Bob Carver LLC USA based manufacturer of valve based amplification and line source loudspeakers, company originally founded in March 2011. Distribution: In Turkey by SSD Ses Homepage:http://www.bobcarver.com . Bob Carver LLC, 157 Venture Court, Suite 12, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, USA. Tel: +1 859 258 9794. Fax: +1 859 258 2150. E-Mail: info )at( bobcarver.com
Bodnar Audio Polish manufacturer of high end loudspeakers designed around a single full range driver. Distribution: In the UK by Fidelity Art Homepage:http://www.bodnaraudio.com . Bodnar Audio, ul. Obroki 130, 40-866 Katowice, Poland. Tel: +48 501 236 412. info %%at bodnaraudio.com
Bodyguardz (Protective skins and cases for media players) See --> NLU Products
Boland Acoustics Company founded by Peter R. Boland in or around 1987 in the town of Waihi in New Zealand to manufacture loudspeakers. The company was one of a few small start-up audio companies that mostly made loudspeakers and related paraphernalia that got founded in the Waikato region after a large Pye/Philips plant closed down in 1986 leaving the area ripe with unemployed loudspeaker specialists, in fact the Boland Acoustics company purchased some tooling and assets from that plant. The only products we have seen from the company were the BX series of standmount speakers, these were very similar in external and internal design as British speakers had been a few years earlier, but we have heard of bookshelf and large high end models from the company as well.
The company stopped manufacturing speakers in 1998 when the owner suffered a serious a health problem, but after Mr. Boland recovered he continued the operation of the company but on a smaller scale with no serial manufacture of speakers, but the they do make custom designs and repair loudspeakers and drive units including models from other manufacturers, and have specialist knowledge and parts for the repairs of products from other NZ speaker manufacturers. Not to be confused with USA based video equipment manufacturer Boland Communications. Homepage: http://www.boland.co.nz. Boland Acoustics, 48 Bradford St., Waihi 3610, New Zealand. Tel: +(07) 863 6956. E-Mail: peter (at) boland.co.nz.
Bolder Cable Co. (Cables and DAC upgrades) See --> Wayne Waananen
Bottlehead US based maker of valve amplifier kits. Homepage:http://www.bottlehead.com. Bottlehead Corp., PO Box 2786, Poulsbo, WA 98370, USA Tel: +(360) 662-1386. Fax: +(360) 662-1387. Email: bottlehead at bottlehead.com
UK based company that normally trades as simply B&W and makes some really good loudspeakers + a line of headphones as well. Occupies the whole spectrum from fairly cheap speakers to outrageously priced monitors intended for classical recording studios. Originally started as hi-fi store in Worthing in the late 40's, the company started making loudspeakers in 1966 and has been in the front line of English audio manufacturers ever since. Homepage:http://www.bwspeakers.com. Distributed in the Czech Republic by Eurostrar Ostrava, in Cyprus by Modestou Sound & Vision, in Denmark, Norway and Sweden by Audionord, in France by B&W France, in Holland by B & W Loudspeakers Nederland, in Hungary by Annex Trading, in Macedonia by D. T. Kodi, in Malaysia by The Experts Group Malaysia, in Poland by Audio Klan, in Singapore by The Experts Group, in South Africa by Audio Tronic, in the UAE by Archimedia, in Vietnam by Dong Thanh and in Yugoslavia by Korato.
Box Furniture Co. (Racks & platforms) See --> Anthony Abbate