Rank Arena specifications

Brand : Arena

From 1928 to 1975 Rank Arena built first radio sets, then televisions and finally radio receivers and compact stereo systems. The hi-fi devices were quite good in quality and sometimes had interesting details.

The history of the company is equally interesting: in 1928, the entrepreneur Ove Hede Nielsen started the production of radio equipment with the name "Herofon" in Horsens, Denmark. in 1955, the production of TVs with the name "Arena" began. This factory was Denmark's largest producer in the 60s. in 1966 Hede Nielsen moved into a new factory outside Horsens, which burned down in 1970. The new factory built on this basis was created in cooperation with the English Rank group, which financed 80% of the costs. It was produced under the name Rank Arena from 1971 to 1975 until the end of Rank Arena in 1975. The factory and employees were then taken over by 3F (Folke Fjernsyns Fabrikken), which went bankrupt in 1979. Rank Arena and its German distribution company have also distributed the brands 0eac2085778749723b88b456583652ea (turntables) and KEF (loudspeakers) as well as ADC (pickups), which are not part of the Rank Group, in Germany. In addition, Rank sold the brands Rotel (then part of the Rank Group in England) and Leak and Wharfedale (legendary loudspeakers from the UK) via Rank Bild- Ton GmbH in Frankfurt.

At the HighEnd in Munich 2010, the IAG-Vertieb (Quad , Audiolab ) presented speakers from Wharfedale (by the way, also belonging to the Rank Group until the mid-70s) and the leak logo was also on display (but no devices). IAG is a Chinese provider.