Bergmann
Our products are named after the Northern Mythology - a collection of truly vigorous and positive tales.


The Idea

Playing a record is a quite simple process. The record must rotate in a constant speed, and the cartridge must be lead steadily through the record groove. Despite this simple process, there are extremely important considerations to be made in mechanic- and electric matters, and choice of material in a precarious balance between construction, user-friendliness and design.
 
Their life-long passion in music, vinyl and the airbearing technique, form the basis of Bergmann Audio. They believe in the simple solutions – simple the optimal way. They believe that a turntable must consist of as few parts as possible, to avoid any interference with the sound. Every single part in their turntables is carefully considered in its function, material and design.
 
An airbearing turntable is an advanced construction. But their goal has been to develop airbearing turntables and linear tracking airbearing tonearms with as few components as possible.
 
The goal was to further develop and optimize the airbearing principal combined with a user-friendly and Scandinavian design. The basic function should be optimized to complete perfection. On their reference model Sleipner, the platter is both supported and centered by air. Simply the platter is floating. No mechanical contact – no bearing noise.
 


Design

It is a must for them to combine simplicity and Scandinavian design with their airbearing philosophy and the right materials to secure an extraordinary sound.
 
The keywords are:
- Less is more -
 
Their first product on the market, Model Sindre, is by customers called:
- A piece of art -
 
All mechanical components in the turntables and tonearms are developed by Johnnie Bergmann and manufactured innhouse by Bergmann Audio. Every single product is assambled and tested at Bergmann Audio`s workshop, before they are sent to our carefully selected distributors- and vendor network.
 
Their products are named after the Northern Mythology – a collection of truly vigorous and positive tales. They hope that their users will get an intense and positive musical experience through their products and will experience the music as the composers meant it to be.

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To tell you more about Graham Slee, we can do no better then to use the words of Mr Slee himself! According to Graham Slee, the key principles to a good hifi compononent are the following:

Electronics make music

1Case size and appearance doesn’t make music, it’s the electronics. Rather than researching embellishments, the people at Graham Slee spend 99.9% of their time researching the musicality of the circuits.

It’s got to be a “he man”

2Big power supplies – it’s got to be a “he man” to sound good? That’s true for big power amps, but 100 watt power supplies for a half watt preamp? If you have to do that you need an education!

Great sounding gear

3Because of the first two principles Graham Slee can price great sounding gear that real people can actually afford to buy instead of wasting their lives dreaming about it.

This way, Symphony Audio Import can offer to its clients a slice of true high end sound at a crumble of true high end prices, the perfect way to transfer our passion to as many people as possible!
 

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Howard Sosna became interested in stereo equipment at an early age, building speakers and Heathkit electronic components for himself along the way. In 1990, Howard entered the audio industry as a consultant for several well known high-end companies.
 
Joe Kubala has also been involved with audio equipment since college. After graduating with an engineering degree, Joe became more involved with the technical aspects of audio through an electronics course; along with designing and bread-boarding a few DC power supplies and amplifier circuits.
 
As audiophiles, both men have been involved with designing their own listening rooms; including specifying construction materials and techniques; selecting every component; and completely wiring the rooms for stereo and surround systems themselves. Both rooms are considered to be fine examples of high-end systems by those who have experienced them.
 
Howard’s involvement in audio deepened when he started consulting. His responsibilities ranged from setting up demo rooms for audio shows, to being part of the design team for new product development. During this time Howard became very aware of the influence of different cabling on the performance of the various systems he was putting together.
 
At about the same time, Howard began planning and building a new home. As he considered his alternatives for how to cable both the two-channel and surround portions of his system, Howard successfully designed and constructed cables that out-performed the best wires that he could purchase at the time by “thinking outside the box”.
 
On several occasions over the next few years, Howard became aware of new performance levels being established in the cable industry. Once again, he found a way to equal or better those performance levels with his designs. At this point, the projects were personal in nature, but a fire was being lit inside Howard at the possibility of bringing the designs to market.
 
That fire was fueled further when the ideas that would turn out to be the foundation for OptimiZ™ Architecture came to Howard when he was designing new power cords for his amplifiers. Once again, his “outside the box” designs out-performed the best commercially available cables, but this time by a wider margin.
It was about this time that Joe and Howard, who had become friends, started to assist each other with improvements to their respective systems, becoming intimately familiar with both in the process. These changes included equipment, room treatments, speaker placement, and all the things that go into optimizing a system.
 
Howard began to share his experiences with cables, and his thoughts about the possibility of bringing them to other audiophiles. At this point, both men decided to “go for it” and put all their available energy into continuing to develop the concepts which would serve as the foundation for the OptimiZ™ Architecture.
 
Joe and Howard began a long process of building cable after cable, using different materials, wire gauges and number of conductors in different combinations and geometries. Each interconnect, speaker cable or power cord was carefully listened to in both systems – one all solid state, the other all tubes. Some changes moved performance in the right direction, others did not.
 
It was plainly evident from the performance of the new designs that they were performing differently – in fact, were out-performing every cable they were compared with. In one blind test with an accomplished audiophile, several mid-generation cable designs were tested against some very expensive and well-respected reference cables. The extensive sessions confirmed that performance of the new designs was real.
 
Further confirmation that things were headed in the proper direction came from several audio industry legends Howard had met and worked with during his consulting days. Again the performance advantages were verified and ideas were shared that would further enhance the geometry and performance of the cables.
 
After additional refinement and testing, the final design was arrived at. Named OptimiZ™ Architecture, this new patent-pending design serves as the foundation for the RevolutionZ™ Series of cables; cables which are among the best performing in the world today.

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The name Koetsu has long been held in high regard by audiophiles. Almost mystical attributes have been associated with the name. Yoshiaki Sugano the elder was, it is said, a renowned artist, musician, swordsman, calligrapher, and businessman‚ “I am but a simple man” just doesn’t wash these days. Sugano devoted his life to emulating his hero, a 17th-century Japanese historical figure named Honami Koetsu. As fate would have it, after the war Sugano rose to prominence in one of Japan’s largest industrial companies. Nevertheless, he continued pursuing his many passions, which by then included hi-fi.
 
The buzz surrounding the release of the original Red signaled a new paradigm was available to the audio world. The Red was one of the early examples of a high-performance audio device that had some obvious shortcomings, but presented music in such an involving and inviting way that the positive aspects of the performance far outweighed the negative ones. Koetsu continues this tradition today and continues to give people musical bliss and countless hours of analogue enjoyment.

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Magico is a US-based loudspeaker manufacturer that aims for the best possible sound reproduction possible. By studying new materials and making sometimes radical choices in loudspdeaker design, the people at Magico strive to lead the pack in audio reproduction.
 
By the use of state-of-the-art computer-graphic modelling, precision real-time analysis and the most sophisticated CAD acoustic simulators and emulators available today, Magico takes the reproduction one step beyond what everyone thought was possible with only one goal: to be the best, period.

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Products

Sleipner System

The turntable with the bearingless floating platter. The bearing is the "heart" in all turntable constructions - and the Achilles.

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Sindre System

Sindre is a fully airbearing turntable and lineair tracking airbearing tonearm combination.

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Magne System

Highend entry level system - Magne is a fully airbearing turntable and lineair tracking airbearing tonearm.

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