please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources ashly audio news newspapers books scholar jstor free images january 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message ashly audio inc. simplify integration type private industry professional audio genre audio equipment founded united states 1974 founder bill thompson dave malloy headquarters webster ny area served worldwide key people bill thompson co founder dave malloy co founder products audio equipment website www.ashly.com ashly audio is an american audio equipment company founded by bill thompson and dave malloy in 1974 . 1 ashly produces over 40 products including amplifiers mixers equalizers digital and analog audio processors for the recording and live sound industries . contents 1 history 1.1 1960 1976 1.2 1977 now 2 references history edit 1960 1976 edit ashly audio inc. was started as a live sound reinforcement company until the founders began producing their own equipment . the company was named after a founder larry ashley who did not continue with the company into their era of equipment production when they became a corporation in 1974 . demand for the components used in ashly s mixers caused the company to develop their equipment in a modular fashion . their first successful product came in 1976 when they developed the sc 66 stereo parametric equalizer . it was a hit and ashly changed their focus as a company toward developing modular rack gear . 1977 now edit ashly developed power amplifiers using mos fet technology . their amplifiers were the first to be approved by lucasfilms for thx certified movie theater sound systems . later developments included the ashly protea and multichannel power amplifiers . 2 references edit all about ashly audio . ashly.com . archived from the original on 24 december 2010 . retrieved 14 january 2011 . ashly audio product locator . ashly.com . archived from the original on 24 december 2010 . retrieved 14 january 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ashly audio & oldid 739254352 categories organizations established in 1974companies based in new yorkaudio equipment manufacturershidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from january 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from january 2011all articles lacking reliable referencesorphaned articles from january 2011all orphaned articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 17 02 . 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