Estelon is a high-end loudspeaker manufacturer based in Estonia and this year they are celebrating ten years of creating what they hope are “the world’s best loudspeakers”. Hifi Pig caught up with chief designer and engineer Alfred Vassilkov to ask him a few questions about the brand, their philosophy, and more.
THE ESTELON STORY
From a young age, and while growing up in the Soviet era, Alfred began dismantling radios and changed and adjusted their components in the hope of improving their sound quality. At university, whilst studying electro-acoustics in St Petersburg, he extended his interest in this field which led him to a Eureka moment back in 2010 whilst, of all things, having breakfast with his family.
HP: What was your motivation in bringing what is an iconic product back to market?
JJ: We have always loved the original and for years we were asking ourselves why no one has brought it back. There are a few products out there that retain parts of the circuitry but nothing that keeps the timeless design of the chassis. This is what we wanted to capture when designing the Stereo 21c but inject some modernity within the amplifier by using new components throughout and this is where the name comes from, 21c which represents 21
st Century.
Close Up Of The Stereo C21 Showing the RCA Inputs