Speck Electronics manufactures professional quality audio mixers, equalizers, and microphone preamps. It was founded in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 in 1973 by Vince Poulos. From 1973 through 1986 their primary product was 16-32 input, 8 bus "in-line" recording console. They were one of the early U.S. manufacturers of professional quality consoles. Their design was modular allowing the consoles to be manufactured at a less expensive cost than competing semi-custom designs of the time.

They specialize in designing and manufacturing high quality analog electronics. They include parametric equalizers

Equalization

Equalization, is the process of adjusting the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal. The most well known use of equalization is in sound recording and reproduction but there are many other applications in electronics and telecommunications. The circuit or equipment used...

, mixing console

Mixing console

In professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board, mixing desk, or mixer is an electronic device for combining , routing, and changing the level, timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals. A mixer can mix analog or digital signals, depending on the type of mixer...

s, analog line mixers, and microphone preamplifiers.

Speck moved their operations to Fallbrook, California

California

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in 1986.