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Ian Edwards
British furniture manufacturer, traditionally best known for their media housing but has recently turned their attention to hi-fi furniture as well. -- Official homepage.
Ian Edwards, The Old Chapel, 282 Skipton Road, Harrorgate, North Yorkshire HG1 3HE, England.
Tel : +01423 500442. Fax : 01423 705200..
ICL See --> Softtone
Icon Audio
British manufacturer of valve amplification. -- Official homepage.
Iconic Manufactuiring Co.
USA based loudspeaker manufacturer. -- Official homepage.
ICOS
French high end maker of speakers, amplification and CD players. -- Official homepage.
IDS
Small USA based high end loudspeaker manufacturer run by Roger Russell an ex-McIntosh director of acoustical research, perhaps not surprisingly the IDS speaker is an tower array with an equaliser for the low end not dissimilar to the Mac towers that were in fact designed by the same Mr. Russell. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : Worldwide distribution by Haig Audio
Ieeshen Optical Electronic Corp. See --> Yoshi Mori Enterprise
Igor Levin
California, USA based gent that trades using the Antelope Audio brand, manufactures mid/high end and professional DAC's and master clock units with fabrication in China. Mr. Levin used to own and run a company called Aardvark Computer Systems that disappeared in 2003 but he pops up in 2004 showing mockups of products and a logo that showed a great resemblence to those of his previous company. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : Worldwide distribution by Elektrosfera Ltd., local distribution in Monaco by Sound Galleries
Tel: +1 415 869 9661. Fax: +1 415 520 0954.
Ikeda Sound Labs
Japanese manufacturer of pickups and tonearms, founded in 1984 by Ikeda-san formerly of Fidelity Research, no homepage and word has reached us that he is slowly winding production of tonearms down but pickup production and service carries on, no homepage but more info can be had on the web site of the FR Fan Club (In Japanese).
Distribution : In North America handled by Tangram Audio, in Switzerland by Schopper and in Russia by Nikitsky 12
Illbruck Acoustic (Acoustic insulation and control) See --> Pinta Acoustic
Illusion Audio
USA based manufacturer of drivers and other car audio loudspekar parts. -- Official homepage.
Worldwide distribution handled by Audio Group.
Image
A loudspeaker manufacturer based in New Zealand, company originally founded in 1968 as Monitor Acoustics but changed its name to the current one in 1990. -- Official homepage. - Alternative homepage
Image Loudspeakers Ltd., 21 Eric Paton Way, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand.
Tel : +64 9 5708090. Fax : +64 9 5206229. Email : info at imageloudspeakers.com.
Image (DVD Players) See --> Himage
Imation
US based blank media manufacturer, took over the media manufacture of the 3M company and for a while used the Scotch brandname but that has been phased out in favour of the company's own name. -- Official homepage.
Imerge
British manufacturer of media servers. -- Official homepage.
Distributed in the Middle East by VTI Marketing, in Austria by Audio Tuning, in Belgium by New Invor, in Croatia by Ascomm, in the Czech Republic by Oxygene, in Denmark by LB Radio, in Finland by Solito, in France by Vity Technology, in Germany by Audio Network, in Greece by Adamco, in Hungary by Infoscreen, in Ireland by Zebra Distribution, in Italy by Definitive Audio, in Norway by NCMS, in Poland by Rhythmica, in Portugal by Luz e Som, in Russia by Russian Game, in Spain by Smart Business, in South Africa by Homemation and in Switzerland by Genesis Technologies
Immedia See --> Immedia (Distribution) & Spiral Groove (Turntables)
Immutable Music
Makes high end phono pickups using the Transfiguration brand, run by designer Seiji Yoshioka.
Distrubuted in Australia and New Zealand by Reference Audio Visual, in Malaysia by Wisma Audio, in Italy by Suono E Communicazione, in Singapore by Audio Note Singapore, in the UK by Audio Reference and in the USA by Profundo.
In-akustik
German manufacturer of cables and interconnects, also a record label (see : In-Akustik), their cable products are distributed in some markets under the Monitor brandname. -- Official homepage.
Distributed in Austria by Felix Durdik, in Belgium by Audio Acces, in Canada by H. Roy Gray, in Cyprus by Teletron, in the Czech Republic by Eurostrar Ostrava, in Denmark by Audiophil ApS, in Greece by Kinotechniki, in Holland by Heijmans Sound & Vision, in Hong Kong by Wellwick Audio, in Hungary by A.I.D.A Audio, in Iran by Jam Corporation, in Israel by Audio and Acoustics, in Italy by HFI, in Japan by Tosy Corp, in South Korea by Sovico Corp, in Latvia by Gennady Zelenkovets, in Lebanon by Hi-Fi Store Est., in Lithuania by Audio Componentai, in Poland by Audio Components, in Portugal by Del Audio, in Romania by Luxacoustica, in Russia by Esoterica, in Spain by Gastel Fabrique Direct, in Switzerland by Elconex, in Taiwan by New Best, in Thailand by Piyanas Electrics, in Turkey by FES Elektronik Aletler and in the UK by Wienerworld.
Indiana Line (Loudspeakers) See --> Coral Electronic
Induction Dynamics
USA based company that trades using the SolidDrive brand, manufactures transducers that can turn any hard surface into a loudspeaker, since the response of the transducer differs according to the surface that is used with them the company also sells EQ modules to shape the signal to the surface and some products that are based on the transducers such as outdoor loudspeakers and subwoofers. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In the UK by Audiobility
Induction Dynamics, 8650 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS 66210, USA.
Tel: +1 866 663 9770. Fax: +1 913 663 9790.
Infinity
USA based loudspeaker manufacturer, makes both home hi-fi & AV speakers and automotive speakers, their current line-up has been getting rave reviews BTW. The company is currently a part of the Harman International group but was originally founded in 1968 by Arnie Nudell as Infinity Systems and during the 70's and 80's produced a wider range of audio products and we have minimal info on The Infinity Airbearing Turntable, the Infinity ME10D and the Infinity Tonearms archived here. -- Official homepage.
Distributed in Canada by Erikson Consumer, in the Cayman Islands by Eminent Audio & Video, in Croatia by Media Audio, in Italy handled by Kenwood Italy, in Japan by Denon, in Iceland by Sjónvarpsmiðstöðin, in Macedonia by D. T. Kodi, in South Korea by Sovico Corp and in Thailand by M. I. Engineering
InFocus
Manufactures AV projectors. -- Official homepage.
Distributed in the Czech Republic by Eurostrar Ostrava, in Holland by Dimex and in Latvia by DVD Navigators.
Ingelen See --> HB Austria (Current) or Ingelen (Defunct)
Ingo Hansen Vertriebs GmbH
German manufacturer that trades under the Phonoshophie brand and has an unusually full line of mid to high end separates, loudspeakers and accessories, the company also has a storefront in Hamburg called Klangstudio Lurup. -- Official homepage.
Distribution : In the UK by Überphon
I. Hansen Vertriebs GmbH, Luruper Hauptstrasse 204, D - 22547 Hamburg, Germany.
Tel: +49 (0)40 83 70 77. Fax: +49 (0)40 83 70 84.
Inkel See --> Etronics
Inmark Industrial
Chinese manufacturer of blank media and accesories, also known as YMC Cassette Industrial. -- Official homepage.
Innersound
USA based manufacturer of high end loudspeakers and amplifiers, the speakers are hybrid electrostatic designs NB. -- Official homepage.
Innersound LLC, 2400 Central Ave. Suite L, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA.
Tel: +1 720 210 1925. Fax: +1 303 413 10881. Email : info at innersound.net.
Distributed in Hungary by Limited Edition Audio.
Inovadis
French manufacturer of mid and high end audio products, manufactures loudspeakers under the Highland Audio brand, seperates including amplifiers and CD players under the Carat brand, hi-fi and AV furniture, stands and cables under the Norstone brand and screens for use with home theatre projectors under the Lumene name. -- Official homepage. -- Highland Audio homepage -- Carat homepage -- Norstone homepage -- Lumene homepage
Distribution : All Inovadis products are distributed in France by DEA International. Highland Audio products are distributed in Argentina by Star Audio, in Poland by Audio System and in South Korea by Chess Audio.Norstone products are distributed in Finland by Concept Hi-Fi. Lumene : products are distributed in Greece by Acoustic Design
Inovadis, 314 rue Milliez - ZA des nations, 94506 Champigny cedex, France.
Tel : +33 1 55 09 18 30. Fax : +33 1 55 09 15 31. E-Mail : info at inovadis.com
Integra Research See --> Denki Onkyo
Integrity Research & Development (IRD)
A manufacturer of high end audio components based in Thailand, acts mainly as an OEM but also sells products directly to punters under their own name and then often a quite good value. -- Official homepage. - Alternative homepage
Integrity Research and Development Company Ltd., 5/11 Moo 1, Soi Phetkasaem 63, Phetkasaem Road, Laksong, Bangkhae, Bangkok, 10160 Thailand
Tel : +66 2 801 7608. Fax : +66 2 801 7408. E-Mail : sales at ird-thailand.com.
Inter-M
Korean manufacturer of professional and semi-professional audio. -- Official homepage.
Intermedia
Japanese manufacturer of blank optical media. -- Official homepage.
International Audio Group (IAG)
Chinese conglomerate that that manufactures home hi-fi & AV products under the Audiolab, Mission, Quad and Wharfedale brands, makes professional audio products includding PA and DJ products under the Wharfedale Pro, Mission Pro, Quad Industrial and Wharfedale Systems brands, lightning products and DJ oriented audio products under the COEF, FAL and Apogee Lighting brandnames. The company was originally founded by brothers Bernard and Michael Chang in the 1980's as an importer of professional audio products and was then called Sanecore, but after it started manufacturing its own products they renamed the company IAG and have in the last decade acquired a large number of well known Western audio manufacturers and brands, in particular in the UK and Italy and moved most of the manufacturing to China. They have however, unlike much of their Western counterparts BTW, kept the original R&D setups for each of the company they bought in the countries of origin rather than operate the brands as purely sticker operations. The company bought the TAG McLaren company in early 2005 but that did not include the rights to the name so older TAG products where re-introduced using the Audiolab brand, the Huntingdon office of IAG does however handle the servicing of older TAG products. Bought the assets of bankrupt Symphonix in June 2005 and bought the rights to the Mission brand from NXT in the same month and the rights to Castle Acoustics a year or so later. IAG also owns the rights to brands such as Leak and Airedale but appears not to be using them in the West at the moment, these brands are used by the company in the Japanese and some other Asian markets. -- Official homepage. - Apogee Lighting - Audiolab homepage - COEF homepage - FAL homepage - Mission homepage - Mission Professional - Quad homepage - Quad Industrial homepage - Wharfedale homepage - Wharfedale Pro Homepage.
Audiolab products are distributed in Belarus by Medium, in Denmark by Hi-Fi Freaks and in North America by Planet of Sound Hifi. Castle products are distributed in Canada by Planet of Sound Hifi. Mission hi-fi products are distributed in Belarus by Medium, in Belgium by Belram, in Holland by TES Audio, in Italy by Eurosound, in North America by Denon, in the Phillipines by Designer's Collection Marketing, in Poland by Audio System, in Romania by Lotus Telecom, in Sweden by Ljudtema and in Switzerland by Koenig Apparate AG.. Quad home hi-fi products are distributed in Belarus by Medium, in Germany by Quad Musikwidergabe, in Iceland by Rafgrein, in New Zealand by Denco Audio, in Romania by Hi-Fi Expert and in the USA by Taiga. Wharfedale : Both pro and consumer lines are distributed in the Czech Republic by RP Audio, while hi-fi and AV products are distributed in Belarus by Medium, Italy by Eurosound, in Latvia by DVD Navigators, in Poland by Horn Distribution and in Switzerland by Fidelity Sound. Wharfedale Pro products are distributed in France by Algam.
Authorised Quad repair centres : George Merrill's Analog Emporium (USA - Memphis, TN)
International Audio Group, R. 2910, Press Building, Shennan Rd C., Shenzhen, China 518027
IAG America, Inc., 8440 154th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98052, USA.
Tel : +1 425 861 3909. Fax : +1 425 861 3906.
IAG UK, IAG House, Sovereign Court, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire,PE29 6XU, England.
IAG Germany, IAG (Deutschland) GmbH, Johann-Georg-Halske-Str. 11, 41352 Korschenbroich.
IAG Australia Pty. Ltd., Unit 30, 398 The Boulevarde, Kirrawee, NSW 2232.
IAG Hong Kong, Rm 2606, 26/F, ING Tower, 308 Des Voeux Road C., Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
IAG Macao Commercial Offshore Ltd, Suite 1209, Macao Landmark, 555 Avenida Da Amizade, Macao, China.
Interstudio
UK maker of CD test disks and related stuff. -- Official homepage.
Intertan Canada Ltd.
This company was formed in 1986 as Radio Shack Canada to run the Radio Shack stores outside of the USA, in 1997 TRS sold off much much of the stores they had outside of the Americas leaving Intertan with presence only in Canada and later that year TRS actually sold off their stake in Intertan but by that time less than 10% of the goods sold by Intertan originated from Tandy Radio Shack. In 2004 the company was taken ower by Circuit City of the USA for 284m USD and the RS stores where re-branded as The Source by Circuit City, the Rogers Wireless stores where rebranded Rogers Plus, and the Rogers Wireless, The Communications' Store Express rebranded G-Wiz, in addition the company runs the Battery Plus stores. Intertan has the ownership and/or licenseing agreements to some of brandnames that used to belong to Radio shack and you may find products in their stores that feature that branding in addition they have a number of private labels. -- Official homepage. - The Source homepage
Intertechnik
German manufacturer of loudspker kits and suchlike, also sells a huge range of speaker parts and manufacture related products such as coils etc. -- Official homepage.
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Intimidation
UK based manufacturer of mixers for DJ and club use, also distribute Reloop turntables locally. -- Official homepage.
In-Young
Taiwanese manufacturer of sound reinforcement products such as power amplifiers and microphones, also has a line of AV amplifiers. -- Official homepage.
In-Young Electronics, No. 9, Lane 87, Shingshian St., Wujin, Taichung Hsien, Taiwan.
Tel : +886 4 23365128. Fax : +886 4 23380203. Email : trader at in-young.com.tw
Ion See --> Numark
IRD See --> Integrity Research & Development
iRiver See --> ReignCom
Iron Works
US based maker of stands and other hi-fi furniture. -- Official homepage.
Isem Audio
French company that manufactures high end seperates. -- Official homepage.
ISEM-audio, 170, Avenue Jean Jaurès, F-90000 Belfort, France.
Tel: +3 (0)3 84 21 47 66. Fax +33 (0)3 84 28 84 66. E-Mail: contact /at/ isem-audio.com.
Isoclean See --> TRC Development
Isol-8 See --> Triology Audio Systems
Isophon See --> Isophon (Loudspeakers) - Isophon (Loudspeaker Drivers), Isophon (1929 to 1985)
Isotek See --> Audio Power Systems
i-Station See --> Digital Cube
ITOK Media Ltd.
Hong Kong based company that manufactures high end Class-T amplifiers and other digital audio products, normally trades using the Trends Audio brandname. -- Official homepage.
ITOK Media Limited, Rm1011-12, 10/F., Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Tel : +852 2304 0730. Fax : +852 2566 5740. Email : sales at trendsaudio.com or support at trendsaudio.com.
Itone Audio
USA based loudspeaker manufacturer that sells their products under the VMPS brand (which stands for Veritone Minimum Phase Speakers), some of their models feature ribbon leaf midrange drivers. -- Official homepage.
Itone Audio, 3429 Morningside Drive, El Sobrante, California, USA.
Tel :+510 222 4276..
Ivedia
A manufacturer of loudspeaker drivers, also makes some specialised fully built speakers and subwoofers. Formerly known as C37 Sound Systems. -- Official homepage.
IVEDIA, Innweg 3, A-6170 Zirl, Austria.
Tel : +43 (0) 5238 570 50. Fax : +43 (0) 5238 570 60. E-mail : info at ivedia.com
IXOS
British manufacturer of audio and video cables, interconnects and audio accessories. Also make headphones under the Ministry of Sound brand (other MOS products are made by Alba). -- Official homepage.
Distributed in Bulgaria by Top Audio Video Design, in New Zealand by Pudney & Lee, in Poland by Trimex, in Romania by Lotus Telecom, in Singapore by Eighteen 77 and in Sweden by HiFi Agenten.
i2i See --> Aerielle
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