[1] In 1932 the former wool merchant Gilbert Briggs from Bradford formed The Wharfedale Wireless Company primarily to further the design and manufacture of loudspeakers to reproduce as accurately as possible the music in which he was keenly interested.
His legacy has over two generations passed to the Castle Acoustics of today.
Moving to Skipton in Craven (Airedale), located in an old woollen mill, Castle Acoustics was born on 3 September 1973.
Almost twenty years later, with the original founders approaching retiring age, a second group of senior executives from Wharfedale made a proposal to buy out the original management team.
Castle was rescued from bankruptcy by the International Audio Group (IAG) adding the brand to its portfolio which includes Wharfedale, QUAD, audiolab, Mission, Leak and Luxman.