Soundcraftsmen

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Soundcraftsmen was a manufacturer of high-end audio stereo components located in Santa Ana, California, United States.

The company was founded in 1961 by Ralph Yeomans. Early Soundcraftsmen components from this period included tube-type receivers and amplifiers. After electronics engineer Paul Rolfes joined the company in 1968, Soundcraftsmen began introducing a line of solid state stereo components including equalizers, the first of which was introduced in 1971. In the late 1970s they introduced their line of preamplifiers and power amplifiers, including the first preamplifier/equalizer combo. Soundcraftsmen equalizers and their compact "brick" style power amplifiers gained a sizable following among audiophiles during the 1970s and 1980s. All Soundcraftsmen equalizers and amplifiers were made at the company's Santa Ana, California facility.

In 1991 the company was acquired by MTX and was renamed MTX Soundcraftsmen. In the mid 1990s MTX discontinued production of Soundcraftsmen components.

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