the caretaker
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+1 for LFD just fab.LFD Audio
+1 for LFD just fab.LFD Audio
Some of the Fyne speakers are made In Asia, mostly their entry level ones.Fyne Audio, I think also.
Malaysian ownedExposure, I think.
Some of the Fyne speakers are made In Asia, mostly their entry level ones.
Brands from the other thread:
Onix DNA
I don't know if they are all true British but it makes more sense then 100 posts with one or two names IMO.
The OP was about ownership of the company though, not place of manufacture. A lot of British manufacturers have cabinets or casework made elsewhere, and of course most electronic components are imported if you want to get right down to details.Some of the Fyne speakers are made In Asia, mostly their entry level ones.
Sugden : their electrolytic capacitors are Chinese in most of their amplifiers nowadays but eh, we are in 2021 !Of course, as many posts have touched on, we'd need to agree on what "still and truly British" means. It could be some combination of
It's either complicated or, no offence to the OP, a meaningless concept.
- does it matter where are they headquartered?
- does it matter where their products are (final-)assembled?
- does it matter whether most of their components are British?
- does it matter whether they are privately owned (and if so, the nationality of their majority owners) or a PLC (shareholders may be transient/anywhere)?
- if a division of something bigger, does that automatically make them "un-British"? Or if they are an autonomous division of something overseas-HQ'd does that maybe count?
Most hifi equipment relies on a huge number of components which are imported, whether DAC chips, speaker drivers, cases, or whatever. Let me list a few "British" favourites, all preceded by AFAIK and followed by a question mark:
ProAc: Scandinavian drivers assembled in Britain into British made cabinets by an independent British-owned company
ATC: British drivers assembled in Britain into British made cabinets by an independent British-owned company
Sugden: feels quintessentially British (owned, assembled) but no idea where the components come from
Music First Audio: British-wound transformers assembled in Britain
dCS: not sure about components or cases but... British owned, HQ'd, assembling in Britain
Arcam: formerly British in most senses, then acquired by US company (for IMHO their product hay day) and now owned by Harman-Kardon
ATC?
Audio Note UK
Acoustic Energy is Malaysian owned nowadays. Had been for about the last decade, iirc.Acoustic energy.
Don’t MA own Roksan now?
Interesting as their website says they are British owned again.Acoustic Energy is Malaysian owned nowadays. Had been for about the last decade, iirc.
...and your brakes, saddle, shifters, grips, handlebar, seat-post, spokes, rims, crank and so on...My old Raleigh bicycle is 100% British.
But perhaps not.
Those new tres were probably made in China or Taiwan...
Why do you ask oh hewhowasborninthe UK?From an ownership standpoint, with Bowers & Wilkins being American; Audiolab, Wharfedale and Quad being Chinese and Naim being French, what's left?
My first thoughts are Linn, Rega and Harbeth. Well, some might say Linn is Scottish but...
If they’re British owned again, then that’s great. I hope Neil Truckell is still there, he’s been their driving force for years.Interesting as their website says they are British owned again.