Kwangwoo Electronics was founded in 1975 and is specialized in the manufacturing of cathode- ray tube parts(band, frame) for Samsung Display Industries.

In 1991, the company was so successful and its management decided to start an audio division with the objective to manufacture high quality vacuum tube amplifiers. The audio division was named after the famous Emille [pronounced: em-ee-leh] bell.

The Emille bell was cast in the Silla Kingdom of the Land of the morning Calm(South Korea), in 771 A.D. What is remarkable and most astonishing is how the Silla people could cast such a large bell in such a precise way without any modern tools, using the lost wax process brought from ancient India.

The bell measures 10 feet or 3.3m in height and 6.9 feet or 2.27m in lip diameter, was cast with 18.9 tons of molten bronze and there are no blowholes which metallurgy and foundry scientists have declared mysterious, to this date.

Recent research on the Emille Bell has yielded the fact that the bell had been designed in such a way as to be heard evenly from all directions and its reverberations linger for some three minutes, a longer linger time than any other bells of the world. The Emille bell is located in Kyungju city, about 60 km from our factory.

The Emille bell inspires the core of our design philosophy. Our amplifiers are handcrafted. We use the best available components; our pcbs are gold plated, military grade for optimum signal transfer; the output transformers are designed, hand wound and tightly matched by ourselves.

Each amplifier is thoroughly benchmarked before leaving the factory in a wooden treasure chest with a fish key lock.

With attention to details, innovative design and excellent craftsmanship, we can proudly say:
YOUR MUSIC IS OUR COMMAND!