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Audio History Library Company Listings® Company Name Country Product(s) Founder(s), Notes Incorp'd ACO Pacific US Measurement Microphones ACOustics ACOUSTAR England Digital Amps ACOUSTAT US Electostatic Speakers ACOUSTECH US Monitor Speaker Acoustical Manuafacturing Co. England Electronics Peter Walker also: Quad 1936 ACOUSTIC Dreams US Tube Amps, Speakers, Equipment Stands Robert Lee ACOUSTIC Energy Ltd. England Speakers (AE and Aegis series) ACOUSTICAL Solutions US Sound Abatement ACOUSTICORE US Accoustical Treatment Acoustic Research US See: AR ACOUSTIC X Canada Accoustical Design Software ACOUSTIC ZEN US Cables, Speakers Robert Lee 1999 ACOUSTICS Engineering Netherlands Acoustic Test Equipment ACURUS US Electronics (Mondial Designs Ltd.) ADA (Audio Design Associates) US Custom Installation Electronics ADAM Professional Audio Germany Speakers Klaus Heinz ADAMSON Accoustic Design Corp. Canada Speakers Brock Adamson 1983 ADC US Patch Bays, Connectors ADM Technology US Broadcast Consoles ADMIRAL US Radios ADVENT US Speakers, Electronics Henry Kloss ADAM Audio Germany Speakers with Heil tweeter ADAM-SMITH US Clocks AEA (Audio Engineering Asso.) US Microphones Wes Dooley AERIAL US Speakers AGUILAR US Instrument Amps AIWA Japan Consumer Electronics AKG (Akustiche und Kino-Gerate) Austria Microphones, Headphones Acousic & Cinemagraphic Equipment AKAI Electric Co. Ltd. Japan Consumer Electronics ALCHEMIST England Electronics ALERTLITE US "On-Air" Warning Light ALESIS US Recorders, Removeable Media phoenix from MXR ALLEN & HEATH England Consoles Steve Batiste, Andy Bereza ALLIED Radio US Mail Order Electronic Kits, Knight brand ALLISON Acoustics US Speakers Roy Allison ALLISON Research US Signal Processing Paul Buff ALPHA Audio US Accoustical Treatment ALPHA-CORE US Cables ALPHATON Germany Electronics ALTEC-LANSING US Speakers, Electronics ALTO Taiwan Electronics parent: Sekaku Electron Ind.Co. AMBER Canada Test Equipment AMBER WAVE US Tube Electronics Russ & Rusty Hilliard AMEK Systems & Contols Ltd. England Consoles Graham Langley AMERICAN ACCOUSTIC Development US Speakers AMERICAN CONCERTONE US Tape Recorders AMERICAN Electronics US Tape Recorders AMPEX US Tape Recorders, Magnetic Tape Alexander M. Poniatoff EXcellence AMPHION Finland Speakers AMPLIFIER Corp. of America US Tape Recorders AMPLITON France Tube Electronics AMPLITUBE Italy Guitar Amp Software Modeling AMPRO US Tape Recorders AMS (Advanced Music Systems) England Consoles owns Neve, owner Siemens AM3D Denmark Virtual localization for headphone listening hardware & software ANALYSIS Audio Greece Ribbon Loudspeakers ANCHOR Audio US Speakers Audio History Library Company Listings® Company Name Country Product(s) Founder(s), Notes Incorp'd ANGSTROM Loudspeakers Canada Speakers ANTARES US Electronics ANTIQUE Sound Lab China Tube Electronics APA US Accessories APHEX US Signal Processing ("Aural Perception Heterodyne EXciter") API Instruments Co. US Panel Meters API (Automated Processes Inc.) US Consoles Sol Walker Lou Lindauer then Paul Wolff then ATI APOGEE Electronics US Electronics APOGEE Sound US Speakers APPARATUS Development US Antennae APPLE Computers US IPod MP3 Player APRIL Music S. Korea Electronics Simon Lee 1998 APT US Electronics Tomlinson Holman, Frank Kampmann see: THX 1977 AR (Accoustic Research) US Speakers, Turntables Henry Kloss ARAGON US Electronics (Mondial Designs Ltd.) ARCAM England Electronics ARGENT Moving Coil Cartridges ARGENTO VITUS Audio Denmark Electronics ARGOS Products Co. US Speaker ARIEL US First Digital Mic (Israel) ARKAY US Electronics ARRAKIS US Broadcast Consoles ARS AURES Italy Speakers Guiseppi Nizzola Art & Acoustique Appliquee (3A) See: 3A as in Three ART (Applied Research & Technology) US Electronics MXR phoenix now Yorkville ART AUDIO England Tube Electronics ASC (Accoustic Sciences Corp.) US Accoustical Treatment ASCENDO Germany Speakers Scheuring, Heinz, Kopf ASR Germany Electronics ASHLY US Electronics Larry Ashley ASTATIC US Microphones, Phono Cartridges ATC (Acoustic Transducer Co) England Speakers Billy Woodman Loudspeaker Technology Ltd. 1974 ATLANTIC Technology US Speakers ATI (Audio Technologies Inc.) US Electronics Samuel Wenzel, Edward Mullen 1979 ATLAS SOUND US Hardware ATMA-SPHERE US Tube Electronics Ralph Karsten 1978 ATM Fly-Ware US Rigging Hardware Allen, div. Adaptive Technologies ATR MAGNETICS US Magnetic Tape, Analog Tape Recorders Mike Spitz AUDAK US Electronics, Tonearms, Speakers AUDES Llc. Estonia Speakers 1956 AUDIA FLIGHT Italy Electronics AUDIBLE ILLUSIONS US Electronics Art Ferris AUDIENCE-AV US Line Array Speaker, CD Enhancement AUDIENT England Electronics David Dearden AUDIO ACCESSORIES US Patch Bays AUDIO ADVANCEMENTS US Headphone Amplifier AUDIO CONTROL US Electronics AUDIO + DESIGN England Interface AUDIO DESIGNS US Electronics AUDIO DEVICES Inc. US Magnetic Tape AUDIO DYNAMICS Corp. US EQ, Level Meter, Cartridges AUDIO ENGINEERING RESEARCH Australia Speakers Michail & Hazel Barabasz AUDIO EXCHANGE US Electronics AUDIOHARMA US Cable break-in AUDIOLAB Electronics US Tape Degausser AUDIOMATION England Broadcast Automation AUDIOMECA France Turntables Pierre Lurne Audio History Library Company Listings® Company Name Country Product(s) Founder(s), Notes Incorp'd AUDION England Tube Electronics AUDIONICS of Oregon US Electronics AUDIONOTE Japan Electronics Silver circuitry AUDIO PHYSIC Germany Speakers Joachim Gerhard AUDIO POWER US Power Conditioning AUDIO PRECISION US Measurement & Test Equipment AUDIO PRISM US Quiet At-Outlet Transformer AUDIO PULSE US Digital Time Delay AUDIO REFINEMENT Electronics France Electronics (Div. of YBA of France) AUDIO RESEARCH Corp. US Tube & Solid State Electronics William Z. Johnson 1970 AUDIOSCOPE Italy Test Equipment AUDIO SERVICES (HiFi) Ltd. England Hybrid Dynamic/Electrostatic Loudspeaker AUDIO SOURCE US Electronics & Speakers AUDIO SPACE Acoustic Lab China Tube Electronics Peter Lau see: Top Int'l Electronics 1986 AUDIO STATIC Netherlands Electrostatic Speakers Ben Peters AUDIO TECHNICA Japan Microphones, Phono Cartridges AUDIO VALVE Germany Electronics AUDITRONICS US Consoles AUDIX US Microphones AURALEX US Accoustical Treatment AURA Systems US Speaker components AURATONE US Speakers AURUM Acoustics Canada Electronics, Speakers AUSTRALIAN MONITOR Australia Electronics AUTOGRAM US Broadcast Console AVALON Accoustics US Speakers (Colorado) AVALON Design US Electronics Wynton R. Morro AVALON Music Systems US Speakers (Pennsylvania) AVANT Electronics US Microphones, Shock Mounts AVANTGARDE Acoustic Germany Horn Speakers Holger Fromme AVIOM US Personal Monitoring & Distribution AVM (AV Messtechnik) Germany Electronics G. Mania, R. Winiarski 1986 AYRE Accoustics US Electronics AZDEN US Wireless Microphones BAG END US Speakers BALANCED Audio Technology US Tube Electronics Victor Khomenko 1995 BALLAYENTYNE US Cinema Sound BANG & OLUFSEN Denmark Electronics, Speakers Peter Bang, Svend Olufsen BARCUS-BERRY US Contact Microphones BARKER England Speakers (disctributed by BCM / AADU) R. BARTH KG Germany Electronics BASF (Badisch Anilin-Soda Fabrik) Germany Magnetic Tape BASIS US Turntables BARZILAY US Audio Furniture BEC Tech US Wire & Fiber Optic Data-Com for Audio BEHR ING ER International GmbH Germany Mixers, Electronics BEI (Broadcast Electronics Inc.) US Broadcast Transmitters BEL CANTO Design US Electronics John Stronczer 1990 BELDEN US Cables BELLING and LEE England Crystal Radios BELL SOUND US Pre/Power Amps, Tape Recorders BENCHMARK US Electronics BENZ MICRO Switzerland Phono Cartridges & Electronics Ernst Benz BERNING US Electronics David Berning BES (Bertagni Electro Acoustic Systems) US Speakers BEVERIDGE US Electrostatic Line Source Speaker Harold Beveridge 1976 BEYERDYNAMIC Germany Software Eugen Beyer 1924 Audio History Library Company Listings® Company Name Country Product(s) Founder(s), Notes Incorp'd BGW US Amplifiers Brian Gary Wachner BIAMP US Mixers BIAS (Berkley Integrated Audio Software) US Software BIC (British Industries Corp) US Turntables, Speakers 1973 BIGG of California US Pre/Power Amp B & K Components US Electronics BK PARTNERS England Audio Furniture BLADELIUS Sweden Electronics BLUE (Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics) Latvia Microphones BLUE CIRCLE Audio Canada Electronics, Power filter BLUEROOM Loudspeakers England Loudspeakers BLUE SKY US Loudspeakers Sijen,Walborn,Weisberg, Fichera, Kelly 2000 BOGEN US Electronics BOSE US Speaker Systems, Electronics BOSENDORFER Germany Speakers BOSTON ACOUSTICS US Speakers Andy (Petite) Kotsatos, Frank Reed BOULDER US Electronics BOUSE US Multitrack Tape Recorder B & W (Bowers & Wilkins) England Speakers John Bowers, Wilkins 1966 BOW Technologies Denmark Electronics BOZAK US Speakers Rudy Bozak BRAINSTORM Electronics US Time Code Restoration BRAUNER Germany Electronics BRIGHT STAR Audio US Isolation Bases BRIMHAM England Speakers Helme cabinet makers & UK Peerless dist. BRINKMANN Germany Turntables, Electronics BROADCAST Electronics US Cartridge Tape Machines, Transmitters see: Spotmaster BROADCAST Equipment Specialists US Travis Tapak portable tape recorder BROCINER US First "High Fidelity" Power Amp Victor Brociner A. BRODERSEN England Speakers BROOK Electronics US Electronics BROWNING Labs US FM Radio BRYSTON Ltd. Canada Power Amplifiers, Pre Amps, Crossovers Brian Russell 1962 BSG Labs US Sensory Chair BSR (Birmingham Sound Repro) England Turntables later: BSR McDonald BSS (Brooke Siren Systems) England Electronics Charles Brooke, Stanley Gould BRUEL & KJAER Denmark Measurement Microphones,