phillip swift headquarters huntingdon england area served worldwide key people bernard chang products hifi systems cd players dvd players owner phillip swift 1983 1998 mclaren technology group 1989 2004 international audio group 2004 website www.audiolab.co.uk audiolab is a british manufacturer of audio equipment . it specializes in affordable systems and has a range of stereo and surround sound systems . during its ownership under mclaren group it was named tagmclaren audio . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit audiolab was founded by philip swift and derek scotland in 1983 . they met as students of imperial college and shared a common frustration of the high cost of hi fi equipment and the difficulty of use . the first product was the 8000a integrated amplifier followed by the 8000c preamplifier the 8000p power amplifier and 8000m mono blocks . as the company grew they developed new products including cd players transports radio tuners and digital to analog converters . audiolab was taken over by tag mclaren in 1998 . 1 the tag mclaren audio enterprise suffered adversely from the economic slump in the early 2000s and announced that it ceased development in mid 2003 2 followed by a strategic review . the audio operations were eventually sold to the international audio group headquartered in shenzhen china 3 which owns other hi fi manufacturers such as quad mission wharfedale and castle acoustics . it wasn t until 2005 that audiolab re emerged under the leadership of designer nick clarke no longer with audiolab with a whole new range of equipment . audiolab has recently unveiled a new range of audio components that have been badged the 8200 series as opposed to the traditional 8000 series . in addition to adding a larger monoblock amplifier the 8200mb the new digital components also accept digital input from computers and other digital sources . the 8200cd is the first to be unveiled followed by the 8200cdq which was also announced at the 2010 hi end show in munich germany . 4 the new 8200 series digital products have been designed by john westlake aside from the 8200 av . audiolab was sold as camtech in the germany and netherlands . awards edit audiolab 8200cd player designed by john westlake product of the year 2010 by what hi fi sound and vision magazine . 5 the audiolab 8200cd won the same product of the year award for cd players from what hi fi sound and vision in 2011 and 2012 . the audiolab mdac won product of the year for dacs digital to analogue converters in the same 2011 what hi fi sound and vision awards . references edit http www.stereophile.com news 10060 http www.digitaltrends.com home theater tag mclaren audio ceases development http stereophile.com news 033104tag http www.computeraudiophile.com content new product news chord and audiolab http awards.whathifi.com winners cd players 2010 external links edit official audiolab website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title audiolab & oldid 661443368 categories audio amplifier manufacturerscompact disc player manufacturersaudio equipment manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 8 may 2015 at 17 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view