ORCA BRANDS
Focal, Made in France
Since its foundation, Focal-JMlab has grown to become one of the main manufacturers of high fidelity, integration and multimedia systems. Headquartered in Saint-Etienne, France, it is now internationally recognized as a world leader in the design and manufacturing of loudspeakers for the home, speaker drivers for the car, monitor speakers for recording studio and headphones.
The company’s key strength is its complete integration and quality control of the loudspeaker manufacturing process, from the design of drive units,cabinets and crossovers to the assembly of the finished product. This delivers a consistency of performance that stands far above its rivals. Focal maintains an intense, continual program of research and development into drive-unit technologies and improving sound quality; many patents have been registered.
Mosconi Gladen Audio, Made in Italy
The brand Mosconi originated as a diversification for MOS company in the SBU car-audio market. Its history is still very short: at the end of 2008, Ivan Mosconi, driven by love for electronics and sound, brings together a team of designers and engineers with decades of experience in the professional audio sector and after a few months, in the summer of 2009, the first line of amplifiers branded Mosconi is already on the market: the AS series. Since 2006 MOS has been production, assembly, engineering and industrialization of products and electronic devices. MOS has a very simple philosophy: putting all its talent and experience in providing products and services that can help improve the everyday life of society, through a high aesthetic expression. Every day, the members of the MOS staff continue to strive towards this goal. We are dedicated to the constant pursuit of refining and improving our technologies so as to offer more efficient and intelligent products but without any compromise to our greatest strength: our unique and remarkable designs.
Gladen Audio, Made in Germany
Perfection comes from the symbiosis of passion and science – three accents that Dipl. Ing. Henning Gladen (†), founder and namesake of Gladen Europe GmbH, embodied like no other.
Every GLADEN speaker is also a result of its research in aerospace engineering, a technological tool far beyond electroacoustics. First and foremost, the Aerospace series: speakers that are only possible when the fundamentals of speaker development are expanded with aerodynamics, elastostatics, and a vision.
Specialists and manufacturers from the Swabian region are responsible for the elaborate, close-tolerance and long-term stable production of the exclusive GLADEN speaker series.
Even subwoofer enclosures and accessories are (once again) Made in Germany.
On these foundations, GLADEN AUDIO stands as a globally active company, firmly anchored in the car hi-fi and audio scene. Today, Henning is always present when Alexandra Gladen and her strong team continue his work – committed to his ideals, because “Gladen” is much more than a brand name on a speaker.
Blackhole, Made in USA
Any Authorized Retailers of Orca Brands are able to order and sell Blackhole Products. Use any Dealer Locator linked above (Focal, Mosconi, Gladen) to find a store near you.