Lab Gruppen
The Lab Gruppen Story
Kenneth Anderson and Dan Bavholm first met as schoolboys in Kungsbacka, Sweden. They both had a passion for electronics and would spend time honing their skills by scavenging old radio and TV sets and learning from library books. Despite not having had any experience with audio or music, their friends introduced them to local musicians eagerly looking for quality equipment at a low cost. The result? A hand made mixing console – musical, durable, and costing less than any mass-produced models of the day. It even served as a FOH mixer for famous jazz performer Eartha Kitt.
From Mixers to Amps
Their intermittent manufacture of mixers and guitar amplifiers lead to the establishment of Lab Gruppen in 1979. The company was originally located inside a local hi-fi store where the duo serviced consumer equipment for additional income while developing new products such as the AXE-AMP and SS 300 power amplifier.
Local Heroes
With the success of the SS 300 and SS 1000 (which was displayed at the Frankfurt Musik Messe), Lab Gruppen was able to move into their own redbrick building. They eventually became a significant exporter throughout Europe and attracted the attention of the local press.
The development of the SS 1300 lead to the development of the Intercooler. While the SS 1400 was the first to use a fan and cooling tunnel, this cooled the device unevenly. The new Intercooler, instead, used a heatsink made of thousands of tiny copper fins that dissipated heat much more efficiently than aluminum fins which resulted in more uniform cooling.
Lab Gruppen Delivers the PLM 5K44
Building on the world-famous PLM+ series, Lab Gruppen just recently released the PLM 5K44, featuring 5,000 Watts of power across four channels, built-in Lake Digital Signal Processing, and Dante networking. The PLM 5K44 also includes Lab Gruppen's proprietary Rational Power Management (RPM) technology which rationalizes power allocation between channels for optimized performance. The PLM 5K44 is built to deliver real world benefits while remaining affordable.
