Our Story - How we got here

Three young guys, two engineers and a sales man in the early 80s knew sound could be a whole bunch better . They designed and built an amplifier using a early design from the archives of a vault in the the UK company Thorn EMI where they were both apprentice electronic engineers.

They used parts they had ( Correction Thorn EMI had ) with sound being the founding principle of everything created . They then needed a sales outlet, Brighton HiFi was a shop in the seaside town and Craig Hill ran it with his father . ONIX AUDIO was born and history was made .

The first real product ONIX Made is the now classic and iconic OA21 . It was a shoe box size and it took the world by storm, with many others copying our format through the years.

We sold it to enthusiastic dealers and people that loved the sound . Magazines loved it and even today they are loved by all that still have them . The OA21 evolved and got better and better, and today the spirit lives on with our Founder  being the creator of the awesome DNA range of amplifiers sold in 2026 . The perfect evolution of sound