Sonodyne Electronics Co. Pvt Ltd. (also known as Sonodyne) is an Indian
electronics company based in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
,
India
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, founded in the 1970s by Ashoke Mukherjee.
It specializes in
audio equipments,
amplifier
An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time-varying voltage or current). It may increase the power significantly, or its main effect may be to boost t ...
s, speakers and active speakers. Their studio products division operates in over 40 nations.
Sonodyne web site
/ref> Sonodyne currently operates 2 research labs, in Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
and Mumbai
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. Sales and project offices are located in Mumbai, Bangalore
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, Delhi
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and Kolkata. Two design centres and three manufacturing centres are located in Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
, West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...
and Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
, Maharastra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivi ...
.
The company began when Mukherjee, an engineering student from IIT Roorkee, began designing amplifiers and speakers. Loudspeakers and turntables went on the market in the mid 1970s, and component audio systems in the mid 1980s. Around the same time, manufacturing and research was moved to Special Economic Zone, Mumbai.
See also
* List of studio monitor manufacturers
This is a list of notable manufacturers of studio monitors. This list is not exhaustive; every entry must have an article written in the English Wikipedia.
Current manufacturers
See also
* Lists of companies
* List of bass amplifier and ...
References
External links
*
Audio equipment manufacturers of India
Loudspeaker manufacturers
Indian brands
Manufacturing companies based in Kolkata
1970s establishments in West Bengal
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