The company

Experienced and specialised staff driven by passion, materials of the highest quality skilfully crafted, uncompromisingly precise design and ingenious manufacturing technology: Erlangen, as a centre of science and higher education, shapes our standards of excellence. In the immediate vicinity of the Fraunhofer Institutes and the Max Planck Institute, our engineers and precision mechanics conduct research into future technologies – for a better acoustic quality of life. Under the clearaudio brand, highly trained perfectionists are dedicated to the idea of bringing audiophile visions to life through innovative imagination.
To this end, our technicians and engineers seek out every meaningful synergy – with precision mechanics, watchmakers, precision electronics engineers, physicists and industrial designers.
The finest materials, used to the full, come together to create impressive designs, components and products that unmistakably bear the clearaudio hallmark.
To preserve this hallmark for generations to come, we pass on our knowledge to ambitious young people.
As a leading training organisation, we take our social responsibility seriously. With our headquarters located in the ‘Meilwald’ nature reserve, we operate in an environmentally sustainable and forward-looking manner, generating over 70 per cent of our daily electricity requirements through our own photovoltaic system.
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To uphold our commitment to quality, we manufacture most components in-house. Continuously increasing our vertical integration and reducing our reliance on external manufacturers are fundamental pillars of the clearaudio philosophy. Only in this way can we guarantee consistency across production runs, documentation, quality and reproducible acoustic results.

Our in-house handcrafted production and the sourcing of individual components from certified and specialised manufacturing facilities – usually in the immediate vicinity – are subject to the strictest standards. Every product series undergoes numerous testing stages. During the ongoing development of materials, continuous performance tests ensure optimal results.

“Take the best, make it better – then it’s just good enough.”

Your clearaudio products only leave our premises after thorough and documented assembly testing. And for those rare occasions, we keep relevant spare parts in original quality available for up to 10 years after a product’s launch – a unique selling point that our customers in more than 80 countries appreciate. Given this global reach, all clearaudio products comply with international guidelines. We combine passion with responsibility – including in our role as a qualified OEM supplier to manufacturers in related industries.

Whilst our products are globally unique and unmistakable, they are designed to meet the requirements of audiophile music lovers

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Vision and Values

Robert Suchy - Development & Design, Export, Marketing, Operations
Robert Suchy - Development & Design, Export, Marketing, Operations

Excellent performance, audiophile authenticity and cutting-edge quality result from the perfect combination of components that are optimally matched to one another. When everyone does what they do best, thereby contributing to a magnificent overall achievement, ever new superlatives become possible. This is what unites us and drives us forward.

As siblings at the helm of the family-run company clearaudio, with over 44 years of brand history behind us, we share not only a passion for our high-end manufacturing at our research and technology hub in Erlangen, but also a love of music and the enthusiasm of the ever-growing vinyl community. Together with our fantastic team, we are responsible for what captures this community’s attention and electrifies it: preserved music that, thanks to absolutely lifelike reproduction, has the same electrifying effect as a live concert. Everyone, in the role they have mastered through their talent and experience, is always committed to the philosophy: ‘Take the best, make it better – then it’s just good enough.’

Veronika Suchy - Personnel, Organisation, Operations
Veronika Suchy - Personnel, Organisation, Operations

This is how we at clearaudio continually succeed in further optimising the fidelity of the music signal. That is what our customers expect. And we feel a duty to them. We have remained true to this principle ever since our workshop was founded in 1978 and the first moving-coil cartridge was developed and patented here.

Today, with our in-house specialists, we are not only continuously improving our top-of-the-range models but also making the audiophile listening experience more accessible to a wider audience.

With the concept series, young vinyl enthusiasts and newcomers can enjoy the most authentic and best sound money can buy within their budget. At the same time, they often retain the option of modular upgrades, for example by fitting higher-quality cartridges. In this way, we put another of our guiding principles into practice: whatever style of music moves a person – clearaudio technology always delivers unadulterated enjoyment, just like a live performance, and represents an investment that retains its value for generations.

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