Electro-Voice 80th Anniversary (2007)

From Electro-Voice 80th anniversary celebration in September of 2007:
From 1927, when company founders Al Kahn and Lou Burroughs began servicing radio receivers in the basement of Century Tire and Rubber in South Bend, Indiana, EV has held its own as an audio innovator. Though were always looking-and listening-forward to our next achievement, this year were proud to look back over eight decades in which we consistently set new industry standards for sonic excellence and reliability in loudspeaker, microphone and audio electronics design and manufacturing. EV raised the bar with breakthrough technologies, designs and products like Variable-D® microphones, the hum-bucking coil, home high-fidelity loudspeaker components, constant-directivity horns, noise-canceling microphones, pro-sound loudspeakers with Ring-Mode Decoupling (RMD™) and Manifold Technology® for concert-sound loudspeaker systems with very high output ability yet relatively compact size. From day one, EV has been all about helping our customers be heard with the best audio quality possible...