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Welcome to audiotools.com, the Internets premier source of Uncle Technology on all kinds of hi-fi and audio equipment, please note that due to various reasons large portions of the site are somewhat outdated. Nevertheless, we do offer minimal information and/or contact details for more than 4400 audio manufacturers, distributors, record labels and brands in addition to thousands of links to all kinds of hompages, products and companies that operate in or around the hi-fi field. Please note that the site at large is still a bit rough around the edges, you are meant to navigate around using the grey sidebar on the right, which is context sensitive in the sense that if you go down into one section of the site the section you are in moves to the top of the sidebar and you will get an expanded choice of available options.
9.12.2011.
Added hi-fi manufacturers Surrountec, Veloce Audio, Layered Sound Technologies and Arcaydis, pro-audio makers AMS Neve, Smithson Martín, Wunder Audio, JCL Production S.L., Waveburg, Quantec, Drip Industries, Ningzi Electronic Manufacturing Factory, Marshall Electronics (USA), Skibbe Electronics, Axel Joost Elektronik, Audio Innovate, Intelligent Devices and Valerio Riccelli, pro-audio distributors Phenomenon - Professional and Pako, driver manufacturers Precision Devices, RMJ Loudspeakers, Cotswold Sound System & BMS, MI accessories manufacturer Athletic, stage manufacturer Mega Alu Systems, lighting & theatrical suppliers GE Lighting, SFAT, Prolyte and Laserworld, software peddler Native Instruments, service company Studio Electronics and defunct MI manufacturer Movement. Updated HiWave, A & AG S.R.L. and Soliloquy. Added to the Cassette technology section and made some minor other updates to the Discontinued Cassette Recorders including adding the Technics RS-BX646 and Technics RS-BX707 units. Moved Fane Acoustics from the live section to the dead one. Placed basic info on the Wunder Audio PAFOURplus and Wunder Audio PEQ2 in the Microphone amplifiers page.
29.11.2011.
Added hi-fi manufacturers Enrico Ricciardi, Thomas Fischer, Lead Audio and Tistrup Møbelsnedkeri in addition to some pro-audio manufacturers like NTI Audio, Kaefer and Acústica Integral, placed some pro-audio distributors like Steel Warrior Sound Works plus updates of other distributors such as Technology Science & Art, also put in a few defunct manufacturers such as MPM, ATRON, Monogram Professional Audio and Tonegen & updated a few defunct makers as well, lncluding CL 9 Corporation, Audioanalyse and Bolivar Speaker Works. Updated the listings of loudspeaker driver manufacturers Foster Electric Company and Estec plus Mach Speaker and some other sundry small updates around the site.
28.11.2011.
Added hi-fi manufacturers Sound of East Audio and Phase Style Ltd.. Placed info on the Leevers Rich Synchropulse and Leevers Rich Series E Light in the tape recorder section. Added a few defunct companies to the site including Speakers Delight, E. Thoman & Co., Bias Electronics, Mirror Image Audio, Generalvertrieb d. C. Sevecke Fabrikate, Copeland Woodwinds, Leevers Rich, Tribal Planet, Linaeum, Ursa Major and David Hite Inc. and threw in a couple of musical instrument manufacturers including Musikalia, Bartolini Pickups & Electronics and Music Electronic Company. Updated Warm Audio and did a few other small updates.
27.11.2011.
Added a few consumer audio, AV and hi-fi companies including Brückner+Melzer GbR (Cygnus) and Cue Acoustics. Also added a few defunct companies including Jelmax, HopProd, Carlton Drums and Deltec Amplifiers, updated a few such listings as well including Dormitzer, in addition to a new listing for pro-audio company Friedel Paul Von-Hinten. Added a few parts manufacturers including Richard Jahre, Rubycon, ELNA, Donovan Whittemore and Zigerli + IFF & updated a few similar companies including Amtrans. Large updates and cleanup to the indices, sundry other small fixes and updates around the site.
25.11.2011.
Added a page or two to the Brands & trademarks index and started a Index of manufacturers by country by popular demand.
24.11.2011.
Started to index the pages properly, see: Brands & trademarks, there is a long way to go though. Added consumer audio manufacturer Libratone, updated the listing of defunkt radio and hi-fi maker Zaklady Radiowe Kasprzaka (ZK - ZRK). Added defunct musical instrument manufacturer and record label A. H. Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. and a few live MI makers in the form of Georges Alloro, Gig-FX, Road Ready Cases, GMS Drums Co., Jim W. Stacey and J. E. Ashton. Updated SoC, added Hurdy-Gurdy and did a few other minor additions, updates and cleanups to the Jargon Dictionary pages. Updated BBE Sound alongside minor other updates around the site.
22.11.2011.
Added info on defunct headphone maker Audio Chi, long gone Swedish MI manufacturer Arne Wilhelm Holmedal, French maker Michel Lâg-Chavarria and PA manufacturer Carlsbro Sound Equipment Ltd. and what little info we could find on P&H Enterprises and Gerd H. Möller, threw in a MI distributor or 2 including Steel Guitar Senteret and Tim Toft Violins. Added an explanation of DI and Nowy Targ. Updated the Microphone amplifiers and Vintage Open Reels pages. Added a home hi-fi and AV manufacturer or two in the form of RHA, Jos. Schneider Optische Werke, Millenium Audiotrade, Aspara Acoustics, APL Hi-Fi, Bertram Audio, Aspen Amplifiers and Tatic Audio, also a few pro-audio companies including Cadac, Euromet, Shenzhen Fzone Technology, SD Systems, Unitec Products, Soundking, Cloud Electronics, Studioking and Electrovision, a parts manufacturer or two as in Magnum Semiconductor, some service companies like Pektron and a few musical instrument manufacturers including Lenzner, Thorvaldsson, Warchal, Jonaco Violins, Walter Geipel, Viva La Musica, Nilton, Fröjel Strings AB, Shar Products, Penzel, Musafia, Rio Grande Pickups, Babicz Guitars, Tempel, Ringway, Nyman Harts, Mac Corporation, Luis Negri, Bobak Violino, Hannabach, Enrique Keller. Kolstein, Jargar Strings, P&H Bows, Pro Tec, Emanuel Wilfer, Shun-Hwa Chang, FF-Fortissimo, Michael Hammel, DeMar LLC, Richard Meyrick, Hohner, Audio Electric Research, ETS Rigotti, Luthier Strings, Soho Acoustics, TecAmp, Paige, Skreddy Pedals, Fa. Robert Kühnl, Musicover, Amalio Burguet, G-Sharp, Frederic Lebayle, Leather Specialties Co., Paiste, Magilanck, Ifshin Violins, Petz Kolophonium, Istanbul Mehmet, Pirastro, Felix Bous, APC Instrumentos Musicais, Algam, Engl, Shadow Electronics, Grover-Trophy Music Company, Bam, Metropolitan Music Company, Roché-Thomas, Wincent Drumsticks, Gewa Music, Aerospace Lubricants Inc., Shimro, Toontrack, European Music Company, Finissima, Tolito, Schubb Capos, Image Line, Eric Meyer, Wolf, Edrevi Workshop, Gig Stands, Kaplan, Caprice S. L., Masterwork Cymbals, East Sound Research, Roder, Sleishman Drum Company, Rickenbacker, Mesa/Boogie, Sunset Custom Guitars, Ton Kooiman Design, Schecter Guitar Research, Lakland Guitars, Tianjin Jinbao, Ahlborn Organs, Tycoon Percussion, Istanbul Agop, Onboard Research, Levante, Parekh Exports, Jiangyin Jiyang Musical Instrument Co., Mirr Music Co., Kiso Violin, Suzuki Musical Instruments, Suzuki Violin Co., ESP Co., Jean Larrivée Guitars, Gon Bops, Get'm Get'm, Rivera Amplification, W. L. Gore and Associates, Duende Percusión, Breedlove Guitar Company, Hanser Music Group, Arturia, Mapac, Taylor Guitars, Pierre-Marie Châteauneuf, Kanstul, Levinson AG, Romeo Orsi, Heritage Guitars, Maton Guitars, Lakewood, Acme Sound, Holger Stonjek, Duvoisin, Camac, Guitarras Artesanas Azahar, Aubert Lutherie, The Five String Music Studio, Underwood Pickups, Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik, Laboga, Humes & Berg, Thomastik-Infeld, Getzen, BG France, Bernd Moosmann, B&S GmbH, Feadóg Teoranta, Kyser, Hering Harmônicas, Intelli, Cactus Picks, Kun Shoulder Rest Inc., Katho Percusion, Indie Guitar Co., Zon Guitars, Zion Guitar Technology, Bobby Dukoff Mouthpieces, GRK Manufacturing, The Original Swab Co., Kafko International, Kelhorn Corp., MTS Products, Pacific Trends, Gloger-Handkraft, Ryan Wolstencroft, Martin Preshaw, French American Reeds, Windy City Mutes, Antony Dixon, Jones Double Reed, Karl Höfner, Ron Ellis, Frank Haselbacher, 48th Street Custom Guitars, Albert Augustine, Razzco, Helin, Achard Resources Ltd., Aitchison & Mnatzaganian, JR Music Supply, Roman Glogowski, Hiscox cases, Gatchell Violins Co., Rudolph Fiedler, Cibeles Music, Gig Ltd., Göldo Music, Kyung Nam Electronics, Classic Violins, Mare Vasile, Cavanaugh Company, Kagan & Gaines Music Co. and Bruce Zumsteg. A couple of lighting equipment maker in the form of OSRAM, Chauvet Lighting and Jem Studio Lighting Inc.. Updated a few other manufacturers including Shure Inc., Al Cass, BBE Sound, Stamer Musikanlagen GmbH, Audio Selection Creaktiv, PMC, Voxativ, Neutrik, Reliance International Corp. and Sound Lab in addition to a couple of distributors like Asia Theatre Engineering.
24.03.2011.
In response to the numerous requests I (still) get for updates to the audiotools.com site I have decided to upload the last known working version of the site, it is an Alpha version from 2009 and while it works it has huge amount of technical, factual and spelling errors on it and will almost definelty give you dead links etc, but on balance better warts'n'all than keeping the old 2002/2005 site up there forever. Be warned though that you might end up on a page that looks a bit odd. Huge updates to most sections of the site, more than 1400 companies and/or brands added, more than 2500 other new pieces of information and more than 10000 minor changes to other areas, however the information contained on the site still needs fixes and updates and apart from the changes released now the status of the pages is still as below.