Hi-Fi & Audio Magazines Audio (Germany) Audio and Music Bulletin Dutch webzine written in both English and Dutch, a bit extreme at times but fun to read AudioEnz Web based hifirag from NZ, shows promise but is a bit too "home cinema" oriented. Audio Ideas Guide A quarterly Canadian magazine, wide range of equipment reviewed from MP3 players to high end rquipment Audio Musings US audiophile rag, very high end. Audiophilia Webrag BAJ Formerly known as the British Audio Journal, seems to be gered towards the serious hi-fi retailer BFS report Formerly known as Bound For Sound, yet another USA based high end rag Gramophone Exellent British rag that has both hardware and software coverage Hi-Fi One of the Future Publishing titles, a bit lacking in quality. Hi-Fi News (UK) Still a personal favorite here even if it's not as good as it used to be, more high end oriented than it was some 10 to 20 years ago. Hi-Fi World (UK) Hörerlebnis (Germany) German high end magazine Inside Hi-Fi & AV British magazine Lyd & Bilde Norwegian hi-fi and home theatre magazine Planet Hi-Fi US based high end web mag. Prosound Japanese professional audio magazine. Shinkan Japanese Home Theatre magazine, we are not 100% about the name. Soundstage Canadian high end mag. Stereo German Hi-Fi mag. Stereofonica Spanish language rag (or Potrugese ? Roman languages are not my strong side). Stereophile (US) Covers the mid to high end. Boring. Stereoplay (Germany) Stereo Sound Japanese Hi-Fi mag. Suono (Italy) TNT-Audio A nice webzine that covers mostly the high end, published both in English and Italian Ultimate Audio US high end mag UHF Or Ultra High Fidelity Vacum tube Valley (USA) What Hi-Fi ? (UK) Aimed squarely at the average consumer 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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Sabra-Som
Brasilian manufacturer of microphone accessories such as shock mounts etc... Official homepage.
Sabra-Som Comercial Ltda., R. Bandeirantes, 289, S. Paulo - SP - Brazil CEP: 01124-010.
Phone : +(00 55 11) 228 7970. Fax: +(00 55 11) 227 6904. Email : sabrasom at sabrasom.com.br
SAC See --> Special Audio Components (SAC)
SAE See --> Shunk Audio Engineering (Germany - Current) or SAE (USA - Defunct)
SAEC Corp
Japanese company that was famous for their quality tonearms but now concentrates on manufacturing high end interconnects and cables. Official homepage.
Saga See --> Proton
Sainsbury's
British supermarket chain, in the summer of 2005 they stopped selling Brown Goods from third party's and replaced them with their own RED brand of Asian sourced electronics. Official homepage.
Salamander Designs
USA based manufacturer of Hi-fi furniture, formerly Salamander Systems. Official homepage. Alternative homepage
Salora See --> Finlux (Current) or Nokia (Defunkt)
Samadhi Acoustics
USA based maker of mid/high end loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Samay Electronics
Chinese manufacturer of professional and sound reinforcement products including amplifiers, mixers, boxes and loudspeaker drivers. Official homepage.
Samay Electronics Co., LTD., Wenhui Dasha-16E, Caochangmen Dajie 101, Nanjing, China 210036.
Tel : +86 571 85125354. Fax : +86 571 85125295. E-mail : samayhz at 163.net.
Sammi Sound Technology
Korea's largest manufacturer of loudspeakers and drivers. Official homepage.
Sammi Sound Technology, 208 Munam-Ri, Wonnam-Myun, Umsung-Gun, Chungbuk 369-860, South Korea.
Phone : +82 446 872 9811. Fax : +82 446 872 9814. Email : sammi at sammisound.com
Samson Audio
Started in 1980 as a specialised manufacturer of wireless microphone equipent but has expanded into other aspects of professional and semi-pro audio products in addition to supplying sound reinforcement louspeakers ans suchlike under the Hartke Systems trademark, also acts as the USA distributor of Zoom. Official homepage.
Distributed in Denmark by Pablo Salg
Sanibel Sound
French maker of high end Hi-fi including turntables & amplifiers. Official homepage.
Sansui Electric Co. Ltd.
The Japanese Sansui company revolutionised the audio industry by creating the "budget audiophile" market along with Luxman in the late 70's and early 80's, this section of the market has later been claimed by Rotel, Pioneer and Nad Electronics and the company ended up as a part of the Grande Holdings. Products from the company are seldom seen in the west these day's except for some Chinese made budget hi-fi and TV, still their Official homepage has info on some high end hi-fi (I have not been able to find this for sale outside Japan) but their Indian homepage has info on their budget A/V lines (no separates). For info on classic Sansui products see this page.
Sanying
Chinese microphone manufacturer. Official homepage.
Sanyo Electric Co.
Large Japanese manufacturer of electronic components and consumer electronics that operates mostly in the lower reaches of the AV market, the company also owns the Fisher brand but the 2 appear to share product lines these days, at the least as far as AV products are conserned. The company was founded in 1947 by Toshio Ioe (ex Matsushita) as Sanyo Electric Works and incorperated in 1950 under the present name. Entered the brown goods market in 1952 when it introduced an inexpencive plastic housed radio and started the manufacture of transistors in 1958 which enabled them to became one of the larger OEM for a audio and TV products for a whole host of western companies, it's also the year that the first hi-fi products from the company appeared. Sanyo started marketing products under their own name in the 60's in Europe and in the 70's in NA and took over the Fisher company in 1975, initially the Fisher brand was wholly separate from the Sanyo one as far as products where conserned and some of the Fisher products where quite ambitious but as the hi-fi market became less and less important part of the home appliance market the brand has assumed more or less the same role as Sanyo. Please note that the name translates literally as "3 seas" which is not an uncommon idom in Japan (the 3 large oceans = the world) and there is a host of companies over there that bear the same name but have no connection with Sanyo Electric. Official homepage. Japanese homepage, Consumer products homepage, USA Homepage, USA Fisher Homepage.
Distributed in Romania by Avitech.
SAP Stands
Polish manufactures of stands and supports for the recording and sound reinforcement markets. Official homepage.
Distributed in Norway by Njál Hansson.
SAS Audio Labs
US based manufacturer of valve amplifiers. Official homepage.
SAS Audio Labs, 1901 N. Morton Ave. Suite 184, Morton, Illinois USA 61550.
Phone : +(309) 263 0736. Email : sasaudio at bwsys.net
SAT See --> Primare
Sati
Manufacturer of high end valve amplifiers and turntables. Official homepage. Please note that I have not been able to find a homepage for the company but their product line is showcased on their Danish distributors homepage here above.
Scandinavian Electro Acoustic Systems (SEAS)
Norwegian manufacturer of loudspeaker drivers, also has a line of car audio speakers sold under he Lotus brand. Official homepage.
Distributed in France by BC Acoustique Distribution and in Russia by Arkada.
Scandyna
Spanish loudspeaker manufacturer. Official homepage.
Distributed in Switzerland by Timeless Products.
ScanSpeak See --> Danish Sound Technology
ScanTech See --> Lyra
Scarlet Audio
Small Canadian manufacturer of valve amplifiers, run by designer Tamas Fejerpataky. Official homepage.
Scarlet Audio, 286 Highbrook Cr., Kitchener, ON N2E 3S6, Canada.
Tel : +(519) 585 0819. Fax : +(519) 585 1832. Email : scarletaudio at sympatico.ca.
Schertler
Manufactures microphones. Official homepage.
Distributed in Iceland by Pfaff and in Sweden by Sennheiser AB
Scheu
Pioneering German manufacturer of high end kit turntables. Official homepage. Distributed in the US by Audio Advancement as Eurokits
Schneider Electronics GmbH
German consumer electronics maker, owns the Dual trademark and uses it for all of their products in France, part of the TCL International Holdings group. PS. if the homepage comes up in German only, press the "Landerwahl" button/menu bar and choose GB for an English version of the homepage. Official homepage. - Alternative homepage - Dual France Homepage
Schneider Electronics GmbH., Silvastrasse 1, D-86842 Türkheim, Germany.
Tel : +49 (0) 82 45 510. Fax : +49 (0) 82 45 513 23. E-mail : info at schneider-electronics.com
Dual France, Parc des Tanneries, 4 rue de Tanin, 67380 Lingolsheim..
Schoeps
Long running microphone manufacturer. Official homepage.
Schalltechnik Dr.-Ing. Schoeps GmbH, Spitalstrasse 20, D-76227 Karlsruhe (Durlach), Germany.
Phone : +49 (0)721 943 20 0. Fax : +49 (0)721 495 750. E-mail : mailbox at schoeps.de
Schröder Tonarme
German manufacturer of some extremely refined tonearms. Official homepage.
Distributed in Hong Kong by Audio Evidence, in the UK by GT Audio and in the USA by Audio Advancement.
Schröder Tonarme, C/O Frank Schröder, Stuttgarter Platz 3, 10627 Berlin, Germany.
Tel : +030 611 51 81. E-mail : berlin8 at freenet.de.
Scientific Atlanta
A large USA based manufacturer of products for the broadcasting industries, but also make set-top boxes and other broadcast related consumer products, recently bought Barco. Official homepage.
Scotch See --> Imation (Current) 3M (1947 - 1995)
Scott See --> Emerson Radio
Scteenline
Italian company that manufactures screens and other AV related products. Official homepage. Distributed in Romania by Avitech
SD Acoustic
USA based manufacturer of acoustic isolation materials etc... Official homepage.
SDS Labs
Tiny company based in the USA, makes kit's and refurbishes Quad ESL's etc... Official homepage.
SEAS See --> SEAS
Seeburg
German manufacturer of PA systems and loudspeakers for sound reinforcement use under the Acoustic Line brand. Official homepage.
SEEC
Dutch amplifier manufacturer with quite an unusual range of high end units, also make power conditioners. Official homepage.
Distributed in the USA by Bertrand Audio Imports.
SEEC Int. Audio Systems, Langenakker 92, 5731 JT Mierlo, The Netherlands.
Tel/Fax : +31 (0)492-663462. Email : seec at iae.nl.
Sehring
German loudspeaker manufacturer. Official homepage.
Sehring Audio Systeme GmbH, Reichenberger Strasse 104, D-10999 Berlin.
Phone : +49(0)30 61 70 98 09. Fax : +49(0)30 61 70 98 10. Email : info at sehring-audio.de
Seiden
Japanese manufacturer of stepped attenuators. Official homepage.
Selenium
Brasilian company that manufactures loudspeaker drivers for almost any applications along with a small range of car audio and home theatre speakers. Official homepage.
Sennhei See --> Kunhong
Sennheiser
A big German manufacturer of transducers such as headphones and microphones. Also owns the Neumann company. Official homepage.
Distributed in Finland by INTO, in Iceland by Pfaff, in Israel by Eurotal Tech, in Norway by LydRommet, in Sweden by Sennheiser AB, in France by Sennheiser France and in the USA by Sennheiser USA. Distribution in the UK, Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar and Oman handled by Sennheiser UK
Sensaphonics
US maker of earphones. Official homepage.
Sequence See --> Audio Group
Sequerra Audio Designs
US company makes amplifiers and loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Seventh Veil
Manufactures loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Seventh Veil Loudspeakers, Longmead, Stoneswood Road, Limpsfield Chart, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0QY, Great Britain.
Tel : +44 1883 718525 Fax : +44 8707 621596..
Shahinian Acoustics
Loudspeaker manufacturer, unusually broad range of products for such a small producer. Official homepage.
Shahinian Acoustics Ltd., 37 G&H Cedarhurst Ave., Medford, NY 11763, USA.
Phone : +(631) 736 0033. Fax : +(631) 736 0381. Email : shahinianacoustics at yahoo.com
Distributed in the UK by Pear Audio, in mainland Europe by Pear Audio, in Australia by Dynavector Systems Australia, in Danmark by Tekni-Fi and in Australia and New Zealand by Soundline.
Shakti Innovations
Makes products that perform electromagnetic noise reduction, company based in the US. Official homepage.
Distributed in Canada by Tri-Cell, in Hungary by Penna Poor and in the UK by Audio Reference.
Shamrock Audio
US based loudspeaker manufacturer. Official homepage.
Shangrila See --> Luxeon Digitech
Shanling See --> Shenzhen Shanling
Sharp
A long running Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronics that has in the recent years become more and more occupied as a manufacturer of electronic components. Makes oddly enough low end/budget audio and AV products and on the other end high end audiophile audio, but no mid range. Their name is actually taken from the English brandname for one of their early products, the
Distribution in Iceland by Bræðurnir Ormsson and in Romania by Lotus Telecom.
Shelter
Japanese analouge specialist that makes pickups, transformers and related stuff. Their range is not widely distributed in the west and the company does not have a homepage as such. Wavelength Audio has recently started to distribute those carts in the USA
Shenzhen Baoling See --> Baoling
Shenzen HCI Electronic
Chinese manufacturer of budget audio, AV and semi-pro products, primarily as an OEM. Apparently a subdivision of medical electronics supplier Aiyixin. Official homepage. Go directly to product pages (Not linked to from the top !)
Shenzhen Shanling Electronic
Popularily known just as Shanling, this Chinese audio company has been making quite a splash in western markets recently with high end products made in their own name but they still operate mostly as an OEM. Official homepage. English Homepage
Distributed in Sweden by Golden Age Music, in the UK by Real Hi-Fi and in the USA by Music Hall Audio.
Shen Zhen Longway
Chinese company tha manufactures a varietly of budget digital consumer products including personal audio products such as MP3 players, primarily an OEM. Official homepage.
Shep Associates
British manufacturer and service company that specialises in mixer consoles etc.. Official homepage.
Sherbourn Technologies
US based manufacturer of amplification for sound reinforcement applications. Official homepage.
Sherwood See --> Etronics
Shindo Labratory
Japanese high end specialist with a unusually large range of products including valve amps, tonearms, plinths, cable, accessories etc. etc. etc... Official homepage.
Distributed in Germany by Auditorium 23, in Turkey by Dinleti Music, in the UK by The Emporium and in the USA by Tone Imports.
Shihpei Electronics
Taiwanese OEM manufacturer of budget audio components such as microphone inserts, headphones etc. Official homepage.
Shivaki
Japanese low budget consumer electronics brand, supplies mostly locally. Official homepage.
ShotGlass See --> Stan White
Shunk Audio Engineering
German company based in Schwaben, manufactures high end audio seperates and loudspeakers under the Accustic Arts brandname. Official homepage.
Distributed in Australia by Sensus.
SAE GmbH & Co., KG, Hoher Steg 7, D-74348 Lauffen, Germany.
Tel : +(07133) 97477 0. Fax : +(07133) 97477 40..
Shun Mook Audio
USA based manufacturer of isolation devises. Official homepage.
Distributed in Austria by Living Sound, in Malaysia by Tong Lee and in the UK by Audio Reference
Shunyata Research
USA based company that manufactures cables and interconnects for home A/V applications in addition to power distribution and conditioning products, company was formerly known as Power Snakes. Official homepage.
Distributed in Austria and Germany by Living Sound, in Norway Audioaktøren, in the rest of Scandinavia by McIntosh Nordic and in Singapore by Audio Note Singapore.
Shure Inc.
US audio manufacturer makes mostly transducer based products like microphones & pickups but also some pro audio electronics esp. for the disco market. Used to use the Royal trademark for their OEM products but I gather that it's no longer current, formerly known as Shure Brothers. Official homepage.
Dsitributed in the uk by Shure Distribution UK
Siemel
While this company is primarily an electronics subcontractor operating in the defence sector they do make a small line of high end audio products designed by Guillaudeau, formerly of AudioAnalyse and DRG. Official homepage.
Siemel Industrie, Z.I. Les Noyers, 36150 Vatan, France.
Phone : +332 54 49 82 81. Fax : +332 54 49 94 06. Email : bernard.ranty at wanadoo.fr
Sierra
US maker of high end amplifiers. Official homepage.
Signature Technologies
US maker of loudspeakers, interconnects, CD players and valve amplifiers. Official homepage.
Signature Technologies, Inc., P.O. Box 09068, Milwaukee, WI 53209 USA.
Phone : +(414) 438 1849. Fax : +(414) 438 1821. Email : fang at signaturetech.com
Distributed in Singapore by Advance Acoustics, in Switzerland by Portier Hi-Fi and in Taiwan by Super Plus International.
Signet See --> Audio Technica
Silent Running Audio
USA based manufacturer of isolation platforms etc. Official homepage.
Silent Running Audio, 325 Hubbs Ave., Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA.
Tel : +1 631 342 0556. E-Mail : Sales at silentrunningaudio.com.
Silk & Silkspeak See --> Dynamic Precision
Siltech
Manufactures audio cables and interconnects. Official homepage.
Distributed in Denmark by Interceptor Audio and in Poland by Audio Klan.
Silvaweld Audio Lab.
Manufactures valve based audio products. Official homepage.
Silvaweld Audio Lab., 3F. Harmony Bldg., 18-27, Pangbae-Dong, Seocho-Ku, Seoul, Korea.
Phone : +82 2592 8054. Fax : +82 23476 0396. Email : silva at silvaweld.com">.
Distributed in Austria and Germany by Black Forest Audio, in France by S.A.R.L. Phonomi, in Spain by Audio Crisel and in the USA by Audio Rising.
Silver Audio
A manufacturer of high end cables and interconnects, both as consumer products and as an OEM. Official homepage.
Silver Audio, 10340 Leila Lane, Santee, CA 92071, USA.
Phone : +619 449 5586. Fax : +619 596 6159. Email : info at silveraudio.com
Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Discovery Audio, in Norway by Art 344, in Hong Kong by Edmonds Audio, in the Philippines by Sound'N'Images, in Singapore by Acoustic Works, in Thailand by Movie and Music Lover and in the West Indies by Serius Music
Silverline Audio
US based manufacturer of high end speakers and interconnects. Official homepage.
Distributed in Canada by Tri-Cell, in Scandinavia by Art Sound and in the UK by Ultimate Sonics.
Silversmith
USA based manufacturer of cables and interconnects. Official homepage.
Distributed in Australia by Sensus.
Silver Sonic See --> DH Labs
Sim2 Multimedia
Manufactures high end AV projectors and rear projector televisions, based in Italy. Official homepage.
Distributed in Canada by Lenbrook Industries, in Denmark by iFore, in India by Sound of Music and in Switzerland by Koenig Apparate AG.
Sim Audio
Canadian manufacturer of high end separates, sells their products using the Moon trademark and formerly using the Celeste and Sima brands. Official homepage. Distributed in Malaysia and Singapore by Norman.
Simon Yorke Design
UK maker of record players. Official homepage.
Distributed in Hong Kong by Audio Evidence in Singapore by Audio Note Singapore and in the USA by Audio Evidence
Simply Black
As the name implies this Swedish company specialises in manufacturing vinyl related products such as turntables. Official homepage.
Singvox
Taiwanese manufacturer of budget audio products such as headphones, microphones and multimedia loudspeakers etc.. Mostly as OEM. Official homepage.
Singvox Industrial CO., LTD., NO.5 Lane 127 Line Cchang Rd., Chung Ho City, Tapei Hsien, Taiwan R.O.C.
Phone : +886 2 2240 7812. Fax : +886 2 2247 3648. Email : singvox at singvox.com.tw
Sinus Högtalarfabrik
Swedish manufacturer of loudspeakers drivers that started life as early as 1946, has traditionally mostly sold to the PA market but also to the home markets and their drivers where integrated into the products of other Swedish Hi-fi manufacturers.
SINUS, Sinusgatan 2, 930 15 Bureå, Sweden.
Phone/Fax : +46 (0)910 416 80.
SIS Audio
Manufactures valve based amplification, company based in South Korea. Official homepage.
SJS Electroacoustics
UK maker of valve amps, transformers and loudspeakers. Official homepage.
SKM/SKC
Part of the Korean SK group, SKC makes chemicals, CDR disks and tapes for duplicators and media manufacturers, SKM however makes end user products like blank tapes, but that company is undergoing restructuring. Official homepage.
Skilfing Audiomöbler
Swedish company that manufactures high end hifi furniture and isolation platforms etc., no address at the moment but take a look at the local distributors page listed below. For those of you well versed in mythology the company's name is the Scandinavian spelling variant of Skilfingur/Skelfir/Sæ, the forefather of the Sví (Swedes).
Distributed in Sweden by HiFi Agenten.
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