Complimentary white-glove delivery on systems above $5,000.

01 / Heritage

Quiet engineering since 1972.

Solothurn → Tokyo → Brooklyn

Hands soldering an amplifier circuit board.

Sonore was opened in a small workshop in Solothurn in 1972. The room held two chairs, a tube tester, and a turntable. The room is larger now, but the work has not changed.

Every component is voiced on the bench for a full evening before it is allowed to leave. If it does not move us in the room, it does not ship.

Macro of a phono cartridge cantilever.

We listen, then we build.

Sonore was opened in a small workshop in Solothurn in 1972. The room held two chairs, a tube tester, and a turntable. The room is larger now, but the work has not changed.

Every component is voiced on the bench for a full evening before it is allowed to leave. If it does not move us in the room, it does not ship.

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Watchmakers, technicians, and listeners. Each component passes a single pair of hands.

1972

The workshop opened in Solothurn with two chairs and a tube tester.

90 hours

The duration of cartridge burn-in before a turntable is allowed to leave the bench.

32 ohm

The standard impedance of our reference open-back planar headphones, voiced for chamber music.

Glowing 300B triode vacuum tube.

We listen, then we build.

Sonore was opened in a small workshop in Solothurn in 1972. The room held two chairs, a tube tester, and a turntable. The room is larger now, but the work has not changed.

Every component is voiced on the bench for a full evening before it is allowed to leave. If it does not move us in the room, it does not ship.

Questions, answered carefully.

Aluminium and brass for sealed enclosures, oiled walnut and slate for plinths. Every fastener is stainless. We do not use plastic in any signal path.