Audio Equipment Manufacturers (Copy)

Audio Equipment Manufacturers

Aavik Acoustics - A member of the Audio Group Of Denmark companies. This company manufactures high-end solid-state audio electronic components including several types of amplifiers, digital/analog converters, phono stages and streamers.
Accent Speaker Technology Ltd. A Canadian company founded in 1973 that manufacters Nola speakers (formerly Alon).
Acoustic Signature - A German manufacturer of high-end turntables, tonearms, cartridges, phono preamps and record weights and clamps. Acoustic Signature was founded in 1996 by designer Gunther Frohnhoefer and his wife Jacqueline.
Alta Audio - A New York-based high-end manufacturer of audiophile loudspeakers founded in 2013 by Michael Levy.
Ampsandsound - A small family business in Southern California that hand builds power amplifiers and headphone amplifiers. They also have a line of accessories and a 2-way and a 3-way loudspeaker. Their amplifier designs are born from a love for the legendary vacuum tube power amplifiers of midcentury America.
Analog Manufaktur Germany (AMG) Turntables - A German manufacturer of high-end turntables and tonearms. The company was founded in 2011 by Werner Röschlau.
Ansuz Acoustics - A member of the Audio Group Of Denmark companies. The company manufactures high-end cables, power distributors, noise reduction devices and resonance controlling devices.
Anthem - A manufacturer of high-end audio/video electronics. Their product line includes power amps, preamps, integrated amps, A/V receivers, A/V processors, room correction hardware/software and distribution systems.
Atma-sphere - World's premiere OTL and triode amplifier manufacturer using a Balanced Differential Design®. Located in St. Paul, MN.
Audia Flight - An Italian company that designs and manufactures high quality home audio components. The company manufactures solid-state power amps, preamps, integrated amps, CD players and SACD players. It was founded in 1996 by Massimiliano Marzi and Andrea Nardini.
Audio by Van Alstine - The company is located in Woodbury, MN and was founded by Frank Van Alstine in the 1980s. They manufacture of solid-state power amps & solid-state, vacuum tube hybrid preamps, digital preamps and a DAC. They are a direct-sales company.
Audio Note UK - A UK-based company founded in 1991. They are the largest European manufacturer of ultra-performance valve-based audio equipment. Their products include electronics for both analogue and digital music. Their analogue products include turntables, tonearms, cartridges and step-up transformers. Their digital music products include CD players, CD transports and DACs. They also manufacture vacuum tube-based power amps, preamps, integrated amps, loudspeakers and cables.
Audio Research - A Minneapolis, Minnesota-based manufacturer of tube-based audiophile amps, preamps, integrated amps, phono preamps and DACs. The company was founded by Bill Johnson in 1970.
Audio Tools - A great site with links to manufacturers categorized by types of equipment.
Auralic - A manufacturer of audiophile electronics, including, amplifiers, preamps, DACs, streamers and Streamer/DACs based in Beaverton, CO. The company was founded in 2009 and their product line primarily focuses on digital music reproduction.
Aurender - Manufacturer of digital music servers and DACs. They are based in Lake Forest, CA.
Avantgarde Acoustic - A German company that manufactures high-end, very large high- efficiency horn-loaded loudspeakers using a spherical funnel shaped "bionic" horn. The company vision is to build the best speakers in the world. The company was founded in 1991 by Holger Fromme and Matthias Ruff in 1991.
Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) - Founded in 1995 and based in Wilmington, DE, this company manufactures high-end audiophile fully-balanced tube and solid-state electronics, including amps, preamps, integrated amps and phono preamps.
Benchmark Media Systems - Benchmark manufactures high-end audiophile electronics including power amps, line amps (preamps), headphone amps, DACs and cables. Benchmark began in 1983 as the "Benchmark Sound Company", a small operation working out of a garage in Garland, Texas. The company was incorporated as Benchmark Media Systems, in 1985, and relocated to Syracuse, NY.
Black Dahlia - Dick Olsher's site and home of Samadhi speakers and his wife Leslie's recordings.
Bluesound - Manufacturer of wireless premium Hi-Res multi-room streamers and speakers.
Bob Carver Corp. - A Rockford, IL-based manufacturer of audiophile vacuum tube power amps and preamps.
Borensen Audio - A member of the Audio Group Of Denmark companies. Borensen is the manufacturer of high-end audiophile loudspeakers. They design and manufacture every component of their speakers, including speaker drivers, magnets, crossovers and cabinets. Their speakers employ planar ribbon tweeters.
Boulder Amplifiers - A company located near Boulder, CO that has been building amplifiers since the mid-1980s. They started out building amps for pro audio applications in recording studios and moved into high-end audiophile stereo amps in the mid 1990s. They have won numerous awards over the years, and their current line of products include solid-state power amps, preamps, integrated amps, phono preamps, a preamp/DAC and DACs.
Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) - A British manufacturer of high-end audiophile loudspeakers. They produce, wired & wireless loudspeakers, Home Theater loudspeakers and headphones. The company was founded in 1966 by John Bowers.
Bricasti Design - Manufacturer of audiophile amps, preamp, DACs, streamers and network players. The company is based in Shirley, MA.
Bryston - A Canadian-based manufacturer of audiophile solid-state power amps, preamps, phono preamps, DACs, power isolation devices, Home Theater amps and preamps, and loudspeakers (active, passive and wireless).
Burmester Audio - A German high-end audiophile company that manufactures a full line of products for home audio use. Their product line includes turntables, tonearms, cartridges, CD players, floor-standing and In-wall loudspeakers, solid-state preamplifiers, power amplifiers, integrated amps, power conditioners and for digital music, network music servers.
Cambridge Audio - A manufacturer of reasonably-priced entry-level hi-fi equipment, including amps, preamps, DACs, CD players, streamers, network players, turntables, stereo receivers and loudspeakers.
Cary Audio Design - A North Carolina-based manufacturer of highly-regarded vacuum tube amplifiers, preamplifiers and CD players, as well as solid state Home Theater electronics.
Cessaro Horn Acoustics - A German company founded in 2006 that manufactures spherical horn-based loudspeakers and a vacuum tube-based power amp and a solid-state preamp.
Chord Electronics - A British company that manufactures solid-state electronics including streamers, phono stages, upscalers, DACs (both standalone and mobile), preamps, power amps and integrated amps.
Clarysis Audio - A Swiss manufacturer of planar ribbon dipole speakers in the style of Apogee Acoustics (1981 to999). They have researched and found ways to further improve the original design.
Classé - A manufacturer of high-end audiophile solid-state power amp and preamps. Founded in in 1979 by Mike Viglas and David Reich.
Clearaudio Electronics - A German family-owned company that was founded in 1978 by Robert Suchy. Clearaudio has become a byword for analogue precision in vinyl reproduction. They manufacture high-end turntables, tonearms, cartridges, record cleaning machines, phono preamps, a line of recordings on vinyl and CD, as well as a line of accessories.
Conrad-Johnson - A manufacturer of vacuum tube-based audiophile power amps, preamps, control amps, headphone amps and phono preamps. The company was founded in 1977 by Dr. William Conrad and Dr. Lewis Johnson.
Convergent Audio Technology (CAT) - A high-end manufacturer of audiophile vacuum tube-based power amps and preamps. The company is located in Rush, NY and was founded by Ken Stevens in 1993. CAT’s philosophy is to design their products to neither add to, nor detract from, the music.
Daedalus Audio - A Washington-based company that manufactures audiophile speaker and Home Theater speaker systems.
Dan D'Agostino Master Audio Systems - A manufacturer of high-end audiophile solid-state fully-balanced electronics including power amps, preamps, integrated amps and phono preamps. The company is located in Cave Creek, AZ and was founded in 2011.
DaVinci Audio - Swiss manufacturer of turntables, tone arms & cartridge for connoisseurs world wide. Exquisite systems for vinyl collectors.
dCS Audio - A manufacturer of audiophile digital audio electronic components, including DACs, Upsamplers, Clock and CD/SACD Transports, and a single component that combines a DAC, Music Streamer, Upsampler, Pre-amp and Headphone Amplifier. The company was founded in 1987 in Cambridge, England by Oxford University graduate Mike Story and a team of electronics engineers.
Decware - Small, direct sales manufacturer from Peoria, IL that produces the Zen line of vacuum tube-based preamps & amplifiers.
Dynaudio - A Danish loudspeaker maker, founded in 1977. Dynaudio builds speakers using only their own drivers. They have a large range of high-end loudspeakers for home stereo and Home Theater applications. They also have a professional division manufacturing monitors for recording studios as well as a division for auto installations.
Elac - A manufacturer of reasonably priced electronics and loudspeakers, located in California.
Electrocompaniet A manufacturer of high-end audiophile electronics located in Norway, in business since 1973. They currently have two lines of electronics, the Classic line and the EC Living line. The Classic line is their high-end, audiophile line for home audio, 2-channel stereo systems. This line includes 4 power amps, a preamp, a phono stage, 2 integrated amps, an integraded amp/streamer/DAC/phono stage, 2 CD players and a DAC/music streamer unit. Their EC Living line is their wireless audio collection for 2-channel stereo within a single room. The collection includes a streamer, a streamer with built-in amp, a small wireless satellite loudspeaker with streamer and DAC built-in, a small wireless satellite add-on loudspeaker minus the streamer and DAC, a wireless subwoofer and stands to mount the satellite loudspeakers.
Empirical Design - A company from Oregon that manufactures high-end audio analog and digital interconnects, speaker and power cables, and computer cables. They sell primarily to end users over the Internet. They also recently started modifying audio components. Their modifications include improving power delivery, signal paths and digital circuitry where applicable. They modify mostly DVD & CD players, DACs and solid-state amplifiers.
Eminent Technology - A manufacturer of hybrid loudspeakers combining push-pull planar magnetic drivers (ribbon drivers) with standard dynamic cone woofers.
Energy Speakers - A Canadian company, founded in 1973 that manufactures loudspeakers. Their product line includes bookshelf speakers, floor-standing tower speakers, Home Theater Systems, soundbars, center channel speakers, subwoofers, surround speakers, satellite speakers, Multi-media systems and In-wall/In-ceiling speakers.
Esoteric - A Japanese manufacturer of high-end audiophile electronics. The pride and mission of Esoteric is to reproduce the Original Master Sound. Their products include solid-state power amps, preamp, integrated amps, phono preamps, SACD/CD players, DACs, master clock generators, turntables, and high-end audio cables.
Estelon - Manufacturer of audiophile loudspeakers that is located in Estonia.
eXemplar audio - A company that build tube electronics, offers modification services to upgrade and enhance virtually any tube audio equipment and does custom designs.
Focal Loudspeakers - A French manufacturer of home audio and Home Theater speakers, both wired and wireless. Focal's core businesses are speaker drivers and high-fidelity loudspeakers. Focal was founded in 1979 in Paris by engineer, high-fidelity enthusiast and technology journalist Jacques Mahul.
Gershman Acoustics - A Canadian designer and manufacturer of high-end loudspeakers. The company was founded in 1993 by Eli Gershman and Ofra Gershman.
Golden Ear Audio - A manufacturer of audiophile loudspeakers, located in Irvine, CA.
Goldmund - A Swiss company founded in 1978 that manufactures high-end audiophile wireless and passive (wired) loudspeakers, solid-state power amps, preamps, integrated amps, SACD players, DACS, Home Theater systems, and multichannel audio processors.
Gold Note - An Italian company that manufactures a complete line of audiophile equipment that encompasses the entire audio chain. Their product line includes turntables, tonearms, cartridges, phono stages, power amps, preamps, a CD player, streaming integrated amps, streaming DACs and loudspeakers. Gold Note was founded in Firenze, Italy in 2012 by Maurizio Aterini. Gold Note is the leading Italian manufacturer in the High-End audio industry. Their products are a statement of Italian craftsmanship, now sold in 50 countries.
Grandinote - An Italian company producing a line of audiophile loudspeakers and solid-state electronics. The company was founded by it's current CEO, Massimiliano Magri, an electronic engineer. The company's electronics use "Magnetosolid® Technology", which uses "tube amplifier schematics" with solid state devices. Their CEO claims that he has designed the best marriage of tube and solid-state electronics and that all Grandinote devices use solid state components, but their sound is rich and natural, like tube devices.
Harbeth - A British manufacturer of high-end audiophile loudspeakers. Their loudspeakers are small to medium sized bookshelf or stand-mounted monitor speakers.
Hegel Music Systems - A manufacturer of high-end solid state electronics. Their products include power amps preamps, integrated amps (some with built-in streamers), phono preamps, CD players, DACs and master clocks. Hegel was founded in 1988 by Bent Holter, a student at the at Technical University in Trondheim, Norway.
Infigo Audio - A Canadian company founded in 2020 by Hans Looman that manufactures high-end solid-state power amps, preamps, DACs, and cables.
Jadis Electronics - A French manufacturer of high-end vacuum tube-based audiophile power amps, preamps, integrated amps, phono preamps, CD players and DACs. The company was founded by André Calmettes in 1983.
JansZen Audio - A manufacturer of hybrid loudspeakers using a combination of electrostatic and dynamic drivers. They have bookshelf size stand-mounted and floor standing speakers. The current company was started by David Janszen in 2005, but is a continuation and refinement of his father Arthur A. Janszen's electrostatic designs with Janszen Laboratory, Inc., founded in 1955.
Jeff Rowland Design Group - A manufacturer of high0end audiophile solid-state preamps, power amps, integrated amps, DACs and Power Storage Units. The company was founded in 1988 and is located in Colorado Springs, CO.
JMF Audio - A French company that manufactures high-end audiophile solid-state electronics for home stereo and recording studio applications. The company was founded in 1985 by electronics pioneer Jean-Marie Fusilier. Their product line includes power amps, preamps, phono preamps, a CD/SACD/Blu-ray Audio transport and network music player, a DAC and 2 different power line filtering and distribution devices.
Jolida - A Chinese manufacturer of vacuum tube-based power amps, preamps, integrated amps, phono preamps, CD players, hybrid tube amplifier with media player, small bookshelf loudspeakers and cables.
Joule Electra - Manufacturer from South Carolina, specializing in handcrafted, high-performance vacuum tube preamps & OTL amplifiers.
KEF - A British manufacturer of high-end audiophile loudspeakers. They produce, wired & wireless loudspeakers, Subwoofers, Home Theater loudspeakers and headphones. The company was founded in 1961 by Raymond Cooke.
Krell Industries - Krell is one of America's largest manufacturers of high-end audio systems. Most of their acclaim has come from their power amplifiers and CD players, they also make preamplifiers, a phono preamp and a DAC. Krell was founded in 1980 by its C.E.O. and chief designer Dan D'Agostino and his brother Rondi.
Kronos - A Canadian manufacturer of high-end audiophile turntables and tonearms.
Kuzma - A high-end audiophile manufacturer of turntables, tonearms and cartridges that is located in Slovenia.
Legacy Audio - A manufacturer of High-end audiophile loudspeakers located in Springfield, IL. The company was founded in 1983 by engineering prodigy, Bill Dudleston, and co-founder, Jacob Albright, a seasoned craftsman in cabinetry. They currently manufacture audiophile home loudspeakers for stereo systems as well as Home Theater loudspeakers, subwoofers, center channel speakers and satellite speakers.
Linn - Linn is an engineering company that manufactures hi-fi and audio equipment. Founded by Ivor Tiefenbrun in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1973, the company is best known as the manufacturer of the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable. The company manufactures turntables, loudspeakers (powered, passive and wireless), power amps, streaming Network Music Players, full systems and whole home music systems.
Luxman - A Japanese company founded in 1925 that manufactures both vacuum tube-based and solid-state electronics for high-end, two channel home stereo systems. Their product line includes power amps, preamps, headphone amps, integrated amps, CD players, SACD players, USB DACs, phono preamps, turntables, a moving coil (MC) cartridge and cables.
Lyra Analog - A Tokyo-based company, founded in 1985 that manufactures high-end moving-coil (MC) phono cartridges. The cartridges are based on a design by Jonathan Carr and developed and hand-built by Yoshinori Mishima. Lyra phono cartridges are distributed in the US by AudioQuest.
Magico Audio - A manufacturer of dynamic audiophile loudspeakers, located in Hayward, CA.
Magnepan Loudspeakers - A manufacturer of thin-film dipole speakers, the magnetic equivalent to electrostatic drivers. These driver elements are typically known as ribbon drivers. The company was founded in 1969 by Jim Winey. It is based in White Bear Lake, MN.
Manley Labs - A manufacturer of vacuum tube-based power amps, preamps, integrated amps and headphone amps. Manley Labs also has a professional line of audio recording gear.
Mark Levinson - Manufacturer of high-end audiophile solid-state electronics including amps, preamp, integrated amps, streaming CD players, turntables and headphones.
Martin Logan - Manufacturer of mostly electrostatic high-end stereo and home theater speaker systems.
MBL - The company was founded in Germany in 1979 by speaker designer Wolfgang Meletzky along with the help of two audiophile friends Bienecke, and Lehnhardt. The company manufactures quite expensive high-end loudspeakers and electronics. All models of speakers are 360-degree omnidirectional Radialstrahler speakers that share a unique spherical tweeter and midrange drivers. They also produce a full range of electronics including solid-state power amps, preamps, integrated amps, CD/DACs, CD transports, network players and DACs.
McIntosh - A manufacturer of high-end audiophile electronics and systems including power amps, preamps, integrated amps, phono preamps, headphone amps, Home Theater processors, turntables, CD players, speakers, media streamers and Home Theater systems. The company was founded in 1949 by Frank McIntosh and is located in Binghamton, NY.
Mission HiFi - A British-based manufacturer of audiophile loudspeakers, subwoofers integrated amps and Home Theater loudspeakers.
Modwright, LLC - A Washington-based company that specializes in modifications to stock audio electronics, giving the audio enthusiast and audiophile cost-effective upgrade solutions.
Monitor Audio - A British manufacturer of audiophile loudspeakers founded in 1972 by Mo Iqbal. Their reputation was built on loudspeakers, but they now also manufacture Home Theater systems and electronics as well as whole-house multi-room audio electronics.
MSB Technology - A company in Silicon Valley that manufactures DACs, high-end solid-state power amps, headphone amps and has a line of accessories as well. The company has been designing and manufacturing DACs for over 25 years.
Muraudio - A Canadian manufacturer of curved electrostatic loudspeakers (ESL). The company was founded in 2011 by Murray Harman. He spent 10 years of research and development to create Muraudio's patented Continuous Curve ESL.
Music Direct - Chicago-based catalog business specializing in audiophile recordings, accessories as well as analog and digital hardware.
NAD Electronics - Canadian-based manufacturer of audiophile electronics that was founded in 1972. Their products include solid-state amps, preamps, digital DAC/amps, streaming DAC amps, phono preamps, turntables, Network Stereo Music Player, Home Theater AV premps, AV 7 & 8 channel amps, and AV receivers.
Naim Audio - A UK-based company that designs and manufactures solid-state audiophile electronics from separate components to all-in-one systems and includes streaming and multi-room audio components. They also have a Naim Records division. Naim was founded in 1973 by Julian Vereker MBE (1945-2000), who was a racing car driver, entrepreneur and self-taught engineer with a deep passion for music.
NuForce - A Milpitas, CA based manufacturer of high bandwidth (20 to 50,000 Hz), low distortion Analog Switching Amplifiers and preamps for high-end audio and Home Theater systems.
Octave - A German company that manufactures high-end audiophile vacuum tube-based electronics. Their product line includes power amps, preamps, integrated amps, and phono preamps.
Odyssey Audio - Indianapolis, IN-based manufacturer of great bang-for-the-buck audiophile electronics. Products include solid-state amps, preamps, integrated amps, speakers, cables and equipment racks.
Ohm Speakers - Online only sales of speakers employing the legendary Ohm Walsh driver.
Oracle Audio - A Canadian company established in 1979 that manufactures high-end audiophile turntables, tonearms, phono preamps, CD players, phono cartridges and a line of analogue turntable accessories.
Paradigm - A manufacturer of audiophile loudspeakers, Home Theater loudspeakers, subwoofers and outdoor and wireless loudspeakers. The company is based in Toronto, Canada and was founded in 1982 by Jerry VanderMarel and Scott Bagby.
Parasound - A San Francisco, CA-based company that manufactures high-end solid-state electronics for home audio and Home Theater systems. The company was founded in 1981 by Richard Schram.
Pass Labs - A high-end-audio company based in Auburn, CA that manufactures solid-state electronics, including Class A and Class A/B power amps, line preamps, phono preamp sand headphone amps. Pass Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1991 by Nelson Pass, a well-known figure in the high-end audio community.
Peachtree Audio - An American electronics manufacturer based in North Carolina whose amplifiers are built in Canada. Their products include reasonably priced solid-state power amps, preamps with DACs and phono stages, small desktop-sized powered speakers with bluetooth and analog and digital inputs and 2 different Bluesound multi-room wireless streaming wireless speakers.
PHY-HP - French company selling speaker drive units, cables and connecters.
Piega - A swiss manufacturer of high-end audiophile loudspeakers, most of which user planar magnetic ribbon tweeter. They manufacture both wired and wireless models as well as Home Theater speakers.
Prima Luna - A manufacturer of audiophile vacuum tube-based power amps, preamps, integrated amps, headphone amps and phono preamps, DACs and a tube-hybrid integrated amp. All Prima Luna electronics use point-to-point wiring.
ProAc - A British loudspeaker manufacturer founded by Stewart Tyler in 1979. They manufacture a wide range of highly regarded audiophile loudspeakers suitable for home stereo systems or Home Theater systems. Their loudspeakers include stand-mounted bookshelf-sized monitors to large floor-standing tower loudspeakers, as well as a center-channel speaker.
Pro-ject Audio Systems - A manufacturer of all components necessary for a home HiFi system. They produce turntables, tonearms, cartridges, amps, preamps, integrated amps, phono preamps, DACs, CD players, network streamers and accessories, as well as a line of audiophile vinyl LPs, mostly re-mastered versions of older recordings. They are mostly known for their turntables, especially their lower priced entry-level models.
PS Audio - A manufacturer of high-end solid state electronics including, power amps, preamps, DACs, power regenerators, streamers and now, speakers located in Boulder, CO. PS Audio was founded in 1973 by audio designers Paul McGowan and Stan Warren (with whose initials the company was named).
PSB Speakers - A Canadian company founded in 1972 by Paul Barton that manufactures high-end audiophile loudspeakers for home stereo and Home Theater applications.
Quad HiFi - A UK-based manufacturer of electrostatic and dynamic driver/ribbon hybrid speakers, as well as tube and solid-state electronics. This company has been in business since 1948.
Raven Audio - A Texas-based designer and manufacturer of award-winning high-performance consumer-level vacuum tube amplifiers. Their product line includes vacuum tube-based power amps and integrated amps, cables and loudspeakers.
Reference 3A - A manufacturer of audiophile loudspeakers. They produce a wide variety of loudspeakers from small mini-monitors to large floor-standing speakers, as well as speaker stands and custom cables. Reference 3A designs and builds their own drivers and have implemented a whole range of features that make their loudspeakers unique. The company is located in Ontario, Canada.
Rega Research - A British manufacturer of audiophile components including turntables, tonearms, cartridges, solid-state power amps, preamps, integrated amps, phono stages, MC phono stages, CD player/DACs, loudspeakers and a complete analogue entry-level system. Rega is widely known for their turntables – most notably the iconic Rega Planar 3, cartridges and tonearms, and has produced award-winning amplification and speakers for over 20 years. All Rega products carry a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects. The company was founded in 1973 by Roy Gandy and Tony Relph.
Reimer Speaker Systems - Small manufacturer of highly-regarded individually hand-built audiophile speaker systems based in Cody, WY.