ONKYO - 70th Anniversary / 1946 - 2016

Takeshi Godai estabilished ONKYO in april 1946 to manufacture dynamic speakers. The word "onkyo" means "sound acoustics" in Japanese. The first product however was not a loudspeaker but a cartridge pickup for record players.

ONKYO ED-100 a highly acclaimed 25 cm driver from 1948.

ONKYO CX-12, CX-10 and CX-8 coaxial-type speaker models released in 1956.

First plastic speaker cone in Japan 1956.

ONKYO stereoscopic concert showcasing a four-meter long Mammoth Horn - 1956.

ONKYO component style Hi-Fi System - 1958.

ONKYO at Japan Audio Fair 1959 featuring 256 16 cm coaxial speakers.

ONKYO E-83A 3 way speaker with 30 cm woofer -1967, forerunner to SCEPTER series.

ONKYO SCEPTER driver series debut - 1968.

ONKYO introduces the Integra Series - 1969

ONKYO Scepter120 4-way speaker with multiple terminals - 1970.

New ONKYO logo 1977.

ONKYO Scepter Speaker Sytem and handbook for 173 different combination - 1977

ONKYO P-309/M-509 "double super-servo" pre-power amplifier 1980.

ONKYO PX-100M Linear Motor turntable with a 10 kg machined pure-copperplatter. 1981

World's First High-Speed Dual recoding cassette deck ONKYO TA-W800 1981

ONKYO Grand Scepter GS-1 1984

ONKYO's biggest amplifier - Grand Integra M-510 1984

ONKYO High-Quality QUEST Series 1992

ONKYO INTEC275 mini size maxi sound 1994

Integra Research Ultimate Theater System 2000

ONKYO D-TK10 Takamine Guitar inspired loudspeakers 2005

ONKYO Reference Series 2010

ONKYO Pioneer Coporation estabilished 2015

ONKYO DP-X1 Hi-Res Digital Audio Player 2015

For more ONKYO visit www.1001hifi.com 

DIATONE 1946-2016

DIATONE was a Japanese electronics manufacturer which specialized in loudspeaker driver manufacture and home and studio loudspeaker system. The brand name DIATONE was registered in september 1946 as a division of MITSUBISHI. They began manufacturing monitor speakers for NHK (Japan Broadcast Corporation) and was closed down in 1999. DIATONE was mainly sold in Japan and it was considered a loudspeaker specialist however several MITSUBISHI audio components were sold in Japan under the DIATONE brand name. In the last few years the DIATONE brand name was revived to manufacture Digital Car Audio systems exclusively for Japan.

The first AS-3001 at NHK 1964 and DIATONE 1996 .jpg

DIATONE DS-1000Z and DIATONE DS-V3000 1996

DIATONE X-11 1981 and DIATONE DS-37B 1980

DIATONE DS-251mkII and DIATONE DS-303 1974

DIATONE DS-73D and DIATONE DS-5000 1982.

DIATONE D-160 1985 and DIATONE D-80M 1988.
That's 160 and 80 cm diameter.

DIATONE VS-100F 1986 cinema

DIATONE DS-77HRX 1988

DIATONE DS-V5000 1989 and DS-66Z 1990

DIATONE car audio 2016

The New 2017 REVOX.

After the vinyl revival it was time for the best possible analog source to officially return. The analog tape recorder (reel to reel) as invented in 1935 by AEG / TELEFUNKEN become an industry standard for studios for decades. Many people still believe that analog tape recording is the best possible way to record music. Since there are companies reissuing "studio master" recordings of original material on tape there was a need for a new tape recorder as well....."to compete with old tape recorders kept alive by many enthusiast"

So here is the news officially isuued by REVOX and HORCH HOUSE on 04.05.2017 

REVOX Group and HORCH HOUSE (a division of Lutz Precision k.s.) are pleased to announce further cooperation in analog audio technology. The first results of our relationship have already come with the REVOX online shop (www.revox.ch) carrying the full selection of HORCH HOUSE analog master tape copies. Due to the overwhelming response from the analog audio world we are happy to confirm our next step forward. Our next product will be the first new reel to reel machine design in decades. This exciting new player will be under the venerable REVOX name and will be available as a standard product in Q1 of 2017. This truly is a wonderful time for fans of analog audio and the starting point for a whole new product line.

More reel to reel....