Audes

Audes is a prestigious Estonian audio manufacturer with roots tracing back to 1935, when it was originally established as RET (Raadio-Elektrotehnika Tehas) by founders Friedrich Olbrei, Karl Reinmann, and Hans Võrk to develop, produce, and sell radio, sound, and cinema equipment. The company evolved through the Soviet era, producing iconic Estonia-branded radio-gramophones from 1955 and pioneering Estonia Stereo modular stereophonic systems from 1969-1973. Following Estonian independence in 1991, the company was rebranded as Audes in 1992 (meaning 'Audio from Estonia'), relocating production from Tallinn to their current facility in Jõhvi, northeastern Estonia. Audes modernized through collaboration with Finland's Genelec OY and began in-house loudspeaker cabinet production in 1993, launching their first consumer model, the 130AC series. Today, Audes operates as both a high-end consumer brand producing speakers, tube amplifiers, and power conditioners, and as an OEM manufacturer for world-famous loudspeaker brands who recognize their supreme quality and attention to detail. Led by owner and acoustics engineer Aleksei Tjurin, Audes manufactures all components in-house including hand-wound inductors and point-to-point wired crossovers, maintaining their philosophy of capturing nature's magnificent, unrepeatable sounds through precision audio engineering.