Ayre Acoustics Explained
| Ayre Acoustics |
| Logo Alt: | Ayre Acoustics |
| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Audio equipment design and manufacturing |
| Founded: | 1993 |
| Founders: | Charles Hansen, Peter Bohacek, Katie Lehr |
| Location: | Boulder, Colorado |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Products: | High-end audio processing equipment |
| Num Employees: | 18[1] |
| Num Employees Year: | 2014 |
Ayre Acoustics Inc. is an American manufacturer of high-performance, high-fidelity audio components and systems co-founded in 1993 by Charles Hansen, Katie Lehr, and Peter Bohacek.[2] [3]
The audio output circuitry of the PonoPlayer was designed by engineers at Ayre Acoustics.[4] [5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Lindenstein. Joshua. Ayre hears ‘buzz’ from PonoMusic player. bizwest.com. BizWest. 20 January 2015. 12 March 2014. Ayre Acoustics Inc., an 18-person company that has been quietly doing business in Boulder since 1993, is enjoying its 15 minutes of fame generated this week by the launch of Neil Young’s PonoMusic digital music player..
- Web site: About Ayre Acoustics. ayre.com. 18 January 2015.
- Web site: Interview with Charles Hansen. ayre.com. 14 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161215194118/http://www.ayre.com/insights/APJ10_Reprint_Ayre.pdf. 15 December 2016. dead.
- Web site: Ayre and the Pono player. ayre.com. 17 January 2015. 12 March 2014. This week Neil Young announced the kickstarter program for his soon to be released PonoPlayer proudly acknowledging that the circuit design was done by the R&D team at Ayre Acoustics!.
- Web site: Neil Young wants to take high-resolution FLAC audio recordings mainstream with Pono. gigaom.com. 17 January 2015. Last year, Pono announced that it had teamed up with high-end audio company Meridian to produce the player ... in recent months, Pono shifted its focus and actually switched hardware partners, replacing Meridian with Ayre, another high-end audio equipment maker..
