Denon
Denon's heritage extends back to the dawn of music reproduction. Denon was the brand name of Nippon Columbia, Ltd. Founded in 1910, Nippon Columbia was both the first record company in Japan and the first audio company in Japan.
Nippon Columbia is one of the few companies that can trace its ancestry to both Columbia and Gramophone. It was the Gramophone group that founded Denon's parent company as Japan Gramophone, in 1910. An important early product was the world's first electric direct drive turntable, in 1939.
In 1951, Nippon Columbia developed the world's first stereo moving-coil cartridge. As home audio began to grow, Nippon Columbia decided to create a new brand of consumer and pro audio products, adopting the brand used for professional products since 1938, Denon. The name is a contraction of the Japanese words for electricity, "denshi", and sound, "onkyo" (no relation to the brand with this name). Denon quickly became synonymous with high- fidelity excellence.
In 1971 Denon commenced sales of hi-fi audio components, including turntables, amplifiers, tuners and loudspeakers. In 1982 the inaugural sales of the world's first CD led the industry in the introduction of consumer-use CD players. In 1995 Denon developed the world's first home theatre system to support Dolby AC-3 and THX 5.1.
The year 2000 marked the 90th anniversary of Denon and its parent company, Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
In 2002, a new era for digital connections is formed with the introduction of the DENON LINK technology, which enables high-speed, high-grade, multi-channel digital signal transmission.
Today, Denon continues to introduce the most innovative audio/video products with the latest technologies, superb craftsmanship and leading performance worldwide. The company is one of the world's most diversified specialist audio and home theatre providers who offer consumers and professionals superior sound and images, advanced reliability and unrivaled usability.
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30 years ago, NAD (originally an acronym for New Acoustic Dimension) set out to create a new kind of audio company. We were a group of audio-industry veterans: manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and — above all — listeners. We were driven by passion for great sound and by the desire to cut through the marketing hype and over-elaboration that had become pervasive in the audio industry. We wanted to provide what people really wanted instead of what they were being sold.
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integra's mission is unique: In addition to building components that home theater enthusiasts love, we're also out to design and create components that set new standards for system integration, upgrade capability and multi-zone expansion. So to say that Integra is a premium audio video line is an understatement-world-class components are our lives.
The Pioneer Corporation began in Japan as an audio products manufacturer in 1938. Nazumo Matsumoto started the business by making speakers in his garage.
Today Pioneer Electronics is a world leader in electronics products for the car, home, professional DJ as well as commerce and industry. Pioneer is respected for its role in introducing such innovations as interactive cable TV (1977), consumer laser disc (1979), GPS car navigation (1990), DVD-Video player (1996), high definition plasma display (1997) and more recently the first full High-Definition plasma panel capable of 1080p format. Pioneer was the first company in the world to introduce a DVD recorder and a DVD audio player into the market.
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Arcam first began building sound reproduction equipment in 1972, whilst its founders were still science and engineering students at Cambridge University. The company's products were originally branded "A & R Cambridge Ltd". The "A & R" standing for "Amplification & Recording" reflecting the founders interests in these subjects.
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Meridian designs, engineers and manufactures state-of-the-art audio and video home entertainment systems.
Audio equipment of such high quality that if a microphone can detect it, the system can reproduce it. Video components so advanced they offer a uniquely realistic cinema experience.
Yamaha technology, knowledge and service cater for every customer from the novice to the home theatre enthusiast.