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Discontinued Turntables
Pickups - Discontinued Arms
78 Rpm. - Phono Preamps
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Retailers, Used Gear Retailers, General Hi-Fi repairs, Hi-Fi Magazines, Mailing lists & forums, Hi-Fi Clubs, Link Pages, Generic Hi-fi Webpages, Equipment "tuners", Cleaning Chemicals, Hi-Fi Shows, DIY Links, Hobbyist links.

Packard Bell See --> NEC

Paia Electronics
Tiny USA based manufacturer of electronic kits that has been operating out of Ohio since 1967 or thereabouts, mostly supplies products for musicians but the odd hi-fi related products turn up in their catalogue from time to time. This company has an enormous amount of goodwill over here and comes highly recommended. Official homepage.

Panamax
Makes Power conditioners etc., USA company. Official homepage.
Canadian distribution by Jonic and Kevro

Panasonic See --> Matsushita

Panda Loudspeakers See --> Bocchino Technologies

Panor Corp.
USA based company that sell AV products under the Dynaco trademark, mostly rebadged Asian audio and home theatre equipment. Company formerly known as the Pan Orient Corporation. Official homepage.

Paradigm
Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer, also manufactures hifi and A/V furniture using the Premier brand name and owns the Sonic Frontiers company. Official homepage.
Paradigm Electronics Inc, 205 Annagem Blvd., Mississauga, ON L5T 2V1 Canada.
Phone : +905 564 1994

Distributed in the Czech Republic by T/A Hi-Fi Store.

Parasound
US based maker of hi-fi electronics and in wall or "architectural" speakers in addition to manufacturing high end amplification under the Halo brand. Official homepage.
Distributed in Cyprus by P. Nikitas, in Danmark by Tekni-Fi and in Swden by Ljudtema.

PASO Sound
USA based manufacturer of sound reinforcement products, used to be the audio department of Geloso. Official homepage.

Pass Labs
US based company, primarily a manufacturer of amplifiers in the upper reaches of the market but has recently branched into the manufacture of loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Distributed in Denmark by PS Audio, in Malaysia by Centre Circle Audio and in Thailand by K. S. Sonsgroup.

Pathos Acoustics
Italian manufacturer of high end amplification, speakers, CD players and D/A converters, apparently they have a loudspeaker system on the way as well. Official homepage.
Pathos Acoustics, via Ca Perse, 129, 36100 Vicenza, Italy.
Fax : +(39) 444 562 282.

UK distribution by UKD, Distributed in Canada and the USA by VMAX Services, in Malaysia by Centre Circle Audio and in Thailand by K. S. Sonsgroup.

Path Group
A British company that owns and operates audio and AV related accessories companies such as Allsop, Case Logic , IXOS and Storex. Between 1989 and 2004 the company held out Path Premier which was one of the largest distributor of high end hi-fi products in the UK, after that was closed former employees of the company set up Symmetry but that company handles most of the brands that Path Premier used to distribute. Official homepage.

Peak Consult
Danish manufacturer of mid and high end loudspeaker systems. Official homepage. Alternative homepage
Distributed in Poland by FAST.
Peak Consult Int., Langelandsvej 12, DK-5500 Middelfart, Denmark
Tel : + 45 64 400 580. Fax : + 45 64 400 680.

Pear Audio
Slovenian manufacturer of valve amplification, also distributes Shahinian Acoustics on mainland Europe. Official homepage.
Pear Audio Europe, Kljucavnicarska 5, SLO - 1000 Ljublijana.
Phone : +0049 172 91 99 167. Phone/Fax : +0038 661 125 87 95.

Pear Cable
USA based manufacturer of interconnects. Official homepage.
Pear Cable, Inc., 47 Fairview Avenue, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
Tel : +617 273 0348. E-mail : info at pearcable.com.

Pearl Mikrofonlaboratorium AB
Swedish manufacturer of high end microphones. Originally founded in 1941 by Rune Rosander as a manufacturer of crystal microphones and was originally located in Spånga, but Hr. Rosander had invented a new method of growing crystals that was considered superiour to what was available on the market at the time. Incorperated in 1943 and moved into the manufacture of dynamic mics in the early 50's and into the manfacture of condensator mics in 1958. The company was split into 2 in 1978 with the R&D organisation continuing under the Pearl name while the sales and manufacturing where handled by a new company called CTAB which sold the microphones under the MiLab name, but Pearl restarded production of microphones under their own name in 1984 when CTAB was sold to Bilsom and later emerged as Milab. The company was taken over by husband and wife team of Bernt & Margita Malmqvist in 1993, but Bernt had been working as at the company since 1954 including a stint at Milab as a production manager. Official homepage.
Distributed in Austria by Scmidton, in Germany by Ambient Recording and in Iceland by Mix.

Peavey Electronics
A manufacturer of musical instruments and sound systems, also manufactures PA systems and components under the Architectural Acousitcs brand, sound reinforcement products under the Mediamatrix brand, club and DJ oriented products using the PVDJ name and owns the Crest Audio company. Official homepage.
Peavey Electronics Corporation, 5022 Highway 493 North, Meridian, Mississippi 39305, USA..

Pearless See --> Danish Sound Technology

Perception Audio See --> Bladelius Design

Perfect Performer
Loudspeaker factory in Holland, note that at the time of writing their website was only available in Dutch. Official homepage.

Perigee
Australian manufacturer of ribbon hybrid loudspeakers and ribbon drivers, also makes replacement mid range ribbon leaf drivers for Apogee loudspeakers. Official homepage.

Perpetual Technologies

USA based company run by Mark Schifter formerly of Audio Alchemy along with Walter Liederman and Ceto Sandova. Founded in 1999 in Loisville, Colorado, their product line consisted of a couple of DAC's although they where working on a host of more advanced digital products. No direct contact info at this time.
Distributed in the UK by Ultimate Sonics

Perreaux
A company based in New Zealand that makes high end separates, some of them very easy on the eye. Official homepage.
Perreaux Industries Ltd., P.O. Box 47413, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.
Phone : +0064 9 815 5452. Fax : +064 9 815 9581

Personal Monitors
US maker of high end earphones. Official homepage.

Pfanstiehl See --> LKG Industries

Phase Linear & Phase Evolution See --> Audiovox

Phase Tech
USA based maker of home theatre loudspeakers. Official homepage.

Philco See --> Philips (below)

Philips
Dutch based electronics conglomerate operates in almost all sectors of the CE business but is also large in the component and professional sides and has factories and R&D factilities all over the world. Full name is actually Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and they are perhaps as famous for inventing the CD, the Compact Cassette and a whole lot of other devices that you will find in every home. Also owns a host of other brands such as Norelco, Magnavox, Philco, Signetics and Pye, and has in the past had interests in Grundig, Marantz and others. Company was formed in 1891 as a manufacturer of light bulbs. Official homepage.
Distribution in Iceland by Heimilistæki

Philmore See --> LKG Industries

Phlox Electronique See --> YBA

Phoenix Gold
USA based maker of car audio. Official homepage.

Phonic
Taiwanese manufacturer of sound reinforcement and recording products for both the professional and semi-pro markets. Official homepage.
Distributed in Romania by Stage Expert and in the UK by Shure Distribution UK.

Phonomena See --> Musical Surroundings

Phonoshophie
German manufacturer that has an unusually full line of mid to high end separates, loudspeakers and accessories. Official homepage.

PHY-HP
French manufacturer of high end loudspeaker drive units and cables. Official homepage.
Distributed in Germany by Auditorium 23, in Portugal by Imaginaria and in the UK by GT Audio

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