Danish hi-fi: turntables and amplifiers
Ortofon, founded in Copenhagen in 1918, is the largest producer of magnetic phono cartridges in the world, with about 500,000 sold a year. Gryphon Audio Designs, founded in 1985, designs and makes all its amplifiers in Denmark.
Ortofon A Danish maker of phono cartridges for turntables, founded in Copenhagen in 1918.
Gryphon Audio Designs A Danish maker of high-end amplifiers and loudspeakers, founded by Flemming E. Rasmussen in 1985 and based in Ry.Works: Antileon, Apex, Diablo 333, Head Amp
Lyngdorf Audio Amplifiers and loudspeakers from Skive, founded by Peter Lyngdorf in 2005, built around fully digital amplification and RoomPerfect room correction, and maker of the Steinway Lyngdorf systems.
Eliminator A device of 1925 that let a radio run from the mains instead of a battery, invented by Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen; no longer made.
Vitus Audio Amplifiers, DACs and phono stages made in Herning by the company Hans-Ole Vitus founded in 1995, known for integrated amplifiers that switch between Class A and Class AB.
Copland Valve and hybrid amplifiers designed in Copenhagen since 1984, known for their symmetrical front panels with rotary knobs.
Aavik Amplifiers, DACs, phono stages and streamers designed and built in Aalborg, with noise-reduction circuits shared with its sister brand Ansuz.
Purifi A Roskilde audio engineering company whose Eigentakt Class D amplifier modules and Ushindi drivers are built into other makers' amplifiers and speakers.
Ansuz Audio cables, power distributors, network switches and resonance-control devices made in Aalborg by Audio Group Denmark.Works: PowerSwitch D-TC Gold Signature, Darkz Z3W, Mainz8 D3
Beogram 4000 A record player with a tangential tonearm, designed by Jacob Jensen for Bang & Olufsen in 1972.
Bergmann Audio Air-bearing turntables and linear-tracking tonearms, designed and made in its own workshop in Denmark.