Electrocompaniet is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 manufacturer of high-end audio products. Their philosophy of the perfect sound has been controversial over their 30 years of history. They base their ideal sound not on technical measurements and theory but rather on getting a sound most true to the live listening experience.

History

In 1975 Electrocompaniet started getting attention for their new "The 2 Channel Audio Power Amplifier" (aka "The Otala Amplifier"). This 25 watt amplifier was based on the research of Dr. Matti Otala of "Tampere University of Technology". Before 1974 Electrocompaniet was a localized Norwegian loudspeaker importer and PA system manufacturer.
Also see an account of the history of the 25W amplifier at Electrocompanet here

NEMO

The NEMO "Monaural Class A Reference Amplifier" by Electrocompaniet is used in listening and reference studios across the world. It is often coupled with the Bowers & Wilkins

Bowers & Wilkins

Bowers & Wilkins is a British loudspeaker company that produces mid-range through reference quality hi-fi and home theater speakers. The company name is often abbreviated to just B&W.Joe Atkins is current owner and chairman...

 Nautilus reference loudspeaker

Loudspeaker

A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...

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Electrocompaniet clearly made this amplifier to be a match with the Nautilus loudspeakers. At the time of realisation for Nautilus there were few reference power amplifiers capable of delivering the power that they required. Electrocompaniet named their new monoblock amplifier after Nemo

Captain Nemo

Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Dakkar, is a fictional character featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island ....

, the fictional captain of the submarine Nautilus.

NEMO was at some point (and still might be) at use in Abbey Road Studios. The NEMO has collected rave reviews from among others Stereophile USA and Haute Fidelite France.

At 2 x 600 W in 8 ohms it is among the most powerful high-end amplifiers in existence. It is a pure class A amplifier.