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Slee See --> Graham Slee Projects
Slinkylinks
New Zealand based manufacturer of wires and interconnects. Official homepage.
Distributed in the USA by The Audio Insider.
SMC Audio
US manufacturer of high end amplification. Official homepage.
SME ltd.
A long standing British manufacturer of high quality tonearms although they have lately started manufacturing high end turntables as well. The name stands for Scale Model Equipment and the company has it's roots in an early fifties manufacturer of toy's for grown up kids as the name indicates, it's still in that business come to think of it. It's currently mostly occupied as a precision engineering workshop and quite well known as such here in the UK. Official homepage.
SME Limited, Mill Road, Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3GY, England.
Phone : +44(0) 1903 814321. Fax : +44(0) 1903 814269. Email : info at sme.ltd.uk
Distributed in Thailand by K. S. Sonsgroup and USA distribution is handled by Sumiko
SM Pro Audio
A German manufacturer of professional audio products. Official homepage.
SMS
Swedish manufacturer of safety brackets and suchlike for plasma screens and the like. Official homepage.
Distributed in Norway by Njál Hansson.
Snell Acoustics
US based manufacturer of home loudspeakers, mostly home theatre stuff. Official homepage. Distributed in Australia by Hi-Fi & Video Marketing, in Austria by Audio Tuning, in Belgium by Home Cinema Technology. in Brazil by M.M. Sound, in the Carribean by Bergee Electronic Enterprises, in Cyprus by P. Nikitas, in Danmark by Tekni-Fi, in France by Chalon Diffussion, in Germany by Boston Acoustics Deutschland, in Guatemala by Sistemas Contemporaneos, in Holland by Actual Acoustics, in Indonesia by Audio Video 2000, in Israel by Isfar Electronic Trading, in Italy by MPI Electronic, on the Ivory Coast by Hifivoir, in Kuwait by Silicon Valley Group, in Mexico by Distribidora Tesco, in Norway and Sweden by Audio Nord A/S, in Panama by Audio Video Store, in Portugal by Luze Som, in Puerto Rico by Nova Electronics, in Singapore by Absolute Sound Distribution, in Taiwan by Alpha Audio, in the UAE by Technomight, in the UK by See Hear and in Venezuela by Audio Marketing
Softtone
Japanese manufacturer of valve amplification, D/A converters and CD players. Official homepage.
Solartron See --> Rocksonic
Solid Acoustics
Japanese manufacturer of loudspeakers and audio accessories, their loudspeakers are interesting, those are polyhedrons like the old Isophon PA speakers but SA makes versions intended for high end hi-fi applications as well as a sound reinforcement model. Official homepage.
Solid Acoustics Co., Ltd., Minami Azabu Furukawa Bldg. 7F, 1-6-8 Minami Azabu Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Zip 106-0047.
E-Mail : info at solidacoustics.com.
Solid State Logic (SSL)
High end mixer manufacturer. Official homepage.
Solid Tech
Swedish manufacturer of isolation platforms etc. Official homepage.
The company handles distribution in Scandinavia by itself except for Norway where it is done by P.M. Audio, distributed in Singapore by Audio Note Singapore, UK distribution by Ultimate Sonics and in the USA it's handled by Audiophile Systems.
Soliloquy
US based loudspeaker manufacturer. Official homepage.
Distributed in the UK by The Audiophile Club.
Sonab See --> Larsen Hi-Fi
Sonance
USA based manufacturer of architectural audio and video products, company originally known as NTML and later as Home Technology Systems but later changed their name to Sonacne which was previusly the name of their most succesful productline. Official homepage.
Distributed in Thailand by K. S. Sonsgroup.
Sonance, 212 Avenida Fabricante, San Clemente, CA 92672-7531, USA.
Tel : +1 800 582 7777. E-Mail : webmarket at sonance.com.
Sonic Art
, is also a large distributor od DIY audio components. Official homepage.
Distributed in New Zealand by Kirrabilli Acoustics
Sonic Design
Swedish manufacturer of isolation devices and technical software. Official homepage.
Sonic Frontiers
High end amplification and CD players etc.. Also trades under the Anthem brand. Official homepage.
Distributed in Finland by PCE Systems.
Sonic Studios
USA based microphone manufacturer. Official homepage.
Sonneteer
British manufacturer of hi-fi separates. Official homepage.
Distributed in Spain by Lab Electronics España and in Russia by Audio Gamma Trading.
FTM Marketing Limited, P.O. Box 163C, Esher, Surrey KT10 0YH, England.
Phone : 44 208 286 6661. Fax : +44 208 286 2202. Email : info at sonneteer.co.uk
Sonosax
Swiss company that makes recording equipment and associated products for the broadcast and movie markets, including some products that where formerly produced by Stellavox. Official homepage.
Sonus Faber
Italian maker of high end loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Distributed in Denmark by McIntosh Nordic, in Greece by Sonus Hi-Fi, in Iceland by Rafgrein, in India by Sound of Music, in Sweden by Audionord, in Thailand by K. S. Sonsgroup and in the USA by Sumiko.
Sony
Japanese conglomerate. Involved in every aspect of the audio and visual markets, from personal stereo's through esoteric hi-fi to professional recording equipment and computer based equipment. Also owns a host of brands and or companies that it uses to differentiate it's products like Aiwa and Wega. Originally founded in 1945 as Tokyo-Tsushin Kenkyusho by Masaru Ibuka but a year later merged into a new company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Co. when he took Akio Morita as a partner, that company was popularly known as Totsuko, changed into the current name in the 1958 based on one of their popular brandnames, the Soni-Tape, it's spelled with an Y for graphical rather than linguistic reasons. Official homepage. - Sony Media Division homepage (Blank tapes, CDR' & MD's).
Distribution in Iceland by Aco/Tæknival. Consumer products distibuted in Romania by Avitech while professional products are distributed by Stage Expert.
Sorice
US based manufacturer of AV storage furniture. Official homepage.
SOTA
Specialised turntable manufacturer. Official homepage.
SOTA, 10830 S. Nagle, P.O. Box 247, Worth, IL 60482, USA.
Phone : 708 246 9815. Fax : +708 246 9778. Email : sotaturntables at kwom.com
Distributed in the UK by The Audiophile Club
Soundations
South African manufacturer of hi-fi and AV furniture, loudspeaker stands and the like. Official homepage.
Distributed in Poland by FAST.
Sound Advance
USA based manufacturer of flat panel loudspeakers intended for in-wall installations etc. Official homepage.
Distributed in Greece by Nick J. Laios.
Sound By Design
British manufacturer of Turntables. Official homepage.
Sound By Design, 70 Brae Court, Kingston Hill, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT2 7QH, United Kingdom.
Phone/Fax : +020 8404 4343. Email : info at soundbyd.com or psavic at finsoft.co.uk
Soundbridge Acoustic Labs
Manufacture loudspeakers for sound reinforcement use, company based in the USA. Official homepage.
Soundcare
Manufactures the Superspikes isolators. Official homepage. Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by National Representative Solutions, in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine by Arkada, in Belgium and Holland by Audeo, in Canada by Europroducts Marketing, in Chile by AVTec, in China and Hong Kong by Changye Audio Visual, in Denmark by H. Hinke, in Finland by AV Kompinentti, in France by I. H. T. Services Group, in Germany by I. T. Electronic, in Greece by Mentoyiannis, in Hungary by KáCsa Audio, in Iceland by Linkur Ehf., in Japan by Kanjitsudenki Co., in Malaysia and Singapore by MusicLink, in Norway by Njál Hansson, in Slovakia by Ketos, in Slovenia by Bofex, in Spain by Audiofilo, in Sweden by Sound & Vision Support AB, in Switzerland by Balcar Electronics, in Tahiti by Tahiti Music, in Taiwan by Tang Hill International, in the USA by Taylor Sales and in Yugoslavia by Vox Trade
Sound Center
Actually a tiny hi-fi shop in northern Sweden but has their own range of rather nifty loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Sound Center, Formvägen 8, 906 21 Umeå, Sweden.
Phone/Fax : +46 (0)90 18 90 45. Email : k-e-e.nordlund at e-n-consult.se
Sound Connections
US based company, makes cables and interconnects under the Vampwire brand. Official homepage.
Sound Devices
Manufactures recording equipment, based in the USA. Official homepage.
Sound Ideas See --> CinemaSonics
Soundlab
US manufacturer of electrostatic speakers. Official homepage.
Soundline See --> Soundline
The Sound Of The Valve
Italian manufacturer of high end valve amplifiers. Official homepage.
Sound Pipes
US based manufacturer of outdoor speakers. Official homepage.
Sound Precision
Swedish manufacturer of sound systems, loudspeakers and amps for sound reinforcement usage. Official homepage.
Sound Source
Taiwanese manufacturer of loudspeaker parts.
Sound Source Inc., 3F-1, No. 26, Tun Hua S. Rd., Sec. 2, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tel : +886 2 27061266. Fax : +886 2 23256891..
Soundstring
USA based manufacturer of cables and interconnects. Official homepage.
Distributed in Norway by Vario
Soundstyle See --> Veda Products
Soundwedge
US manufacturer of car audio. Official homepage.
Sound Valves
US based amplifier manufacturer, operated in the 80's under the Stereo Cost Cutters name and was mostly a reseller of audio overstocks and suchlike, and in the 90's it was known under the Sound Values Inc. name. Official homepage.
Souther See --> Clearaudio
Sovereign See --> High End Vertriebs
Spark Audio
Manufactures valve based amplification. Official homepage.
Distributed in Denmark by Interceptor Audio.
Speakercraft
USA based manufacturer of architectural and environmental loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Distributed in Romania by Avitech
Speakerflex
US manufacturer of speakers and active subwoofers. Official homepage.
Special Audio Components
German manufacturer with a full line of hi-fi separates both analogue and digital. Official homepage.
Specialthing
A Hong Kong based company that makes anything from novelty electronics to hi-fi music centres. Official homepage. Alternative Homepage
Spectral
German manufacturer of hi-fi furniture and the like. Official homepage.
Distributed in Romania by Lotus Telecom.
Spectral Audio
Makes CD players, DAC's, amplification and high end cables. Official homepage.
Spectral Korea, Sunwoo Bldg., 4th Floor, 1556-9 Sucho-dong, Seoul 137-070, Korea.
Phone : +82 (2) 586 4030.
Distributed in France by Daucourt Diffusion, in Germany by Audio Components, in Italy by Audio Graffiti, in Japan by Knicom Co., in Holland by More Music, in Hong Kong by The Sound Chamber, in Thailand by Audio Exellence and in the UK by RT Services
Spectron
USA based maker of PWM based power amplifiers. Official homepage.
Distributed in Finland by Hi-Fi Guru, in Sweden by Audioprophile and in Thailand by 4D Digital Land
Spendor Audio Systems
English manufacturer of loudspeakers and monitors. Official homepage.
Spendor Audio Systems Ltd., Station Road Industrial Estate, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2ER, UK.
Phone : +44 (0) 1323 843474. Fax : +44 (0) 1323 442254. Email : info at spendoraudio.com
Distributed in Australia by Home Cinema Imports and in Finland by PCE Systems.
Sphinx
Dutch maker of high end Hi-fi electronics, line-up includes CD players, amps and tuners. Official homepage. Distributed in the USA by May Audio Marketing.
Spikemaster See --> Thomson
Spirit of St.Louis See --> Polyconcept USA
Spread Spectrum Technologies
Manufactures a binaural processor and has recently also taken over the manufacture of the Ampzilla line from Bongiorno Designs. Official homepage.
SPS See --> Audiovox
SQN Electronics
British mixer manufacturer. Official homepage.
Distributed in Sweden by Sennheiser AB.
SRS Labs
USA based company that originally was an offshoot from Hughes Aircraft that marketed the SRS headphone surround technology but later branched into related fields. Mostly acts as a technology licenser but has some hardware and software products available including loudspeakers sold under the Klayman brand. Official homepage.
SR Standard See --> Marantz
Stage Accompany
US maker of sound reinforcement loudspeakers, also make and sell the Philips leaf drivers. Official homepage.
Standard Radio See --> Marantz
Stanton Magnetics
US maker of DJ equipment such as Pickups, record players, headphones, mixers etc., also has a range of Hi-fi pickups. Also trades using the Pickering brand and owns the Cerwin Vega and KRK Systems loudspeaker companies. Official homepage. - Pickering homepage.
Tel : +954 689 8833 Fax : +561 752 2321. E-Mail : information at stantonmagnetics.com.
Stan White
A small German company run by American inventor Stanley Fay White, makes very interesting loudspeakers that feature cones made out of glass and a valve amplifier. Speakers usually sold under the Shotglass trademark. Official homepage.
Stax
Japanese manufacturer of high end electrostatic headphones. Founded in 1938 and historically made all kinds of transducer products including microphones, electrostatic loudspeakers and phonographic pickups but archived success in the west with their range of electrostatic headphones, the business was reorganised in 1996 and has concentrated on headphones since but note that the company has some support for their older products and product history page on their site. Official homepage.
Stax Limited, 293-1 Fujikubo, Miyoshi-Cho Iruma-Gun, Saitama prefecture, Japan 354-0041.
Phone : +81 49 258 3988. Fax : +81 49 258 2659
Distribution : Europe In Austria by Hi-Fi CD Master, in Croatia by Media Audio, in Denmark, Norway and Sweden by T.AA. Import, in Finland by Gamiron Oy Audelec, in France by General Radio's, in Germany by Stax Electrostatic Audio Products, in Greece by Nick J. Laios, in Holland by Penta Electronics, in Italy by Eurosound, in Portugal by Subsonica Audio Technologia, in Russia by Inforcom Data, in Spain by Audiofilo, in Switzerland by Audio Compo and in the UK by Symmetry. Asia & Australasia In Australia by Coda Fidelity, in Hong Kong by Lieder International, in New Zealand by Denco Audio, in Singapore by Kingsley Company, in South Korea by Shinwon Imex and in Taiwan by Eigado Technology. America, West Indies & the Pacific In Canada by Morishita & Associates and in the USA by Yama's Enterprises. Africa and the Middle East In Israel by Stereotype.
Steinman Audio Labs
Australian loudspeaker manufacturer. Official homepage.
Stein Music
German company that specialises in valve equipment, sells both kits and fully built systems. Official homepage.
Stellavox
Swiss producer of recording and other pro audio equipment mostly intended for broadcast and movie markets. For analogue Stellavox products see J. P. Gurtner and for older products from the company see Sonosax. Official homepage.
Distributed in Japan by Stellavox Japan.
Stello See --> April Music
Stereocilla
USA based company that manufactures loudspeaker stands, including bespoke units for the recording industry. Official homepage.
Stereovox
USA based cable manufacturer. Official homepage.
Distributed in Australia by Sensus, in Poland by FAST and in the UK by Symmetry.
Stereovox Inc., 2710 Natoma Street, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA 33133.
Phone/Fax : +305 858 7777. Email : tony at stereovox.com
Steve Casey Designs
US based manufacturer of custom AV furniture. Official homepage.
Stewart Filmscreen Corporation
Manufactures projector screens for professional and home cinema use. Official homepage.
Distributed in the Czech Republic by T/A Hi-Fi Store and in India by Sound of Music.
Stillpoints LLC.
USA based manufacturer of isolation cones. Official homepage.
Stillpoints LLC, 823 Main St., Boyceville, WI 54725, USA.
Tel : 877 410 2567. (Freephone - USA only), +715 643 7110 or +651 204 1728. Fax : +715 254 0653. E-Mail : info at stillpoints.us.
STL
Dutch trading house that owns the Supertech brand that they use to distribute budget portable, mobile and home audio with, the Sangean brand that is used for radio receivers, portable radios and the like, and licences the Lenco brandname which they use on home A/V and hi-fi gear. Firmly stationed in the bottom end of the market. Official homepage. Lenco homepage, Supertech homepage, Sangean homepage.
Distributed in Iceland by Heimilistæki.
Stone Sound Studio
Australian manufacturer of loudspeakers and amplifiers, note that the hompage is sometimes unreachable, but the company is still there. Official homepage.
Straightwire
USA based manufacturer of cables. Official homepage.
Distributed in Argentina by Holimar.
Streetwires See --> Esoteric Audio
Stridbeck HiFi
Tiny Swedish manufacturer of some lovely handmade loudspeakers and monitors, homepage available in Swedish only. Official homepage.
Stridbeck HiFi, Gibraltargatan 12, 411 32 Göteborg, Sweden.
Phone : +46 (0)31 18 16 63. Email : stridbeck at swipnet.se
String Suspension Concept (SSC)
German company that makes innovative isolation platforms and related products. Official homepage. Distributed in the UK by Aanvil Audio and in the USA by Immedia
Studer
Swiss producer of professional audio equipment with a reputation second to none. Please note that the Revox brand that used to be Studer's semi-pro and consumer product division is no longer connected with the company. Those interested in the history of the company can take a look at the 50th anniversary edition of Swiss Sound. Official homepage. North American Homepage
Distributed in Sweden by Sennheiser AB.
Sugden Audio Ltd.
Legendary English manufacturer, currently makes amps and CD players. Official homepage.
Distributed in Hong Kong by Audio Evidence, in Singapore by Electrades, in the UK by Audio Synergy and in the USA by Stanalog Audio Imports.
Sugden Audio Limited, Valley Works Station Lane, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire WF16 0NF, England.
Studiotechnik Dusch
German manufacturer of utility products primarily intended for the broadcast market, also provides service for EMT-Franz products. Official homepage.
Sumiko
Manufacture a full range of mid to high end moving coil pickups, also as the US distributor for a range of high end equipment, see Sumiko. Official homepage.
Distributed in Sweden by HiFi Agenten, in Switzerland by Marlex and in the UK by Symmetry.
Sumiko, 2431 Fifth St. Berkeley, CA 94710, USA.
Tel : +510 843 4500. Fax : +510 843 7120. E-Mail : mail at sumikoaudio.net.
Sunfire
US based company run by Bob Carver, makes amplifiers and subwoofers. Official homepage.
Superscope Technologies
A US company with an interesting history, originally a manufacturer of pro movie equipment it later became an audio company and for a long time functioned as the US distributor for the Marantz professional product line, currently makes products that are mostly intended for the music students and teachers such as CD players that can change tempo and key. Official homepage.
Supra See --> Jenvig Technology
Supratek
Tiny Australian manufacturer of high end valve amplification. Official homepage.
Supravox
French manufacturer of loudspeaker drivers, also sells kits and a few fully built horn models. Official homepage.
Distributed in Austria, Germany and Switzerland by Audio Consulting, in China, Hong Kong and Macau by Draw East Audio & Video Trading, in Italy by Mantra Sound, in Russia by Nikitsky 12, in South Korea by Marshall Electronics, in Taiwan by Neo-Hedonism Sound & Trading and in the USA by Bob Mandeville.
Supravox, 9 route de Tours, 37150 Bléré, France.
Tel : +33 (0) 2 47 23 55 44. Fax : +33 (0) 2 47 23 5039. E-mail : info at supravox.fr.
Swan Speaker
US based company but with manufacturing in China, makes a wide range of speakers, speaker kits and drivers from multimedia sets to high end units sold under the Dulcet brand. Official homepage. Dulcet homepage
Swans Speaker Systems, Inc., 2550 Corporate Place, Suite C103, Monterey Park, CA 91754, USA.
Phone : +(323) 881 0606. Fax : +(323) 881 0957. Email : yao at swanspeaker.com.
Swedish Audio Technology See --> Primare (Current), Bladelius Design (up to 2004)
Swiss Audio Technology
Company based in Switzerland that manufacturers high end loudspeakers under the Jean Maurer brand and valve amplification under the Lectron brand. Official homepage.
Symetrix
USA based manufacturer of professional audio products for the recording and sound reinforcement markets. Official homepage.
Distributed in Greece by Nick J. Laios, in Iceland by Pfaff and in Romania by Stage Expert.
Symphonic Line
German high end manufacturer with an big line-up of mostly analogue products. Official homepage.
Distributed in the USA by Odyssey.
Symposium Acoustics
US based manufacturer of isolation platforms, racks and couplers etc.. Official homepage.
Symposium Acoustics. Phone : +973 616 4787. Fax : +973 616 7848. Email : info at symposiumusa.com
Distributed in Grecce by Aquarius Hi-Fi, in France by Elite Diffusion, in Hong Kong by Sound Concepts, in Singapore by Electrades, in South Korea by Audio Gallery and in Switzerland by Audio Art
Synergy See --> Audio Partnership
Synergistic Research
US based cable manufacturer. Official homepage.
Distributed in France by Elite Diffusion, in Norway by RuBe and in the UK by The Audiophile Club
Syn Factory
Italian manufacturer of lifestyle loudspeakers sold under the U-Vola brand. Official homepage. U-Vola homepage.
Distributed in Switzerland by Timeless Products.
Syn Factory SRL, Via Del fabbro, 9 (Zona Art ), Gemona Del Friulli (UD), Italy 33013.
Tel : +39 0432 972362. Fax : +39 0432 972684. E-mail :info at u-vola.com.
Synthesis
Italian manufacturer of valve and "normally aspirated" high end audio and loudspeakers. Official homepage.
Distributed in Germany by Envouge 24, in Iceland by Rafgrein, in Malaysia by Tong Lee and in Norway Audioaktøren.
Syntronic Instruments See --> Alumapro
System Audio
Danish loudspeaker company. Official homepage.
S5 Electronics
USA based kit manufacturer. Official homepage.
S-5 Electronics, 1625 E. Twin Acres Dr., Chandler, AZ 85246, USA
Tel +480 895 2521.
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