McIntosh Group (formerly Fine Sounds Group) is an American holding company specializing in audio equipment and owns the brands
McIntosh Laboratory
McIntosh Laboratory is an American manufacturer of handcrafted high-end audio equipment based in Binghamton, New York. The company was founded in 1949 by Frank McIntosh. The company designs and produces audio amplifiers, stereo tuners and other ...
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Sonus Faber, Wadia Digital, Sumiko and Fine Sounds Asia.
History
The Fine Sounds Group project took shape in 2007, when the asset management company Quadrivio SGR – main shareholder of the group – acquired the brand
Sonus Faber, an Italian company specializing in high-end loudspeakers. In 2009 Mauro Grange joined the group as CEO of Sonus Faber.
The "buy and build" strategy carried on by Quadrivio resulted in the acquisition of Audio Research in 2008, Sumiko in 2010, Wadia in 2011 and McIntosh Laboratories in 2012, which constitute the holdings of Fine Sounds Group.
Through the acquisition of these brands, Fine Sounds Group became a relevant holding company in the sector of high-end audio, with €50 million sales in 2011.
The holding company took part in an official event as one unique family for the first time in 2013, with the participation in the
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High End Show.
On 9 May 2014 Mauro Grange and Charlie Randall, president of McIntosh Laboratory, Inc., announced their plans for a management buyout of Fine Sounds Group in partnership with LBO France and Yarpa, including a relocation of the Headquarters from Milan to New York.
On 10 August 2016 Fine Sounds Group was officially renamed McIntosh Group.
Effective 31 December 2016, Mauro Grange stepped down as Co-CEO of McIntosh Group. Charlie Randall stepped-in as the CEO of McIntosh Group.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mcintosh-group---ceo-mauro-grange-stepping-down-after-8-years-at-the-helm-of-the-group-300394757.html
In July 2017 McIntosh Group appointed Jeff Poggi to co-Chief Executive Officer and Board member.
In September 2020 Audio Research left the McIntosh Group when Audio Research was sold to its former North American Sales Manager, Trent Suggs.
Brands
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McIntosh Laboratory
McIntosh Laboratory is an American manufacturer of handcrafted high-end audio equipment based in Binghamton, New York. The company was founded in 1949 by Frank McIntosh. The company designs and produces audio amplifiers, stereo tuners and other ...
, founded in 1949. The American producer of high fidelity and home entertainment systems.
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Sonus Faber, founded in 1983, has been producing acoustic speakers for nearly 40 years.
*Wadia Digital, one of the first companies dedicated to digital audio reproduction. Also Apple iPod and iPhone docking stations.
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Sumiko'', North American importer and distributor of audio components and specifically of all the brands of the Fine Sounds portfolio.
*Pryma, Brand name of Sonus Faber headphones made in Italy
*Fine Sounds Asia, importer and distributor of Audio Research and Sonus faber for the Asian market.
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Fine Sounds U.K.'', importer and distributor of McIntosh, Sonus faber, and Bassocontinuo for the U.K. market.
References
Audio equipment manufacturers of the United States
Companies based in New York (state)
Electronics companies established in 2007
2007 establishments in Italy
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