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HECO
Website:https://heco-audio.de/
Est. year: 1949
Location: Germany
HECO is a German loudspeaker brand founded in 1949 and based today in Pulheim near Cologne. It started out building speakers for cinemas and restaurants and grew into a long-running producer of stereo, surround and custom-install speakers. Its 1965 compact box, the Type B130 in a 6-litre cabinet, made the name widely known in German living rooms.
Range & what it's known for
The current range runs from the Ambient Line installation models and the Victa Elite entry series through Aurora XT and Aurora 200 P to In Vita, the retro-styled Direkt Premium and the top Celan Revolution line. Celan, introduced in 2005, lifted the brand into a higher price tier. A recurring engineering signature is the kraft-paper diaphragm, made from Nordic softwood fibres mixed with about 5 percent German wool threads. Upper series add die-cast aluminium baskets, AlNiCo-magnet midrange drivers and the Fluktus tweeter flange with machined waves meant to shape dispersion. In 1990 the company was an early mover with compact subwoofer and satellite sets.
Who owns it and where it's made
The firm was set up by Gerhard Richard Hennel and his wife Susanne as Heco Hennel & Co. KG in Schmitten in the Taunus. Recoton bought the brand rights in 1996, and Audiovox, now Voxx International of Orlando, Florida, took them over in 2003. HECO now sits under Premium Audio Company Germany GmbH in Pulheim, a Voxx subsidiary that also runs Magnat. All HECO loudspeakers are developed in the company's own laboratories in Pulheim.
The lineup in this catalog
HECO loudspeakers and subwoofers in several categories, listed between about EUR 200 and EUR 3,000 for the current models.
Who it's for
For a stereo or home cinema room furnished on a sensible budget, HECO covers floorstanders, bookshelf models, centres and subwoofers under a single brand. Victa Elite costs the least, Aurora and In Vita sit in the middle, and Celan Revolution is the move for those who later want die-cast chassis and a heavier cabinet. Direkt Premium suits owners who like a vintage look.
Range & what it's known for
The current range runs from the Ambient Line installation models and the Victa Elite entry series through Aurora XT and Aurora 200 P to In Vita, the retro-styled Direkt Premium and the top Celan Revolution line. Celan, introduced in 2005, lifted the brand into a higher price tier. A recurring engineering signature is the kraft-paper diaphragm, made from Nordic softwood fibres mixed with about 5 percent German wool threads. Upper series add die-cast aluminium baskets, AlNiCo-magnet midrange drivers and the Fluktus tweeter flange with machined waves meant to shape dispersion. In 1990 the company was an early mover with compact subwoofer and satellite sets.
Who owns it and where it's made
The firm was set up by Gerhard Richard Hennel and his wife Susanne as Heco Hennel & Co. KG in Schmitten in the Taunus. Recoton bought the brand rights in 1996, and Audiovox, now Voxx International of Orlando, Florida, took them over in 2003. HECO now sits under Premium Audio Company Germany GmbH in Pulheim, a Voxx subsidiary that also runs Magnat. All HECO loudspeakers are developed in the company's own laboratories in Pulheim.
The lineup in this catalog
HECO loudspeakers and subwoofers in several categories, listed between about EUR 200 and EUR 3,000 for the current models.
Who it's for
For a stereo or home cinema room furnished on a sensible budget, HECO covers floorstanders, bookshelf models, centres and subwoofers under a single brand. Victa Elite costs the least, Aurora and In Vita sit in the middle, and Celan Revolution is the move for those who later want die-cast chassis and a heavier cabinet. Direkt Premium suits owners who like a vintage look.
