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发表于 2023-6-13 15:11:16
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Few would be surprised by an audio brand moving its manufacturing operations to China to reduce costs. But the other way around? That doesn’t happen very often.
This is exactly what Castle has done with its new Windsor Earl and Windsor Duke loudspeakers.
Founded in 1973, Castle is one of Britain’s best-loved speaker brands but, for the past two decades, its speakers have been designed in the UK but manufactured in China. That changes with the Windsor Earl and Windsor Duke – both are manufactured in Britain as part of the company’s Made in the UK initiative.
The new Castles are built in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, at an expanded 25,000 sq ft production site. This Huntingdon facility is also where you’ll find Castle’s offices, design labs, and anechoic test chamber, meaning the speakers are designed, tested, and manufactured at the same location.
This is all made possible by Castle’s parent company, International Audio Group (IAG), which is also the steward of other classic British hi-fi brands including Mission and Wharfedale. And these have already put the Cambridgeshire production facility to the test.
2022 saw the launch of the critically acclaimed, re-engineered Mission 770 speakers, which were designed in Huntingdon and are manufactured there too. These were followed by the Wharfedale Dovedale, a thoroughly up-to-date re-imagining of the classic Dovedale 3 speakers from 1971, announced just last month.
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