Jamo
| Country | Denmark |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founder | Preben Jacobsen and Julius Mortensen |
Jamo is a Danish loudspeaker brand founded in 1968 by Preben Jacobsen and Julius Mortensen, whose surnames gave the company its name. Jamo grew into one of Europe's largest loudspeaker makers, known for well-designed, affordable speakers for hi-fi and home cinema in a clean Scandinavian style. Alongside its mainstream ranges, Jamo also produced ambitious high-end models, most famously the R 909, an open-baffle dipole speaker that won considerable praise for its natural, room-filling sound, and the Oriel and Concert series. Jamo was later acquired by Klipsch, which has continued the brand, particularly for affordable stereo and home-cinema speakers. Jamo's long history makes it one of the best-known names in Danish audio, and many of its classic models remain popular on the second-hand market. Its open-baffle R 909 in particular remains admired by enthusiasts for its spacious, natural sound, and it showed that a mainstream brand could build a genuinely high-end speaker. Jamo's simple, functional styling is typical of Danish design.
Notable Jamo products
- Concert series
- R 909
- Oriel
- S 800 series
- Studio series
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More about Jamo
Jamo Jamo are Europe's largest speaker manufacturer, with a long and distinguished history. The Danish company's reputation is well founded, based upon a hugely diverse range of high quality loudspeakers. From the standmounted Concert 8's, through to the massive Oriel, Jamo's range is wide and diverse. They also do a rather good home cinema system, The Cinemaster.
The world's first true digital home cinema system is an extremely good performer - the sound is literally breath taking.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org