A brief history and a short philosophical take:
Rolf Gemein can easily be described as one of the true high end audio pioneers. As early as the
mid – 70’s, he experimented with then re olutionary design aspects such as different internal
cables, different types of solders, the influence of resonance control in the amplifier chassis, etc.
In 1979, Rolf started Symphonic Line with the intention of being solely responsible for the quest of
the perfect musical “illusion “. In the years since, his incredible ear and most importantly, his
tweaking and tuning abilities and complete de otion to music, produced phenomenal international
successes as born out by dozens of product - of- the-year, consumer, and best - at - show awards.
A common practice of many high end manufacturer, due mainly to increased profitability, is to
change their products e ery year. Unfortunately, too many fellow manufacturer are using this
marketing and sales technique, which is inherently unfair to the consumers. On the other hand,
Rolf Gemein’s relentless pursuit of excellence and his philosophical approach of “e olutionary
maturing processes” of his designs produced truly world - class products such as the classic RG 1
and the Kraft Reference series of amplifiers, Die Erleuchtung tube preamplifier, and the RG 8 Gold
Cartridge, all being hailed as the ery best in the US, Europe, and Asia alike.
Odyssey Design Group, the US importer / distributor of Symphonic Line works ery closely
together with Germany in design and production. Together, we created the Odyssey Project 2
Series, a new line of products designed by Symphonic Line in Germany, and build here in the US.
When we created Odyssey, we knew that we had something ery special. After all, the Odyssey
designs were pure Symphonic Line’s, to be seen as the “little brothers” of the RG’s or Kraft
Reference’s. hi listening to the Odyssey products, you will immediately notice the familiar
smoothness, quickness, and tonality, that ha e become the hallmark sound signatures of
Symphonic Line.
What was really different, howe er, was the fact that due to se eral factors such as extremely
compact production designs, US based manufacturing, ery reasonable profit margins, and pure
luck in finding some incredibly reasonable and at the same time enthusiastic suppliers, we were
able to achie e an unbelie able price / performance factor of our products.
We achie ed all of our goals, which are:
- to become the alue leader in the true high end market
- to offer one of the ery best ser ice and upgrade policies in the business
- to share our passion for music instead of audiophile and spectacular effects
- exclusi e use of top - quality parts of high reliability
- being able to offer the same alue in our next products.
Especially on the quality and alue issues, we’ll be able to offer:
- the measuring, selecting, and matching of all output de ices
- hea y machining throughout, use of metals only, and no plastics
- no silk screening, but only engra ing
- hand - soldering of all contacts, with best a ailable sil er solder
- in - house metal finishing, and the exclusi e use of anodizing processes
- three - le el quality control at test points at 24 hrs /48 hrs burn - in, and small indi idual
listening tests before shipping on all electronics
We are very confident that the phenomenal performance, dedication, value, craftsmanship,
and service of Symphonic Line and Odyssey will create new standards in the hi h end
industry. We truly believe that ultimately Rolf Gemein’s lifelon obsession and work created
somethin that your soul will love very much. Happy listenin , and enjoy.
