reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message electrocompaniet type privately held company industry consumer electronics founded 1973 by per abrahamsen and svein erik b rja headquarters tau norway key people mikal dreggevik ceo products hi fi and loudspeakers slogan if music really matters website www.electrocompaniet.com electrocompaniet is a norwegian manufacturer of high end audio products . their philosophy of the perfect sound has been controversial over their 40 years of history . they base their ideal sound not on technical measurements and theory but rather on getting a sound most true to the live listening experience . their amplifiers have been used in several recording studios including michael jackson and abbey road studios . contents 1 history 2 notable products 2.1 the 2 channel audio power amplifier 2.2 nemo aw 600 monaural class a reference amplifier 2.3 emc 1 cd player 2.4 ecg 1 turntable 3 references history edit electrocompaniet was established in 1973 by per abrahamsen and svein erik b rja . their idea was to create a transistor amplifier that did not sound as bad as the transistor amplifiers did at the time . they based the circuits on research done by finnish dr. matti otala of tampere university of technology . the finished product was a 25 watt power amplifier named the 2 channel audio power amplifier it was also called the otala amplifier . they continued development on the product . and in 1976 the worlds biggest hifi magazine at the time the audio critic magazine reviewed the amplifier and wrote audio freaks eat your hearts out . this is the world s best sounding amplifier . and in 1991 michael jackson s producer bruce swedien was contacted by nils bjarne kvam one of the biggest producers in norway at the time and he told him about the amplifiers of electrocompaniet and swedien started getting interested . the amplifier was packed and shipped to the us in september 1991 . bruce was busy at the time since he was working with the last mix to jackson s dangerous . he loved the amplifiers and wanted to use it on the album but the album was almost done and he would then have to remaster it all over again since the difference was so big . swedien was ready to use the amplifiers on the next albums . he used it for the first time with sergio mendez and when he walked in the recording studio with jackson in january 1995 he really started using them . the next two albums history and invincible was mastered with the amplifiers and both albums thanked electrocompaniet with special thanks to electrocompaniet with logo on its covers . citation needed in 2004 the company went bankrupt but in 2007 the company was bought up by norwegian company west control and got a new ceo mikal dregggevik . all production was moved to tau near stavanger . today they are represented in over 50 countries worldwide . notable products edit the 2 channel audio power amplifier edit the 2 channel audio power amplifier was the first amplifier electrocompaniet produced . it was a 2x25 watt stereo power amplifier based on the works of dr matti otala on tim free tansistor design . it has been updated and re produced several times . since it was only 2x25 watt electrocompaniet designed bigger amplifiers with more wattage but with the same sound characteristics . nemo aw 600 monaural class a reference amplifier edit the aw600 nemo monaural class a reference amplifier by electrocompaniet is used in listening and reference studios across the world . it is often coupled with the bowers & wilkins nautilus reference and the 800 diamond series loudspeakers . electrocompaniet clearly made this amplifier to be a match with the nautilus loudspeakers . according to whom at the time of realisation for nautilus there were few power amplifiers capable of delivering the power that they required . electrocompaniet named their new mono amplifier after nemo the fictional captain of the nautilus submarine from the jules verne novel twenty thousand leagues under the sea . nemo was at some point and still might be at use in abbey road studios . the nemo has collected rave reviews from among others stereophile usa and haute fidelite france . at 1 600 watts in 8 ohms pure class a it is among the most powerful high end amplifiers in existence and should be able to run most hi fi speakers produced . emc 1 cd player edit in 1998 electrocompaniet produced one of the best cd players in the world regardless of price range the emc 1 . since then electrocompaniet has produced several updates of the emc . the one that is current in production is the emc 1 up mkiii.the mkiii features 24 bit upsampling sacd electromechanical cancellation system fully balanced d a converter separate transformers and pcb s. ecg 1 turntable edit late 2014 2015 electrocompaniet developed their first turntable ever after years of requests from customers and distributors . the turntable uses a jelco tonearm and a custom made cartridge by pick up manufacturer soundsmith . the plinth is made of three layers consisting of two layers acrylic and one aluminum layer in the middle . this so called sandwich construction isolate the plinth from vibrations and resonance . to keep all noise to a minimum the motor is completely isolated from the plinth so as little as possible disturbance from the motor will reach the pickup . it has a motorcontroll that can play 33 1 3 45 and 78 rpm records . references edit http www.electrocompaniet.com http www.electrocompaniet.no files reviews 2014 jun aw250 digithall.pdf http www.stereophile.com solidpoweramps 300electro http www.aftenbladet.no kultur special thanks to electrocompaniet 2704675.html http www.abrahamsenaudio.no swedien abrahamsen.asp en retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title electrocompaniet & oldid 715865165 categories loudspeaker 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