Opinion

摘要

Last month, I referred to an entire segment of audio manufacturing as comparable to what US road-warriors call 'the flyover states'. It consists of myriad brands overshadowed by 'the usual suspects', and it was a method of putting companies such as Belles into context. This was not to denigrate them; indeed, the trio of disparate names cited as typical of such neglect - Lumen White, Klimo and FM Acoustics - are manufacturers I truly respect. I'm just baffled by the way that fields such as hi-fi become stratified, so that brands like that have scant presence in audio's Zeitgeist compared to, say, Nairn Audio or Conrad-Johnson.