Poland means different things to different people. For some, it brings to mind mountains, lakes, forests, turbulent history, beautiful cities, pierogi, kielbasa and stuffed cabbage. For others, it is a modern, entrepreneurial country - energetic, ambitious and full of people who, after decades of catching up, no longer feel the need to prove anything to anyone. They simply get on with it. They build companies, invest, design, manufacture and enter markets that, not all that long ago, seemed completely out of reach. You can see it in technology, industry, services and design, but also in far more specialized fields, including audio. Surprising as it may sound, Poland is home to well over a hundred manufacturers of audio devices, accessories and components - from large, increasingly recognizable brands to tiny, highly specialized, sometimes almost one-person workshops making unusual loudspeakers, amplifiers, cables, power distributors, isolation platforms, feet, supports and objects whose purpose sometimes has to be explained even to people who have followed this hobby for years. Some of these companies have long since stopped being curiosities for local patriots and have become serious players on the international stage. Fezz Audio tube amplifiers, J.Sikora and Muarah turntables, Mytek converters and digital devices, Lampizator's eccentric creations, Albedo and Audiomica Laboratory cables, JCAT network accessories, Enerra and Gigawatt power strips and conditioners - these are only the most obvious examples. When it comes to loudspeakers, however, the undisputed leader is Pylon Audio.
