They met as students of Imperial College, and shared a common frustration of the high cost of hi-fi equipment and the difficulty of use.

As the company grew, they developed new products including CD players, transports, radio tuners and digital-to-analog converters.

[1] The TAG McLaren Audio enterprise suffered adversely from the economic slump in the early 2000s, and announced that it ceased development in mid-2003[2] followed by a strategic review.

Audiolab 8200CD player designed by John Westlake - Product of the Year 2010 by What Hi-Fi?

The Audiolab MDAC won Product of the Year for DACs (Digital to analogue converters) in the same 2011 What Hi*Fi?