Audio Partnership

Audio Partnership Plc was founded in 1994 by two businessmen, James Johnson-Flint and Julian Richer, the company is now solely owned by Johnson-Flint. It has its home in London and remains independent. It is a manufacturer of hi-fi, DJ, home cinema and home automation products in China.

Brands

• Cambridge Audio, which produces amplifiers, music streamers, headphones, turntables and wireless speakers. ^[1]
• Mordaunt Short, a manufacturer of loudspeakers and subwoofers. ^{[1] [2]}
• Opus technologies
• Gale Loudspeakers
• Synergy System Technologies Limited

Products since 1994

Audio Partnership's products since 1994 include stereo amplifiers, CD players, digital-to-analogue (DAC) converters (namely the DACMagic and ISOMagic series), tuners (both analogue and digital), loudspeakers, subwoofers and cables. The company branched out into home cinema, with AV receivers, DVD players, Blu-ray players, soundbars and soundbases.

Most recently, Audio Partnership has concentrated its efforts on the Cambridge Audio brand, with an emphasis on products for music playback, from wireless headphones to high-end hi-fi. In 2011, it developed the proprietary StreamMagic hardware and software platform that is used across the company's range of music streamers, streaming amplifiers and wireless streaming speakers.

Manufacturer

Although the company is based in the UK, its products are manufactured in China to take advantage of lower labour costs. ^[3]

References

1. Clough, Andy. "Behind the scenes at Cambridge Audio". What Hifi?. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
2. "AUDIO PARTNERSHIP launches the lot". Gramophone magazine website. May 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. Moore, Malcolm (25 Aug 2010). "UK hi-fi specialist Audio Partnership piggybacks China tech revolution". Telegraph (UK).

^[1]

1. "SYNERGYPRO.COM". www.synergy-pro.com. Retrieved 2024-09-10.