Early Electrocompaniet — Press & Links

Press coverage of the early Electrocompaniet “Otala” amplifier.

Articles

These are copies of magazine articles, as they have not been found online. In some cases you can download issues, and links to that are in each underlying page.

• The Audio Critic (1976/1977) Issue Downloads exists
• High Fidelity: Norsk idealisme bag ny forstaerkerserie (1978)
• The Absolute Sound, Issue 16, 1979
• Hi-Fi News: “Electrocompaniet ‘Electro’” (January 2012)

Links

Links to articles which relates to the history, including blog posts, and some interesting other related audio stuff

• Tracking Angle, by Jan Omdahl, 2023 How a Small Norwegian Hi-fi Brand Ended Up With Credits on Michael Jackson’s Album Covers, includes the early start up story.
• Prof.Dr. Sverre Holms article about loudspeaker cables (Norwegian) with his reference to Electrocompaniet, and his link onwards to the HiFi News article below. For those interested in some more loudspeaker cable analysis by Sverre Holm, here is part 2 and a lecture note.
• Hifi News, Dec 2011: Electrocompaniet ‘Electro’ Vintage
• Lyd og Bilde Tech reviews, Classic, 2024 Electrocompaniet 2 Channel Audio Power Amplifier

The best of Norwegian Design

The links here require a subscription for Aftenposten, A-Magasinet is a part of Aftenposten. The article is in Norwegian.

The Norwegian “A-Magasinet” had an article March 3rd 2017about the 100 best Norwegian designs, judged by a brioad expert jury, with designs ranging from 1920 to 2014, nearly 100 years, and among them “The 2 Channel Audio Amplifier.