Hobbyist Links Hobbyist are distinct from audiophiles and DIY freaks, they like to tinker with their equipment and are into better sound reproduction but usually are not into building from scratch and do not have as extreme opinions as the ones that fall into the 2 other camps, in other words this is their hobby not their life Unknown Please send any factual corrections, dead links, information and/or links that you feel that should be on this page to the page maintainer but please note that I do not have an Internet access at the moment so there may be some time before I can answer.
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Faioe
Chinese manufacturer of microphones and other sound reinforcement products. Official homepage.
Enping Tengda Audio Factory, ADD 43 Xinping Bei Road, Enping Guangdong, China.
Tel : +086 750- 727784. Fax : +086 750 7725584. Email : faioe at faioe.com.cn
Faircurves See --> DC Audio
FAL See --> Furuyama Audio Lab (FAL)
Falcon Acoustics
English supplier of speaker units and electronics for amateur speaker builders, but best known as a manufacturer of custom inductors allowing you to build up speakers with units from different manufacturers, also makes some speaker kits. Official homepage.
Fane Acoustics
British manufacturer of loudspeaker drivers. Official homepage.
Fanfare
US company that builds nothing but high end FM tuners and accesories. Official homepage.
Faraday Sound
UK based manufacturer of concrete loudspeakers a la Rauna. Official homepage.
Faroudja
US based company that makes home theatre projectors in addition to products for the professional TV broadcasting market. Official homepage.
Distributed in Scandinavia by iFore.
Fase
Italian high end manufacturer, makes amplification and CD players, also handles the Italian distribution of ASW. Official homepage.
Fase-Evoluzione Audio S.A.S., Via Aviano 7, Caldogno (Vicenza), I-36030, Italy.
Email : fase at faseaudio.com
Feilo
Chinese manufacturer of microphones, headphones a, primarily an OEM that also supplies elements for third parties but does also sell under their own trademark. Official homepage.
Feitu
Chinese microphone manufacturer. Official homepage.
Ferguson See --> Thomson
Fern See --> D.W. Fearn
Fidek See --> First Audio Manufacturing
Final
Dutch manufacturer of electrostatic loudspeakers. Note that both of their homepages listed below feature the same crap Flash/Javascript page with a java based spy app that is not viewable by a large number of systems. Official homepage. Alternative homepage
Finalsound Corporation, Kryptonstraat 19, 6718 WR Ede, Holland.
Tel : +0318 640503.
Distributed in Canada by WrightCo, in Japan by TEAC and in Slovenia handled by Intek.
Final Labratory
Japanese producer of high end amps, loudspeakers, cables and accessories, the company has a history dating to 1970 and was one of the first if not the first pure high-end companies. Official homepage.
Final Labratory, 8-2 Tenouyama, Fukozu, Kota-cho, Nukata-gun, Aichi, Japan 444-0124.
Tel : +81 (0)564 63 3279. Fax : +81 (0)564 63 3279. Email : mail at finallab.com
Worldwide distribution by Sibatech and USA distribution by Venus Hi-Fi
Finite Elemente
German company that makes some lovely hi-fi furniture. Official homepage. Distribution in Slovenia handled by Intek, in the UK by Audiofreaks and in the USA by Immedia.
Finlux
Finnish manufacturer of AV consumer electronics formerly known as Turku TV, operates under the Salora, Luxor and Finlux brands. Also functions as a distributor for Akai Electric Co. in Finland and Sweden. Official homepage.
First Audio Manufacturing
Hong Kong based manufacturer of loudspeakers and AV electronics, operates mostly as an OEM but also sells products under their own Fidek brand. Official homepage.
First Impression Music (FIM)
Ostenbly a audiophile record label but also makes high end cables. Official homepage.
Fisher See --> Sanyo
Fisher-Price
A specialist manufacturer of goods for children, as children always appear to have a healthy appetite for sound and recording, so has F-P, currently make a range of cassette recorders intended for the pre-school age group but in the past also serviced the teenage market sometimes with propriety formats such as Pocket Rockers. Official homepage.
FM Acoustics
Swiss manufacturer of high end separates and cables run by engineer Manuel Huber. Official homepage. You can also take a look at the Unofficial FM Acoustics homepage as there is more background info there.
FM Acoustics LTD., Seestrasse 5A, CH-8810 Horgen, Switzerland.
Tel : +41 1 725 77 77. Fax : +41 1 725 77 90.
FMR
US maker of products for recording studios etc. Official homepage.
Focal See --> JM Lab
Focus Audio
Canadian manufacturer of high end loudspeakers. Official homepage.
F O Development AB
Swedish manufacturer of reference class turntables, famous for the Air-bearings used on their decks, has recently branched into the manufacture of amplifiers and loudspeakers as well but have discontined the manufacture of CD transports or DAC's. The company changed it's name from Forsell Mediphon in 2001 or thereabouts.
F O Development AB, Kungens Kurva.
Phone : +08 680 00 38 or +46 8 544 960 50. Fax : +08 647 00 78.
Distributed in the UK by Ultimate Sonics.
Fonofilm See --> Ortofon
Forgings
Taiwanese loudspeaker producer with a huge line up, especially big in speaker components, but has been branching into electronics with DVD players & recorders. Official homepage.
Forgings Industrial Co Ltd, PO Box P.O. Box 1823, Taipei, Taiwan 104.
Tel : +(886 2) 25853316. Fax : +(886 2) 25942708. Email : forgings at asiansources.com
Foremosts Audio
Malaysian manufacturer of loudspeaker drivers and systems primarily as an OEM, also known as Yaku Shin.
Formost Electronic
Taiwanese headphone manufacturer. Official homepage.
Formula Sound
UK based pro-audio manufacturer. Official homepage.
Forsell Mediphon Scandinavia AB See --> F O Development
Forsman
Norwegian manufacturer of high end loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Fortron Industrial Co.
Chinese manufacturer of budget A/V loudspeakers systems. Official homepage.
Fosgate
US manufacturer that claims to make "full range of home theatre electronics", in practice their product line mostly consists of speakers and subwoofers, part of the Rockford group. Official homepage.
Distributed in Iceland by Aukaraf and in the USA by Now Hear This (NHT)
Fostex
Japanese manufacturer of pro and semi-pro audio gear mainly for the recording sector but more recently tha company has also started manufacturing loudspeaker drives. Originally started in the late 1970's by ex-TEAC engineers. Official homepage.
Frazier
US based loudspeaker brand. Official homepage.
Fried Products
USA based manufacturer of high end loudspeaker systems. Official homepage.
Fuji Engineering
Malaysian manufacturer of acoustic treatments etc. Official homepage.
Fuji Engineering Sdn. Bhd., 24, Jalan Tamborin 33/23, Section 33, 40400 Shah Alam, Selangor D. E, Malaysia.
Tel : +603 521 8144. Fax : +603 521 8148. Email : fujiengr at ppp.nasionet.net
Fuji-Magnetics
Part of the giant Japanese Fuji Chemicals, this company makes a wide variety of recordable media in addition to offering duplication services. The media division is known in Japan as AXIA. Official homepage. AXIA homepage (in Japanese)
Distributed in Norway by Njál Hansson.
Fujiknon
Japanese speaker and headphone manufacturer. Official homepage.
Fulgent
Taiwanese manufacturer of cable and interconnects. Official homepage.
Funai Electric Co.
Japanese manufacturer of a wide range of budget Brown Goods. Official homepage. - Corporate Homepage - European hompage - USA Homepage - USA Corporate Homepage.
Funai Electric Co., LTD., 7-7-1 Nakagaito, Daito city, Osaka 574-0013, Japan.
Tel : +81 72 870 4303. Fax : +81 72 871 1112..
Furukawa Electric
Japanese company that manufactures OFC wire popular for use in high end audio cables, in addition they make power conditioners, disk demagnetisers and other audio accesories. Normally use the Furutech brandname. Official homepage.
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Harmonic Technology.
Furuyama Audio Lab (FAL)
Japanese manufacturer of high end loudspeakers and drivers, has recently introduced a line of valve based amplification. Official homepage.
Worldwide distribution by Sibatech
Fusion See --> Audio Partnership
Future Sonics
US based manufacturer of earphones. Official homepage.
F3/Lyd See --> Audiovector
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