Epos (speakers)
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Epos Ltd is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 loudspeaker
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...

 company that specialises in home cinema
Home cinema
Home cinema, also commonly called home theater, are home entertainment set-ups that seek to reproduce a movie theater experience and mood with the help of video and audio equipment in a private home....

 and hi-fi
High fidelity
High fidelity—or hi-fi—reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound or images, to distinguish it from the poorer quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment...

 speakers.

History

Epos was founded in 1983 by Robin Marshall. In 1998 Epos was sold to Mordaunt-Short
Mordaunt-Short
Mordaunt-Short is a loudspeaker manufacturer in the UK. They are now a subsidiary of Audio Partnership Plc., having been bought from TGI Plc. in 1999.-History:...

 who had been bought by the TGI PLC group in 1987. When the TGI PLC group decided to close the Epos/Mordaunt-Short operations in 1999, the Epos part was sold to Michael Creek, the owner and managing director of Creek Audio Ltd
Creek Audio
-History:Creek Audio production was started in 1982 by Michael Creek. Initially, Creek manufactured integrated amplifiers and tuners from its London base. Sales of Creek products increased at a phenomenal rate, year on year, until new premises were required...

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Products

Current Epos speakers are split into two ranges, the budget ELS series and the high end Mi series. These are apparently now made in China, not in the UK, and it is consequently debatable whether or not Epos should any longer be considered a truly British hifi brand.

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