I was reflecting this morning that the UK really is blessed when it comes to Hi Fi manufacturers. Of course we have our favorite, Naimš. But then Linn, Cambridge Audio, Meridian, Fyne, Exposure, Atlas, and many more I am sure forum members can mention.
However one thought that occurred is that I canāt think of one that is based in the midlands. Scotland, West Country, South yes,but not the industrial heartland!
Looking forward to being proven wrong can anybody think of a hi fi manufacturer based in the midlands?
Iām not sure it counts as the Midlands, but as itās south of Scotland but not Southern England, the North East has a couple of decent speaker manufacurers, Kudos and Neat. Then thereās Wilson Benesch in Sheffield.
Sugden are in Yorkshire, tooā¦and Wharfedale, obviously!
Agree midlands is rather amorphous, but there are several manufacturers in the south midland area in Cambridgeshire; dCS and Cyrus are two that spring to mind.
Iāve found one! Warwick Acoustics who make some interesting electrostatic headphones. Slightly embarrassed to admit they are based at the same technology park I work from (it is a big place)
Once we are back working on site I shall have to pop over and say hello.
Well Arcam and Quad are all part of that cluster. Though having grown up in the Midlands, I never thpught of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon as Midlands.
Well you when you leave East Angliaā¦ the trunk road signs point over to that area as part of the Midlandsā¦ I guess Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire (ie fen land) are part of the East Midlandsā¦ I couldnāt find a manufacturer in Lincolnshireā¦ the only references to Boston are to the US variant.
I will be very surprised if anyone has heard of Lincs Audio. Must have been around late 1970s.
A very short lived loudspeaker manufacturer based in a small village near Spalding , Lincs. From memory they made a small LS3/5a sized one and a Spendor BC1 sized one , called Lincs Audio Intro 1J , which i bought direct from them and owned for a few years.