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Norwegian record label whose catalogue features Norwegian composers and performers alongside international repertoire. Its own site highlights the surround-sound recordings made by Lindberg Lyd, the company behind the label.
Sources
manufacturer
Family-run in-ear monitor company that started in a spare bedroom and now makes universal and custom IEMs, including the Ocean model, with accessories and service support for musicians and listeners.
Headphones
publication
Online audio magazine for audiophiles and music lovers who like to read, publishing equipment reviews, industry features, news and readers' letters, with an archive library of past content.
Reviews Measurements
manufacturer
Luxury headphone maker that has provided audio advice, products and service since 1990 and builds its headphones from scratch at its New York facility. Its range includes the Diana MRx and Diana TC Signature.
Headphones
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Japanese audio-electronics manufacturer founded in 1972, with a catalogue spanning amplification, disc playback, digital processing and analogue sources. Its Yokohama-based business also develops, sells and services its equipment, and maintains both a current product index and a historical product museum.
Amplification, Sources
manufacturer
German high-end electronics maker in Lauffen am Neckar, near Stuttgart, whose products are manufactured in Germany. Its range includes integrated and power amplifiers, preamplifiers, players and DACs, including tube preamp and tube DAC models.
Amplification, Sources
manufacturer
British loudspeaker manufacturer founded in London in 1987 with the compact AE1. Its current line-up includes the 100, 300 and 500 Series, the AE1 and AE2 40th Anniversary models, AE Active speakers, a subwoofer and stands.
Speakers
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German analogue specialist that has made turntables, tonearms and cartridges since 1996 in Suessen. Products are machined with CNC equipment and assembled by hand at the company's own works.
Sources
dealer
Acoustic Sounds is a Salina, Kansas retailer of audiophile recordings and playback equipment, founded by Chad Kassem in 1986. Its business also encompasses Analogue Productions, Quality Record Pressings and recording and mastering facilities, connecting its music catalogue with record production.
Buy Sell, Sources, Room Setup
manufacturer
Acoustic-treatment company that has treated spaces for over 15 years, custom-making affordable bass traps and acoustic panels and selling DIY acoustical materials for studios, home theatres, churches and offices. Its site offers a room calculator for panel quantities.
Room Setup
manufacturer
Berlin-founded studio-monitor manufacturer distinguished by its folded-diaphragm tweeter designs and professional-audio focus. Part of the Focusrite Group, it offers T, A and S monitor ranges for different production needs, with DSP-based room adjustment in the A Series.
Speakers
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Finnish loudspeaker company established in 1998 that builds speakers for both living rooms and recording studios. Every model is handmade in Finland, and the company also assembles its own amplifiers there.
Speakers
tool
Free online room-mode calculator from acoustic consultant amcoustics. Enter room dimensions to calculate room modes, with accompanying articles explaining what room modes are and how to deal with them.
Room Setup
dealer
Whittlesey-based hi-fi retailer with a particular emphasis on turntables, cartridges and two-channel listening. Its catalogue also covers digital sources, headphones and home cinema, with appointment-based demonstrations in a Cambridgeshire manor-house listening room.
Buy Sell, Sources, Amplification, Speakers, Headphones
video
YouTube channel of tech journalist and AV industry professional Andrew Robinson, with independent home-theatre, hi-fi, soundbar and TV reviews, system guides and practical setup advice for real rooms.
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Canadian maker of power amplifiers, AV receivers and processors, based in Toronto. Its Anthem Room Correction (ARC Genesis) system is a key feature; many products are made in Canada while the MRX/AVM and MDX series are built abroad.
Amplification
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New Zealand digital-audio company that began in high-end cabling in 2004 and moved into music servers and streamers in 2009. Now based in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast, it presents its KALA source line alongside its Emotion distribution division.
Sources
manufacturer
Oregon-founded audio company built around direct-to-consumer loudspeakers for stereo, home theater and installed systems. Its catalogue combines Grandis, Verus and Novus speakers with Theatrus architectural designs, powered subwoofers, add-on super tweeters and multichannel power amplifiers.
Speakers
manufacturer
Audio-electronics brand whose current range spans CD players, network streamers, integrated and streaming integrated amplifiers, plus a home-cinema line. Its site describes an engineering team focused on music reproduction and a 50th-anniversary A50 Signature model.
Sources, Amplification
tool
ARTA is a PC sound-card measurement suite combining impulse and spectrum analysis, stepped-sine testing and loudspeaker impedance measurements. Version 1.9.8 became freeware in December 2024 after ARTALABS closed, so this is an available software resource rather than an active software company.
Reviews Measurements, Room Setup
manufacturer
Acoustic-treatment company combining room-performance engineering with decorative product design for hi-fi, cinema, studios and architectural spaces. Its domestic range separates absorbers, diffusers, bass traps and mounting systems, while Impulso software measures reverberation and simulates adding the company’s treatment products.
Room Setup
manufacturer
California loudspeaker company selling its Sierra and Signature series speakers and centre channels factory-direct for music and home theater. It also sells Rythmik subwoofers and offers a 30-day guarantee.
Speakers
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British loudspeaker specialist with roots in professional monitoring and a long-running soft-dome midrange design. Its catalogue spans active and passive hi-fi speakers, studio monitors and associated electronics, with an emphasis on its own driver engineering.
Speakers, Amplification
manufacturer
French hi-fi manufacturer based in Brécey, Normandy, whose catalogue includes CD players, streaming sources, integrated amplifiers and preamplifiers such as the EVO models. Its site directs buyers to approved Atoll dealers.
Sources, Amplification
