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The Profiles
| Manufacturer | We Said... |
|---|---|
| ADK Microphones | ADK Microphones was formed as a collaboration of musicians, producers, and sound engineers. |
| AEA Microphones | For over forty years, Wes Dooley’s passionate belief that audio production and replication is a... |
| AIWA | Aiwa is a Japanese-based consumer electronics company, founded in 1951. The company was most... |
| AKG Acoustics | Founded by Dr. Rudolf Goinke and Ernst Pless in Austria over sixty years ago, AKG has developed a... |
| Alesis | Established over twenty years ago, Alesis manufactures a full line of professional audio and... |
| AmpliVox Portable Sound Systems | Formerly Perma Power, AmpliVox Portable Sound Systems produces quality and convenient public... |
| Audio-Technica | Audio-Technica (or just A-T) says they make high-performance microphones. In reality, they make a... |
| Audix | Audix microphones are leaders within the professional audio world. The company is best known for... |
| Behringer | Behringer is a German-based audio company that makes an extensive line of gear, including mixing... |
| Beyerdynamic | Beyerdynamic is one of the best manufacturers of audio equipment in the world. |
| Blue Microphones | Blue Microphones is a young, hip microphone company that shines through with innovative and... |
| Brauner Microphones | From the genius of German engineering comes the leader of tube microphone technology. Brauner... |
| Brüel & Kjær | Brüel & Kjær (B&K or BKSV) builds an array of acoustic products including several high-end lines... |
| CAD Professional Microphones | In 1988, CTI Audio realized a demand for affordable, high-performance microphones in the growing... |
| Crown Audio | Crown Audio (or just Crown) is probably best known for their power amps, but they also have a very... |
| Cyber Acoustics | The engineers at Cyber Acoustics were at the forefront of the computer multimedia revolution in the... |
| DPA Microphones | DPA Microphones is a leading manufacturer of high quality condenser microphones and microphone... |
| Earthworks Audio | Inspired by the aspirations of its futurist founder David Blackmer to take audio experience to a... |
| Electro-Voice | In 2007, Electro-Voice celebrates 80 years of unmatched innovation in microphone design and... |
| Groove Tubes | At its heart and soul, Groove Tubes (or just GT) makes musical instrument-grade vacuum tubes. They... |
| JVC | JVC Company of America (known only in Japan as the Victor Company of Japan) is an international... |
| Koss | Koss Corporation is a U.S. based company that is mostly known for designing and manufacturing... |
| Logitech | Made with the same quality as their award-winning mice and trackballs, prices are in the sub-$50... |
| M-Audio | M-Audio, founded in 1988 as a business unit of Avid Technology, Inc., is a manufacturer that is at... |
| Manley Laboratories | Manley consists of a dedicated family of engineers and deep-thinkers. They are a bunch of people... |
| Mojave Audio | The same guy who makes Royer ribbon microphones is behind Mojave Audio. His name is David Royer... |
| MXL Microphones | MXL Microphones prides itself on their distribution of top of the line microphones at an affordable... |
| Nady Systems | In the early 70s, John Nady developed and patented a method of wireless audio transmission that set... |
| Neumann | Neumann is owned by the Sennheiser Group, but has a rich history of making great microphones. ... |
| Oktava | Oktava is a Russian microphone manufacturer whose products aren’t nearly as easy to find as Shure... |
| Olympus | Now a global and world renowned corporation with extensive research and development resources, a... |
| Panasonic | Panasonic's standards are grounded in the philosophy of company founder Konosuke Matsushita. He... |
| Plantronics | Plantronics, Inc. introduced the first lightweight communications headset in 1962 and is today the... |
| Pyle Audio | Originally, Pyle Audio was a manufacturer of car audio products and the company gained recognition... |
| Rode Microphones | Rode Microphones began as Freedman Electronics, a company that started in 1967, and went on to be a... |
| Royer Labs | Royer is a relatively new company that forges new technology onto an older microphone design. ... |
| Samson Technologies | Beginning from extremely humble roots over twenty years ago as a two-man operation designing... |
| Schoeps Microphones | In June of 1948, Schalltechnik was founded by Dr. Karl Schoeps with the help of Dr. Wilhelm... |
| Sennheiser Microphones | Sennheiser falls right behind Shure as an industry standard. Seven German scientists founded the... |
| Shure Microphones | In studio or on stage, Shure microphones are ubiquitous. Two of their mics, the Shure SM57 and... |
| Sony | Among a sea of consumer electronics, Sony has a line of microphones. Many of their mics are geared... |
| Soundwave Research Laboratories | In 2004, Soundwave Research Laboratories, Inc was established. This manufacturer produces original... |
| Yamaha | In Yamaha’s vast world of musical instruments and electronics, there are a few specialty... |