Margules
Margules is the one Latin American maker in the archive. Its history, as told in a 1999 SoundStage! review reproduced on the original site, goes back to 1926, when Jacobo Margules founded Emporio Electrico in Mexico City. That business became Casa Margules, a supplier of electrical components to broadcasters, radio amateurs and service technicians, and later Radio Surtidora. Tel Rad, the audio manufacturing branch, was founded in 1954 and designs and builds preamplifiers, power amplifiers and loudspeakers.
The amplifier the review covered, the U280sc, is a tube design with switchable triode and pentode operation and built-in volume controls; the reviewer found it at the 1998 Consumer Electronics Show and preferred triode mode for most music.
We have not found an independent source for the company history beyond that review, so the dates on this page are as the review gives them.
Margules Audio – Tel Rad S.A. is a family-owned company that researches, designs, and manufactures preamplifiers, power amplifiers, and loudspeakers. The origins date back to 1926 when Jacobo Margules founded Emporio Electrico, which later became Casa Margules specializing in electrical components for radio broadcasters, radio amateurs and service technicians. That company then became Radio Surtidora S.A., the oldest company in Mexico. Margules currently specializes in electronic measurement equipment and industrial electronic components. Tel Rad was founded in 1954 as the manufacturing branch for audio components, and for the past 14 years has developed its own technology.
Margules: quick answers
Where does the Margules company history come from?
From a 1999 SoundStage! review that the original site reproduced. We have not found an independent source, so its dates are given as the review states them.
What kind of amplifier is the Margules U280sc?
A tube amplifier with switchable triode and pentode operation and built-in volume controls. The reviewer found it at the 1998 Consumer Electronics Show and preferred triode mode for most music.
