Ketan Bharadia's blog

Linn is one of the stalwarts of the British hi-fi industry. Taking its name from a local park (the second biggest in Glasgow) Linn was  founded in the early ’70s and started off with just one product – the legendary LP12 ...

Focal is France’s largest speaker manufacturer with a turnover of around €40m and just short of half the French domestic market. Like other companies of its size, Focal is expanding into new markets such as desktop speakers and headphones ...

We've been in France to visit speaker manufacturer Focal, and as you can read in our first blog, the company makes its high-end models in its factory in Bourbon Lancy.During the second part of our visit, we went to the firm's drive unit factory ...

I find it interesting to meet audio engineers and see where they work. It always gives plenty of insight into product development and their company's engineering philosophy. Recently, I met Ken Ishiwata of Marantz fame (above), and visited his ...