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LUA HiFi Manufaktur
German business that manufactures valve based amplification, loudspeakers, CD players and cables. Best known in their home country as a loudspeaker manufacturer but outside of Germany as a maker of valve amplifiers .
Distribution: In Austria by Akustische Systeme, in Liechtenstein and Switzerland by Conceptas Anstalt and in Russia by Ark Sound
Homepage: http://www.lua.de .
LUA HiFi Manufaktur, Lindenstrasse 7, D-88699 Frickingen, Germany.
Tel: +49 (0)7554 8840. Fax: +49 (0)7554 8158. E-Mail: lualautsprecher )at( t-online.de
Lubell
US based manufacturer of underwater loudspeakers both for scientific and recreational use.
Homepage: http://www.lubell.com
Lucasfilm
USA based film company, owns the THX brand that they licence to producers of home theatre equipment, THX is a standard nota bene not a technology.
Homepage: http://www.thx.com
Lucid Acoustics (Loudspeakers) See --> Jeffrey Marlow Keyes
Luck (TV's, DVD's & other CE products) See --> Shenzhen Yudafu Electronic Co.
Lukaschek HiFi-Elektronik
Company based in Switzerland that manufactures phonographic products such as moving coil pickups, preamplifiers etc. with manufacturing in both Switzerland and Japan. They are sold under the Benz Micro Switzerland trademark which the company acquired with the demise of Benz Micro AG in 1997, but owner Albert Lukaschek used to work for that company, it should be noted though that the company was originally founded in 1980. Note that homepage was underdeveloped at the time this was written.
Distribution: In Australia by Absolute Hi End, in Austria by Trenner & Friedl, in Canada by Tri-Cell, in China, Hong Kong and Macau by Avantgarde Acoustic Hong Kong, in Germany by High Fidelity Studio, in Norway by Hi-Fi Guiden, in Poland by F.H.U. RCM, in Sweden by High-Fi Consult, in Switzerland by Montana Audio Systems, in Turkey by SSD Ses, in the UK by Audiofreaks, in Ukraine by Dream Audio and in the USA by Musical Surroundings
Homepage: http://www.benz-micro.com .
Lukaschek HiFi-Elektronik, Zelgstrasse 15, 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Tel: +052 672 45 45. Fax: +052 672 46 50 E-Mail: contact *at* benz-micro.com
Lumene See --> Inovadis
Lumin See --> Pixel Magic Systems (Audio streamers)
Luminous Audio Technology
USA based cable manufacturer.
Homepage: http://www.luminousaudio.com
Distributed in Australia by W.A.R. Audio, in China, Hong Kong and Macau by Acoustic Communion.
Luminous Audio Technology, 1312 N Parham Rd., Richmond, VA 23229, USA.
Tel: +804 741 5826. E-Mail: luminous at cavtel.net.
Lukasz Fikus
Polish gentleman that manufactures DAC's under the Lampizator name, these are avaiable in a few variants and are mid/high end produtcs that have analogue stages that are hybrid valve/silicon based.
Homepage: http://www.lampizator.eu
Lukasz Fikus Private Company, Al. 3-go Maja 2 m. 148, 00-391 Warszawa, Poland.
E-Mail: lukasz.fikus:AT: wp.pl Skype: LAMPIZATOR.
Luna (Architectural loudspeakers) See --> Luxicor LLC (Below)
Luxeon Digitech
Chinese manufacturer of loudspeaker products such as home theatre systems etc., also trades using the Shangrila brand.
Homepage: http://www.luxeonav.com
Luxicor
USA based company that is primarily an OEM purchasing agent, they do however hold out a number of brands themselves such as American Terminal Supply that is used on car audio and AV installation products such as wires, terminals and so on, Luna that they use on architectural loudspeakers and F3 Platinium that the company uses to brand budget audio & AV accessories with. On top of that Luxicor handles the distribution of IXOS in the USA. The company is an amalgamation of the subsidiaries that Path Ltd. used to run in the USA and is now owned by Exile Audio.
Homepage: http://www.luxicor.com -- American Terminal Supply homepage -- Luna homepage
Luxicor, 24651 Crestview Court, Farmington Hills, MI 48335-1505, USA.
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Luxman
Japanese mid to high end manufacturer that these days sees little distribution in the west. Bought by International Audio Group in early 2010 but the company has it's roots in a transformer workshop founded by Miura-san in the 1930's but Luxman gained notoriety in the 70's and 80's as it was the only major hi-fi manufacturer that never stopped producing valve based amplifiers.
When it was taken over by Alps in 1979 it inherited the Alpine home hi-fi division and the Alpage brand and this has created a lot of confusion since the product lines of the Alpine factory started appearing with the Luxman brand on it in the 80's, and in some cases there where more than one distributor in each country distributing Luxman branded products, one for the product lines and designs from the old Alpine factory and one for the products from Luxman proper. The Alpine home hi-fi products where not bad at all, their cassette recorders for instance where excellent but the consumer oriented product lines clashed terribly in the marketplace with the almost elitist and perfectionist Luxman brand and confusion reigned. The last Alpine home hi-fi factories in Hong Kong appear to have closed in or around 2000 and the Luxman company is now exclusively an upmarket operation.
Distribution: In Belgium and Luxemburgh by New Invor, in Denmark by PS Audio, in Germany by TCG Handels, in Holland by X-Fi, in Hong Kong by Wise Sound Supplies, in Romania by Lotus Telecom, in the UK by Select Audio, in the Ukraine by English Sound Ltd. and in the USA by On A Higher NoteHomepage: http://www.luxman.co.jp -- USA homepage.
Luxman, 1-3-1 Shinyokohama. Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama-shi,Kanagawa 222-0033, Japan.
Tel: +81 (0)45 470 6980. Fax: +81 (0)45 470 6997. Luxman -at iaggroup.com
Luxor See --> Finlux
LV Lautsprecher Vertriebs
German loudspeaker manufacturer that sell products using the Backes & Müller or B&M brand. The company specialises in manufacturing active loudspeakers with digital or analogue controlled networks and amplifiers, the company also offers pre-amplifiers to act as front-end for their loudspeakers. Company was founded in 1996 as "Backes & Müller Vertriebs GmbH" and took over the manufacture of the BM loudspeaker line form the old Backes & Müller company but changed the name of the company to the current one in 2006.
Distribution: In Spain by Mallorca High-End
Homepage: http://www.backesmueller.de .
LV Lautsprecher Vertriebs GmbH, Altenkesselerstr. 17/D1, 66115 Saarbrücken, Germany.
Tel: +49 681 7616 809. Fax: +49 681 7616 785. E-Mail: info 'at' backesmueller.de
LWE Loudspeakers
USA based manufacturer of loudspeakers, also acts as a loudspeaker design consultancy. Named after owner Louis W. Erath.
Homepage: http://www.lweloudspeakers.com
E-Mail: LWE at cox.net.
Lyngdorf (Separates & loudspeakers) See --> SL Audio
Lyra Co. Ltd.
A Japanese manufacturer of pickups currently run by Stig Bjøge and master craftsman Yoshinori Mishima and formerly known as ScanTech, apart from making MC pickups for a variety of other companies they also have their own range of high end pickups. The company has also has a division that took over the phono preamp designs from Mares Designs and produces updated variant or their preamplifier under the Lyra Connoisseur brand, that division was formerly known as Connoisseur Definitions.
Homepage: http://www.lyraaudio.com Lyra Connoisseur homepage
Distributed in Croatia by Media Audio, in the Czech Republic by Finale Audio, in France by Acoustic Precision Diffusion, in India by Sound of Music, in Norway by Oslo Hi-Fi Center, in Portugal by Ajasom, in Spain by Cosmos Hi-Fi, in the UK by Symmetry and in the USA by The Quest Group