Maybe less apocalyptic than that 1964 movie, but Seven Days In May this year brought two epochal events in the world of analogue audio, when both Garrard and Thorens came under new ownership [HFN Jul' 18]. Thorens, which was set up in Switzerland in 1883, claims to be the oldest hi-fi company in the world still producing today. Garrard can look back, indirectly, to the early 18th century, when its original parent company was established in London and appointed as Crown Jewellers.
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