Electrocompaniet is a Norwegian manufacturer of high-end audio products. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Their philosophy of the perfect sound has been controversial over their 30 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.
History
In 1975 Electrocompaniet started getting attention for their new "The 2 Channel Audio Power Amplifier" (aka "The Otala Amplifier"). This 25 watt amplifier was based on the research of Dr. Matti Otala of "Tampere University of Technology". Before 1974 Electrocompaniet was a localized Norwegian loudspeaker manufacturer.
At an AES conference in 1973, Dr. Matti Otala presented a paper describing a distortion that he termed Transient Intermodulation (TIM). Attending this conference was Svein Erik Børja, a Norwegian record and broadcasting producer and a great audio enthusiast. The seminar held by Dr. Otala on TIM provided Svein Erik with an explanation of the audible imperfections he had experienced from audio amplifiers. Svein Erik Børja brought the AES papers to Electrocompaniet, and asked if we could make an amplifier based on Dr. Otala’s and Dr. Jan Lohstroh’s theory. A few prototype amplifiers were made and the sound, compared to other transistor amplifiers, was encouraging. But Svein Erik Børja, being the perfectionist he was, felt that this amplifier design approach had a greater potential. At that time we did not know too much about high-end audio designs. This gave an element of neutrality to our research, which we believe contributed to the amplifier’s success. We consider our audio designers from that time to have been the first in what may be called the new “TIM-free” school. The next 3 years went to further research and design improvement. During this time we had to develop a new “language” to translate what we were hearing, into practical design parameters distortion, frequency response etc. ) A new mathematical equation was developed to better describe the AC (music) characteristics of the transistor, rather than the normal DC characteristics. The result of this work culminated in the launch of our first 2 x 25W unit, “The 2 Channel Audio Power Amplifier”. The final approval came in 1976 when the American “bible”, The Audio Critic magazine, tested the amplifier and wrote:
“Audio freaks – eat your hearts out. This is the world’s best sounding amplifier. ”
Since these early days, Electrocompaniet’s designs have been continually improved and our product range has steadily grown. Today we are represented in more them 40 countries worldwide and our products are considered to be among the very best in the audio industry.
The vision that drove us in the early days has stayed: If music really matters…
The new future.
Electrocompaniet get new owners and new management in 2005. The new owners want to expand Electrocompaniet into a major performer in the international high-end Hi-Fi market, specializing in amplifiers, CD-players, and equipment, both for professional, 2 channel and multi-channel system.
Notable products
NEMO
The 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 loudspeakers. Bowers & Wilkins is a British Loudspeaker company that produces reference quality hi-fi and home theater speakers For the Marty Friedman album see Loudspeaker (album A loudspeaker, speaker, or speaker system is an electroacoustical
Electrocompaniet clearly made this amplifier to be a match with the Nautilus loudspeakers. At the time of realisation for Nautilus there were few reference power amplifiers capable of delivering the power that they required. Electrocompaniet named their new monoblock amplifier after Nemo, the fictional captain of the submarine Nautilus. Captain Nemo is a Fictional character featured in Jules Verne 's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870 and The Mysterious
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 2 x 600 W in 8 ohms it is among the most powerful high-end amplifiers in existence. It is a pure class A amplifier.
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