So does B&W own Classe and ROTEL?

[Stevebez]

Saw this in a posting relating to the launch of the new B&W 800 series.

"That company happens to be B&W Loudspeakers, which is now surely by far the largest specialist high-fidelity brand on the planet, whose fiefdom includes Classé and Rotel"...

Any confirmation ?

Regards
Steve.

[skipm]

Not true. What is true is that B&W does own Classe but B&W and Rotel only share global distributors. Also, B&W and some Rotel engineers share common floor space at the B&W facilities in England.

Do a forum search to find the specifics. This has been discussed many times.

-Skip

[Andrew Pratt]

"The Equity Company is the trading name of the B&W Group in North America it markets the four brands Rotel, B&W Speakers, Classe Audio and i-Command. The B&W Group owns Equity Inc. but does not own the Rotel Company, the Rotel Company of Japan is an independent manufacturer and has been for 44 years owned by the Tachikawa family. The B&W Group controls 75% of Rotel's international sales and marketing but Rotel is still privately owned and managed..."