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AKG, founded in Vienna by Dr. Rudolf Goerike and Ernst Pless, soon became one of the biggest players in the world of sound. Today AKG is synonymous with good sound, stands for passion in music providing the highest quality and ongoing innovation in the world of music.
Cofounder Ernst Pless left AKG that year to establish a new plastics molding firm (his father had owned such a company some years before). Pless's new company, Vienna Plex, would become a major supplier to AKG of plastic parts. Pless's departure led to a major reorganization in the ownership of AKG.
The company was founded in Vienna, Austria in 1947 by two Viennese scientists: physicist Rudolf Görike and engineer Ernst Pless. Originally, its main business was to provide technical equipment for cinemas: loudspeakers, film projectors and light meters.
Oct 24, 2022 · AKG, originally known as Photophon, was founded in 1947 by physicist Rudolf Görike and engineer Ernst Pless, old friends who became reacquainted after WWII.
AKG was founded in Vienna in 1947 as Akustische und Kino-Geräte GmbH by physicist Dr Rudolf Görike and engineer Ernst Pless. The company is a manufacturer of microphones, headphones and audio systems but originally provided technical equipment for cinemas.
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Dr. Rudolf Goerike and Ing. Ernst Pless start their first joint project: sup-plying Vienna movie theaters with film projectors and loudspeakers. The envisaged company name is "Phonophot".
