Audio & Speakers

Audio-Technica & Crosley 🇯🇵🇺🇸 non-EU

Japanese and American record players.

• Pro-Ject Audio Vienna, built in Europe, the entry-point standard. 🇦🇹
• Rega Essex since 1973. The Planar 1 is the usual first good deck. 🇬🇧
• Thorens Swiss-founded 1883, now built in Germany. 🇩🇪
• Transrotor Bergisch Gladbach, hand-built high end. 🇩🇪

Beats, JBL & Bose 🇺🇸 non-EU

American headphones.

• Sennheiser Wedemark since 1945. The consumer line is now Sonova, also European. 🇩🇪
• beyerdynamic Heilbronn, 1924. Hand-built studio headphones. 🇩🇪
• Focal Saint-Étienne. French high-end drivers, made in France. 🇫🇷
• AIAIAI Copenhagen. Fully modular — every part replaceable. 🇩🇰

Sonos / Bose 🇺🇸 non-EU

Speakers that need an app, an account and a firmware update.

• Teufel Berlin direct-sale speakers with a cult following and honest pricing. 🇩🇪
• Bang & Olufsen Danish design audio with genuinely long product support. 🇩🇰
• Devialet French amplification and speaker engineering. 🇫🇷
• Loewe German audio and television built in Kronach — a fine product from a company that has been through insolvency twice. 🇩🇪