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NAD Electronics
Canadian company with production in the far east, makes a full range of low to mid range of hi-fi separates and AV electronics etc., part of the Lenbrook Industries group.
Homepage: http://www.nadelectronics.com - UK Homepage
NAD Electronics International, 633 Granite Court, Pickering, Ontario, Canada L1W 3K1.
Tel: +905 831 0799. E-mail: nad at NADelectronics.com
Distributed in Argentina by Edward Collins, in the Benelux Countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden by Audionord, in Canada and the USA by Lenbrook Industries, in Croatia by Audio Art, in France by BC Acoustique Distribution, in Finland by AH Hifisystems, in Germany by Dynaudio, in Iceland by Heimilistæki, in Poland by Trimex, in Switzerland by Dynavox SA and in the UK by Lenbrook UK
Nagaoka
Japanese manufacturer of pickups, replacement pickups and stylii. Primaily a supplier of industrial diamonds but is still active in the audio business, usually sells in the west under its own name but in Japan they usually trade under the Jeweltone brand.
Distribution: In Spain by Cosmos Hi-Fi
Homepage: http://www.nagaoka.co.jp .
Nagaoka Cp Ltd.,1863-6, Kanisawa Higashine-shi, Yamagata, 999-3716, Japan.
Tel: +81 (0) 237 42 11 35. Fax: +81 (0)237 43 58 72. E-Mail: info at nagaoka.co.jp
Nagra (High end hi-fi seperates) See --> Audio Technology Switzerland
Naim
UK full line mid/high end manufacturer of separates.
Homepage: http://www.naim-audio.com
Distributed in China, Hong Kong and Macau by Radar Audio, in Holland by Phonologic, in Indonesia by Ultimate Audio Video, in Poland by Decibel Distribution, in Singapore by Absolute Sound Distribution, in Slovenia by E.I.S., in the United Arab Emirates by Dubai Audio Centre and in the USA by Sound Organisation USA.
Resources: UK company Witch Hat (Newport Pagnell, Bucks) offers repairs and upgrades of Naim products
Nakamichi
Japanese manufacturer, originally founded in 1948 by Etsuro Nakamichi (affectionally known as "the Dragon") and later headed by his sons (the famous Nakamichi brothers, Ted and Niro), originally set up to act as an manufacturer of electric household products but quickly became known as a developer and later manufacturer of quality audio products, their cassette desks where particularly well known, but in fact the company also made some spectacular other products such as the innovative record players and DAT recorders, and the company managed to amass a brand loyalty second to none. Today they are more geared toward high quality "lifestyle" systems" a la Bang & Olufsen, but they also manufacture a range of CD changers available for Hi-fi, computer or car audio use and indeed have a big in-car audio range, unusually enough parts of that range are designed and built in the USA. The company was acquired by the Grande Holdings in the 90'a but unlike other parts of that croup the Nakamichi company was run independently and with mostly the original management and design teams, company went into bankruptcy protection in 2002 but seems to have re-emerged after a reorganisation. Niro Nakamichi who was the principal designer of the company during their golden era left the corp. in 1998 to set up Mechanical Research Corp. but Ted is apparently still with the company. For background information and info on their older products you could also wisit the Nakmichi Club of Japan.
Homepage: http://www.nakamichi.co.jp Nakamichi America Corporation
Distributed in Belgium by Cinema @ Home, in Canada by Lenbrook Industries and in Romania by Lotus Telecom. Car audio products are distributed in Indonesia by Danumuri Adhika.
Namsung
South Korean manufacturer of car audio, personal audio and budget AV & multimedia systems, recently bought the rights to the Dual trademark for USA and Asia and trades in some countries using that name.
Homepage: http://www.namsungcorp.com - Alternative homepage - Dual homepage (USA).
Nanotec-Systems
Japanese company that manufactures all kinds of chemical and industrial products, best known in the west though for their bulk high end audio cables and a host of audio tweaks. The company also manufactures valve based amplifiers but they do not appear to be distributed outside of Japan and did at one time make mechanical/electromagnetic CD enhancers.
Distribution: In the Benelux countries by Aspera Audio, in China, Hong Kong and Macau by Audio Extreme, in Hungary by Double Reed, in Russia by Metex, in Singapore by Audio Trio, in Singapore and Malaysia by MusicLink A/V Distribution, in Sweden by Audio Concept and in the USA by Sounds Of Silence
Homepage: http://www.nanotec-systems.jp .
E-Mail: audio@nanotec-systems.jp
NAT Audio See --> NAT
Nbien
British loudspeaker Manufacturer.
Homepage: http://www.nbien.com
Distributed in Austalia by Brit & Polish Audio, in Singapore by Electrades and in the USA by Dynatron.
Asia Pacific Regional Sales Office, Nbien Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia
Tel: +6012 493 3696. Fax: +604 422 4994. E-Mail: pacific_sales at nbien.com.
NBS See --> Nothing But Signal (NBS)
NCT
Developed the Gekko low profile loudspeaker technology, both licenses the technology and manufactures speakers by the same name.
Homepage: http://www.gekkoaudio.com
NCT Audio Products, Inc., 20 Ketchum Street, Westport, CT 06880, USA.
Tel: 877 22 3556 (USA only) or +203 226 4447, ext. 2. Fax: +(203) 226 7756.