Home Cinema Manufacturers
Established in Cambridge in 1976, Arcam's first product, the A60 amplifier, became hugely popular and established Arcam as the UK's leading manufacturer of value for money electronic goods. Arcam was also the first UK manufacturer to produce a DAB tuner. They currently produce a wide range of electronics covering both hi-fi and home cinema. Starting with the all-in-one music Solo Neo and going up to the flagship AV9 processor.
www.arcam.co.uk
In the last quarter century, home entertainment has come of age. You can experience musical and theatrical events in the comfort of your own home, reproduced by systems that easily outperform commercial concert and movie venues. Alone, with family or when entertaining friends, high-end music and theater systems let you enjoy the luxury and convenience of private performances without leaving home. For those who invest in a Classe-based system, the experience can be truly breathtaking.
www.classeaudio.com
Definitive Technology has been committed to building superior sounding home audio and home theater loudspeakers since 1990, when the company was founded by Sandy Gross, Don Givogue and Ed Blais—lifelong audiophiles and experts in speaker design, acoustics and marketing.
www.definitivetech.com
Established in Japan in 1910, Denon is one of the more specialised of the Japanese electronic companies and does a very good job at staying one step ahead of the competition with products like micro systems, ideal for secondary systems.
www.denon.co.uk
JVC was founded in Japan in 1927, it has made technological advances that have helped influence the direction in which the world has evolved. As the first company to press phonograph records in Japan and the inventor of the VHS video format, it's been one innovation after another. JVC projectors are incredibly reliable and as are result are permanently installed in our demo rooms.
www.jvchdworld.co.uk
Kaleidescape manufacture an entertainment server that has changed the way movies and music are collected and enjoyed in a home, yacht or private jet. The Kaleidescape System combines a compelling user interface, an outstanding industrial design, and services that set new standards in the consumer electronics industry. Kaleidescape was founded in 2001 and is privately held.
www.kaleidescape.com
Loewe is a German manufacturer of high-performance televisions. A medium size company, throughout its seventy-year history Loewe has consistently been the world's most innovative TV manufacturer. It manufactured the world's first TV in 1931, Europe's first stereo TV in 1981 and, the first digital TV with 100hz scanning in 1994. Loewe TV's are also some of the most stylish around.
www.loewe-uk.com
Saul Marantz first began designing hi-fi to play his own collection of 78s and established the company Marantz in the 1950s. Marantz is focussed on the performance end of the hi-fi and home cinema market. Their ranges of equipment offer the most varied number of features at this level.
www.marantz.com
Meridian was founded by Bob Stuart - an electronics graduate - and Allen Boothroyd- a design graduate. A shared interest in music and audio design led them to establish Meridian in 1977. This unusual pairing of designer and engineer has produced some of the most innovative products ever seen. Meridian's particular expertise is in digital products where they are recognised as the market driver. Meridian were the first company to produce a digital loudspeaker and also manufacture one of the most advanced digital processors on the market, the 861.
www.meridian-audio.com
M&K is a Californian company set-up in 1974 by enthusiast Ken Kreisel. M&K's career began impressively when Kreisel was asked to design a monitoring system for mix-down of 1973 Steely Dan Classic, Pretzel Logic. This is the company for subwoofer and satellite packages that offer state-of -the-art quality with film and music sources. M&K speakers are permanently installed in our home theatre demonstration room.
www.mksoundsystem.com
QED was founded in England in 1973 by Bob Abraham and Ian Vine. its early products consisted merely of a series of audio switching boxes and a speaker cable called 79 strand. However, 79 stand cable became near-legendary and the company now produces a huge range of cables and switching boxes for every eventuality. QED has also entered the Custom Installation market with two distributed audio systems called Systemline and MusiQ.
www.qed.co.uk
Rotel is a 40 year old, family owned organization dedicated to the design and manufacture of the finest in affordable, high performance home theater and high fidelity components. They make everything from core components to complete products themselves in their own factories.
www.rotel.com
