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I think we would all be surprised if we knew who made what? I know that ATI makes B&K, Onkyo owns Pioneer and Emovita owns Carver. What else is there?
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"...at this point, what difference does it make?"
Emotiva does not own Carver - never did. For a very short time Bob Carver was considering partnering up with Emotiva to produce tube amps here in the USA, but the press release was premature and Bob Carver shut the deal down after he found out what "Big Dan" Laufenberg (Emotiva) was up to.
McIntosh was once owned by D&M holdings and was in turn sold to the Italian group Fine Sounds, who acquired ARC shortly after. AFAIK, D&M Holdings never owned ARC.
http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=mug&m=199147
You quote a three year old thread that was not even factual when it was initially posted.Emotiva prematurely issued a press release (which was parroted by Stereophile) that announced their acquisition of Carver, much to the consternation of Bob Carver. As I understand it, Emotiva wanted to produce tube amplifiers here in the USA under the Carver name. Bob Carver nixed the entire scheme once he understood what Emotiva was up to.
The details remain sketchy (at least to me) but as I understand it Bob was concerned that Emotiva wanted to use (steal?) his designs and his name but did not want to allow him to have any control over the products which bore his name.
If somebody out there has proof otherwise please correct me and I will humbly apologize to everyone concerned.
Edits: 04/29/16
When I called them to get info on B&K the "guy" that was there referred me to another guy in Long Island.
I really hope I'm wrong, because both ATI and B&K were great companies.
ATI, Audioaccess, BGW, B&K, Theta Digital
LOL At least two of those are dead.
Dad Inc...a wholly owned subsidiary of Mom Inc.
"It's all fun and games until someone doesn't pick up on the sarcasm"
In relation to the gear i own:
Audio Note(UK): Peter Qvortrup
Fi Audio: Don Garber
Blue Circle Audio: Gilbert Yeung
DeHavilland Electric Amplifier Co: Kara Caffee?
Donald North Audio: Donald North
Ultra-Fi: Larry Moore
Tonian Acoustics: Tony Meniasan
Crimson Products Ltd: Peter Moore
That's Kara Chaffee at deHavilland.
Thanks. Writing too fast is my problem. I just didn't know if Kara had investors behind her.
I've had a UV3 of hers for at least 10 years. I've had some changes made to it, but nothing radical. It drives all my SET and PP amps with great beauty.
If i'm not mistaken that sale was very short lived.
From Wikipedia:
"In 2008, Audio Research was acquired by Fine Sounds SpA, a subsidiary of Italian private equity fund Quadrivio, which also owns several other highly esteemed high-end audio companies, including McIntosh, Sonus Faber, Wadia, and Sumiko."
So far, this situation seems quite benign for all concerned.
No doubt that many non-audio/video conglomerates owns these companies.
This is very similar to who's on 1st ?
The "B&K" mentioned in the OP is not the same company as "Brüel & Kjær", which is commonly referred to as "B&K". Audio pros know this, but others often don't.
:)
Brüel & Kjaer also have spun off there recording/audio mic business as DPA (Danish Pro Audio) about 20 years ago.
Since then B&K is specialising in vibration and noise measurement for industry and science.
Yeah, their now-vintage 4133, 4135, etc. mics were pretty amazing. You may know that the Grateful Dead used B&K mics with John Curl's differential summing amps for vocals in the "wall of sound" PA system. I don't remember how or why the technology was sold (licensed?) to DPA, but I suspect that B&K just didn't want to get into the studio/concert hall microphone biz.
Then along came Earthworks, and there's as much, um, polarization among advocates of each as there is between the Capulets and the Montagues.
:)
As far as I remember DPA came about as a departmental management buy out.
B&K wanted to get rid of their regular mic business and a few employees bought that department.
DPA is still making some old 40xx series B&Ks .
Owns QUAD, Wharfedale, Mission, Tag McLaren, Castle Acoustics and Audiolab.
...Luxman and Ekco. Additionally IAG have two companies serving the pro market called Wharfedale Pro and Quad Industrial.
Harmon owns JBL, AKG, Brooke Siren (BSS), Crown, dBX, Lexicon, Soundcraft, Studer, and maybe more.
Edits: 04/27/16
Harman, with an "a", not Harmon, with an "o".
My bad. Never did excel at spelling.
I do excel at spelling, and believe me, it's a curse in this two-thumbs typing world. lol
comma splices. :)
Look, don't get me started on my limited and often mis-used punctuation so-called skills.
:)
Harmon also owns Mark Levinson & Revel
Naim and JM Labs/Focal are one company
McIntosh & ARC are owned by a Japanese parent
Happy Listening
are now owned by a French investment firm Naxicap Partners and Aquasourça.
McIntosh & ARC are owned by a Japanese parent
both of them along with a couple other companies have Italian management with a French owned company!
Fine Sounds Group
McIntosh (along with Denon, Marantz, Boston, and Snell) are actually owned by D&M Holdings, a Japanese Corporation.
D&M Holdings is in turn owned by Bain Capital, Mitt Romney's old company.
I see that Fine Sounds (the Italian Company) also claims McIntosh....?
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http://www.theaudiobeat.com/news/fine_sounds_group.htmhttp://www.finesoundsgroup.com/en-us/brands
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Edits: 04/27/16
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