Celebrating 40 years in the music business...and we’re fitter than ever!

Today Jamo is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading loudspeaker manufacturers but its origins are actually very humble, small-scale and modest. It has reached the dizzy position it occupies today only because of the passion, committment and endeavour of its driven founders. What follows is a brief look at the journey this company has taken, a tale that can tell you a lot about its ethos and motivation, qualities that indelibly permeate each and every one of the products it makes today...

Jamo was born in the second half of the 1960s, a period marked by major social and political events on one side, such as student movements and the hippie movement, and major technological breakthroughs on the other, such as sending the first man into space.

But far away from the turbulent and rapidly changing times, in a tiny henhouse in a remote Danish fishing village, a young joiner named Preben Jacobsen decided to pursue his greatest dream. With a fine sense of craftsmanship and a passion for great sound, Preben began designing and producing loudspeaker cabinets, and then filling them with the best acoustics technology available.

In 1968, just two years after building his first speaker, Preben realised that he would need a good salesman if he wanted the world to know about his excellent products. Here, Preben’s brother-in-law Julius Mortensen enters the story. A former export salesman in the fishing industry, Julius contributed invaluable sales experience to the project. The two joined forces to found Jamo, which takes its name from the first two letters of the two men’s surnames: Jacobsen and Mortensen. With this step, a visionary company with a pioneering spirit prepared to take on the world.

In 1970, the first actual factory was built in Glyngøre, and just three years later Jamo was ready to take part in the world’s largest electronics trade fair: the IFA in Berlin. In 1994, Jamo officially became the biggest producer of loudspeakers in Europe, and by the time the company celebrated its 30th anniversary in 1998, more than 11.5 million Jamo speakers had been sold in more than 80 countries around the world.

The obvious question is why have Jamo’s products enjoyed such remarkable success? The answer’s simple... this company has spent the last forty years developing new sound products that combine exquisite craftsmanship, timeless design and natural sound... because that’s what Jamo started out doing.
And we have no intention of stopping.

What has changed a lot since 1968 is audio technology. What we considered pioneering back then is now a natural part of everyday life. Now it’s well accepted that every room has its own particular ‘sound universe’... the speakers in your living room need to be different to those in your kitchen. And this exciting development is sure to continue as demand for even more flexible and advanced sound products keeps on growing.

Jamo has strengthened its global market effectiveness by outsourcing production to some of the most highly skilled manufacturers in the world. But our fundamental passions – generating ideas, product development, testing and design – remain firmly based in Denmark.

Naturally, as masters of our craft, we are pleased when sound critics appreciate our efforts. Over the years, we have received extensive international recognition from the music industry for creating products with a unique ‘Danish sound’, a balance of open, clear, holistic and unmistakably musical qualities. A sound so true to nature that it totally absorbs you.

That could have changed three years ago when Jamo was bought by Klipsch, its new American owners, but instead a whole new world of opportunities opened up. In our hearts we are still Danish, and our values are the same as ever. But, with our new owners behind us, we finally had the security and peace of mind to devote ourselves exclusively to designing state-of-the-art products that bring a fantastic universe of sound into your home.

From its beginning, Jamo’s mission has been to produce sound solutions that make a difference. Our raison d’être is to bring entertainment into people’s lives through our sublime sound solutions.

That’s what we have done over the last 40 years, it’s what we strive to do today, and it’s our goal for tomorrow.

Let us entertain you!

About Jamo® Premium Speakers

Since 1968, Jamo has been at the forefront of the acclaimed Danish audio industry, consistently focusing on style, simplicity and functionality when designing its speakers, electronics, control systems and accessories for residential and commercial applications. Operating in more than 80 countries, Jamo also takes pride in how its products seamlessly adapt and integrate into various environments, reflecting the different ways the world listens. Jamo is owned by Indianapolis, Indiana-based Klipsch Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX).