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	Arcam
Company Type:		Manufacturer
Established:
Address:		Pembroke Avenue, Waterbeach , Cambridge, CB25 9QR, United Kingdom
Telephone:		01223 203200
Email:		info@arcam.co.uk
Website:		Visit Web Site

Arcam designs and manufactures award winning hi-fi and home cinema equipment from its base just outside Cambridge.

Since 1976, our team have been dedicated to providing high performance solutions for people who demand the best from movies and music. Where appropriate, our products utilise the latest ground-breaking technology, whilst maintaining a sophisticated simplicity of design. We pride ourselves on producing equipment which lasts; indeed, we are still able to repair most products we made over twenty years ago.

We first began building sound reproduction equipment in 1972, whilst still science and engineering students at Cambridge University. We’d examined many of the amplifiers that were commercially available at the time and had found them lacking. The mass produced Japanese equipment compromised sound quality while some British designs, though sonically better, weren’t very reliable. At first we only sold our sound equipment to local enthusiasts, but gradually the word spread further afield.

By 1976 we had designed and built our very first domestic hi-fi amplifier, the A60. We initially planned to make just 50 units but we soon found that demand greatly exceeded supply. In fact the A60 went on to become a hi-fi classic, with more than 30,000 sold around the world. Many of these amplifiers are still in use today. It was the simplicity of our original design, coupled with the integrity of the materials we used, that gave the A60 both superior sound and a long, reliable life. Over the years we’ve applied this philosophy of simplicity and integrity to everything we’ve built, from entry level hi-fi amplifiers, tuners and CD players to our most advanced products in both home cinema and hi-fi.

Now for over a quarter of a century Arcam has responded enthusiastically to the challenges brought by the speed of new technology development, but has never lost sight of what is important to our customers. In order to get a performance edge, we are dedicated to designing and producing products from the ground up with built-in upgradeability and long-term product support. As a result of our ability to embrace the best of the technology advances while preserving our customer focus, Arcam receives rave reviews and awards from around the world for systems that deliver sensational performance on music and movies.

In the fast-moving world of digital video, Arcam has again risen to the challenge of incorporating the latest technology - we were the first European specialist manufacturer to take on board the engineering challenge of delivering the best of both worlds - and we now have some of the most exciting products on the market, with our premium award-winning home cinema combination regarded by experts around the world as some of the finest AV products ever designed.