with good sound, stands for passion in music providing the highest quality and ongoing innovation in the world of music. The company was founded in 1947 and within months, the first AKG microphones were being used in radio stations, theatres and Jazz-Clubs. The products (the AKG DYN Series) were at that time manufactured by hand by five workers.In 19 …

'Most people enjoy music. But some people are passionate about it. So are we! Music should be reproduced - in our opinion - exactly the way the artist intended, because nothing - absolutely nothing - should get in the way of the music. That's why we at Marantz have only one philosophy: "Because Music Matters."'Music is part of our everyday lives. Even in today's changing times where audio meets vision, music is the defining ingredient. It brings emotion to vision and puts the passion into our ex …

Since 1978, Audio Pro have built loudspeakers with one ambition: to give you the best sound at the best price. They want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy good sound quality at home.Their job is to make speakers that sound good, as well as scoring high in audio tests. You may think this sounds silly, but what’s really silly is that many speaker makers construct their speakers to deliver the ideal frequency curves when tested in echo-free (anechoic) testing chambers. Who lives in an …

1978 was the year Peter Suchy and his team developed Clearaudio's first moving coil cartridges. The patented fully symmetrical design and the choice of a boron cantilever were pioneering approaches which guide others to this day – while Clearaudio continues to refine them. 'Made in Germany' at Clearaudio stands for the highest quality, using high-end materials and the perfect technical implementation of intelligent innovation. Every product in Clearaudio's portfolio is conceived and produced by …

The Chord Company started in 1985 in response to demand from overseas customers wanting high quality interconnects for use with Naim Audio amplifiers. Hi-fi dealers soon found that these cables improved performance, so The Chord Company started supplying the UK market. Such was the good relationship that the company built with its overseas and UK customers, that many of them still sell and distribute Chord products today. Every cable that The Chord Company supplies is designed within the co …