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ELAC MM-cartridge
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ELAC 310 with JET-tweeter

ELAC is a German loudspeaker manufacturer. It was founded in 1926 as 'Electroacustic GmbH'.

During World War II, it built electroacoustic devices for the Kriegsmarine and other nautical applications, and the company reached a peak of 5,000 staff.[1]

After the war, the company transitioned to mainly producing consumer goods, initially building sewing machines and later transitioning into consumer electronics, though it maintained its nautical division.[1][2][3] It also distributed goods from foreign firms such as Sony, Fisher Electronics, and Nakamichi within Germany.[4]

In 1978, the firm filed for bankruptcy and the nautical division was sold to the American firm Honeywell and renamed to 'Honeywell-ELAC'. The nautical side of the business would be sold again to L3 Technologies in 1998, Wärtsilä in 2015, and Cohort PLC in 2019.[3][5]

In 2016, ELAC acquired the American audio company Audio Alchemy.[6]

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