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We're based on the Isle of Wight, in the South of England, where we can closely inspect all manufacturing & finishing processes. Despite having products in development, the only product not hidden behind an NDA is Aurigen, our flagship ultra-high-end loudspeaker. | |||
Aurigen rips up the rulebook on conventional audio and reproduces sound in a totally different way to any other high-end loudspeaker. Retailing at £85,000 before any additional options, Aurigen offers unmatched HiFi, at a fraction of the competitors' price (£300,000+). Aurigen also won't cluster your sitting or listening room with a behemoth of boxes, instead, you'll have an award-winning design, intended to look more like a sculpture than a loudspeaker. | Aurigen rips up the rulebook on conventional audio and reproduces sound in a totally different way to any other high-end loudspeaker. Retailing at £85,000 before any additional options, Aurigen offers unmatched HiFi, at a fraction of the competitors' price (£300,000+). Aurigen also won't cluster your sitting or listening room with a behemoth of boxes, instead, you'll have an award-winning design, intended to look more like a sculpture than a loudspeaker. | ||
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== Progress/Proof == | == Progress/Proof == | ||
We've just unveiled Aurigen in the last month and we're currently undertaking private viewings at our showroom on the Isle of Wight. | |||
Currently, two prototypes exist, one totally finished and one which has stopped production at various stages to highlight the manufacturing methods involved. | Currently, two prototypes exist, one totally finished and one which has stopped production at various stages to highlight the manufacturing methods involved. | ||
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We've soft-launched on Instagram & Youtube and begun building up a marketing plan for Q4 2021, and Q1 & Q2 2022 with an Isle of Wight-based marketing company on retainer for the majority of social media projects. | We've soft-launched on Instagram & Youtube and begun building up a marketing plan for Q4 2021, and Q1 & Q2 2022 with an Isle of Wight-based marketing company on retainer for the majority of social media projects. | ||
So far | So far we've only entered one award - the European Product Design awards, which we won for Audio Equipment pre-launch. | ||
We're lining up a Red Dot award application at present. We also hold three audio technology patents. | |||
== Objectives/Future == | == Objectives/Future == | ||
We've reduced our lead time for customer orders to eight weeks from the deposit and we're now ready to begin a large marketing campaign and start up the production process. | |||
We have one skeleton Aurigen ready for spec & finishing (first-order lead time 6 weeks) and enough parts pre-purchased and held on-site to build 8 pairs of speakers. | |||
Our intention is to sell the first 3 pairs at a founders price of £85,000 before increasing the price to over £130,000 for the general release. | Our intention is to sell the first 3 pairs at a founders price of £85,000 before increasing the price to over £130,000 for the general release. | ||
We also have the capacity to build a special edition version of Aurigen using all 999 silver internal cabling and other performance tweaks which would be priced at over £400,000 per pair. | |||
Two more projects are currently in prototyping stages and sit behind an NDA. | Two more projects are currently in prototyping stages and sit behind an NDA. | ||
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== The Team == | == The Team == | ||
We're a family-owned company, headed up by William Pilcher. | |||
Having built his first pair of loudspeakers aged 15 & starting work in the Hi-Fi industry in the ’80s, William has gone on to develop Hi-Fi cutting edge of the market, receiving a golden ear award in 2000 whilst working with Tom Evans Audio Design. Despite leading a successful career in corporate Hi-Fi, the end goal was always to develop a market-leading loudspeaker. | Having built his first pair of loudspeakers aged 15 & starting work in the Hi-Fi industry in the ’80s, William has gone on to develop Hi-Fi cutting edge of the market, receiving a golden ear award in 2000 whilst working with Tom Evans Audio Design. Despite leading a successful career in corporate Hi-Fi, the end goal was always to develop a market-leading loudspeaker. | ||
The first step, although he didn’t know it at the time, was a product he developed in 1996, which | The first step, although he didn’t know it at the time, was a product he developed in 1996, which we have unimaginatively dubbed “The Blue Box”. From here a mixture of alterations and totally new products were built and tested. This all lead to 2016 when William met Lori, our Creative Director, and Aurigen was born. | ||
'''William Pilcher: Technical Director''' | '''William Pilcher: Technical Director''' |