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Onix Audio was a legal trading name of a partnership manufacturing ONIX HIFI products. ONIX AUDIO existed from 1984 to 1990 . It was based in the UK, they designed and manufactured high end electronic audio equipment between 1984 and 1990. ONIX AUDIO ceased trading in September 1990 when a new legal entity was created to take over the activities of ONIX AUDIO thereby ending the era ONIX AUDIO of the original brand ONIX . Between 1984 and 1990 Onix Audio produced a range of hi fidelity amplifiers, tuners and accessories that by 1990 were exported to 28 countries, including Japan, Singapore, Germany, and other audio markets. ==History== Of the partners, Tony ( Anthony ) Brady and Adam Worsfold had become friends while working side by side at Thorn EMI and attending technical college from 1977 to 1982 under a Thorn EMI apprenticeship full-time Contract. Onix Audio started assembly of the ONIX brand of Onix hi-fi in Brighton England in 1984, two years after a small number of unlabeled and unbranded head amplifiers ( No brand Name printed on them or used ) had been sold to niche dealers in the UK by Craig Hill via Brighton HiFi where he worked with his father. These early units had been assembled in Tony Brady's bedroom after an initial design at the end of 1982 while Tony and Adam were still contracted to Thorn EMI under their apprenticeship agreements, so these units can not be considered of any commercial importance as no reference or content of these units exists . Tony and Adam left Thorn EMI in July 1983 one year after completion of their training . In 1984 Tony Brady, Adam Worsfold, and Craig Hill became ONIX AUDIO as it was known after the first bank account was opened with Barclays Bank in Brighton to begin actively trading. Adam Worsfold soon bought Craig Hill's share of the Onix Audio partnership in 1985 after Tony Brady resigned from the partnership due to a dispute with Craig Hill. Adam Worsfold then became the sole trader ( owner ) of Onix Audio from 1985 to 1990, with Tony Brady agreeing to continue to assist him and work on a contractual basis from 1985 to 1990 after Craig was no longer involved. In 1988 the trade mark ONIX in class 9 ( Reproduction of Sound and Images ) covering use within the UK was successfully registered by the UK trade mark office. It was registered by Adam Worsfold in his personal name and had validity within the UK and Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man) only. The first real commercial branded amplifier the company produced with ONIX printed on the front was the ONIX AUDIO OA-20 in 1984. This amplifier became one of the forerunners of a new generation of hi end amplifiers, capable of delivering a high power output due to a high quality power supply. The OA-21 was the next model added, this model having a pre-amplifier with similar characteristics as the previous one but with superior component quality and power output, as well as the introduction of a moving coil (MC) and moving magnet (MM) alternate board change option. In addition the OA-21 was fitted with a supply connector on the back that accepted the powers supply option called a SOAP (Special Onix Audio Power) that was introduced by Onix in 1985. With the success of the OA-21 amplifier and the OA-20, Onix Audio released an improved OA-20 called the OA-22 that included two CD inputs to allow for the wave of high output CD players of the time. All products in the meantime were continuing to be developed and evolved and an FM tuner (radio), the BWD-1, designed by Tony Brady, made its debut in 1987. The Onix BWD-1 provided a compromise between cost, musical integrity, and quality performance.〔High Fidelity, April 1991.〕 Onix Audio continued to upgrade their product lines and developed a new dedicated pre-amp called the OA-24 in 1989. In the same year a new updated version of the power supply SOAP 2 and other models including the OA21s that had electronic speaker short protection were introduced.〔Vintage Audio Bliss, March 2010.〕 In 1990, the OA-401/40 watt and the OA-601/60 watt stereo amplifiers were added to the product range. In late 1990, the trading activities of Onix Audio, owned by Adam Worsfold as a sole trader for six years - were sold to a newly created UK legal entity called Onix Electronics Ltd. Adam Worsfold retained a 65% shareholding of the new company with entrepreneur Michael O'Brien holding 35% of the new created entity. Onix Electronics ltd was incorporated in September 1990 specifically to take over the trading activities of Adam Worsfold trading as Onix Audio thereby ending the ONIX AUDIO era . In 1991, just months after incorporation of Onix Electronics Ltd, Michael O'Brien offered to buy the 65% shareholding owned by Adam Worsfold. Worsfold sold his shares to O'Brien so he could leave the company in July 1991. Onix Electronics Ltd later became a subsidiary of Swisstone Electronics Ltd, a company mostly owned by O'Brien. Onix Electronics Ltd changed its name to Kendal Electronics Ltd in January 1997 and was subsequently liquidated and dissolved in February 1997, by Andrew White of Moores Rowland in Brighton Sussex. 1997 was the final year of production of Original ONIX products from the UK. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Onix Audio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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