Audivo
Audivo GmbH is a German B2B technology company that designs embedded audio streaming, wireless (KleerNet), and Class D amplifier modules for High End HiFi brands. It serves audio manufacturers with OEM modules, firmware, apps, and certification support under its EMAS and AMAS product lines.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1995
- HeadquartersSchwarzenfeld, Germany
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Audivo does
Audivo GmbH is a German privately-held technology company headquartered in Schwarzenfeld, Bavaria, that designs and supplies embedded audio streaming, wireless audio, and amplifier modules exclusively to High End HiFi brands on a B2B OEM/white-label basis. Founded in 1995 (originally as PONTIS) and pivoted in 2005 to its current B2B model, the company now operates two branches: Audivo (audio modules and engineering services) and PONTIS EMC (electromagnetic compatibility products and services).
The Audivo audio portfolio centers on EMAS (Embedded Modules for Audio Streaming) — built on StreamUnlimited's Stream810 platform — supporting HighRes Audio up to 24Bit/192kHz, DSD 256, Roon, Dirac Live room correction, and integrations with Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, and Airable. Complementary products include the AMAS multi-room audio system (network player with HDMI-ARC, wireless active speakers, and Class D amplifier), the EFA-21254 Class D amplifier module with Qualcomm CSRA6620 DDFA technology, the proprietary KleerNet wireless audio transmission protocol (uncompressed, sub-20ms latency, up to 5.1/7.1 channels), a bidirectional RF remote control, and custom app/hardware/software development services for iOS, Android, and embedded platforms. A multinational engineering team (Germany, China, Ukraine, plus team members from Brazil, Russia, Serbia, and Turkey) supports customers across the full product lifecycle, from module integration through Roon/Deezer/Spotify/Airable certification.
The company earns revenue through hardware sales of streaming and amplifier modules, software licensing, and bespoke engineering services sold directly to HiFi brand customers. With 11-50 employees and no disclosed external institutional or venture funding, Audivo operates as an independent, founder-led (Erich Böhm) specialist supplier in a niche High End audio market.
Audivo firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Audivo
- Legal name
- Audivo GmbH
- Website
- https://audivo.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1995
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Audivo GmbH is a German B2B technology company that designs embedded audio streaming, wireless (KleerNet), and Class D amplifier modules for High End HiFi brands. It serves audio manufacturers with OEM modules, firmware, apps, and certification support under its EMAS and AMAS product lines.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Audivo industry classification
Industry- Product category
- High End Audio Electronics / Embedded HiFi Modules
- NAICS
- Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (33431), Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (334310)
- SIC
- Household Audio & Video Equipment (3651), Electronic Components, Nec (3679)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Hi‑Fi / Audiophile Components (DACs, Amps, Turntables, Streamers) (CRACANAI)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- AV Receivers, Amplifiers & Hi‑Fi Components Retail (CRACAEAE), Speakers & Subwoofers Retail (Soundbars, Surround, Smart Speakers) (CRACAEAF)
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Where Audivo is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Schwarzenfeld
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Audivo business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Streaming and HiFi Modules: Sale of software and hardware modules to High End HiFi brands. Audivo provides streaming modules (EMAS), wireless audio components (KleerNet), amplifier modules, and remote control solutions that are embedded into HiFi brand products. This is the primary revenue stream following the shift from consumer products in 2005.
- Software Licensing and Development Support: Software licensing and custom development support services for HiFi brands, including app development for iOS and Android, firmware development, and engineering support for product integration. Development support has included assistance with Roon, Deezer, Spotify, and Airable certifications.
- Engineering and Development Services: Bespoke software development and engineering support services, including connectivity between devices and networks, user interface development, debugging networked set-ups, streaming audio integration, and device certification support.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels4 records
Audivo product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Audivo designs and supplies embedded software and hardware audio modules for the High End HiFi market, including streaming modules (EMAS), wireless audio transmission (KleerNet), Class D amplifier boards (with DDFA technology), and complete multi-room audio systems (AMAS). These are sold as OEM/white-label solutions that HiFi brands integrate into their own premium audio products, complemented by app, firmware, and engineering development services.
Product overview
Audivo is a German technology company specializing in audio and video solutions for the High End HiFi market. The company operates two main business branches: Audio (under the Audivo brand) and EMC (under the PONTIS EMC brand). The Audio portfolio centers on EMAS (Embedded Modules for Audio Streaming), based on the StreamUnlimited Stream810 platform, providing HighRes Audio (24Bit/192kHz), DSD 256, Roon, and Dirac Live support. Complementary products include the AMAS (Audivo Multi Room Audio System) comprising network player, wireless active speakers, and Class-D amplifier modules, the EFA-21254 Class D Amplifier with DDFA technology, and Kleernet wireless audio transmission. The company also provides software, hardware, and app development services, with StreamUnlimited as a key technology partner.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- EMAS (Embedded Modules for Audio Streaming)
Companies that use Audivo
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Audivo technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration6 records
Feature5 records
Audivo partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- StreamUnlimitedcoreStreamUnlimited from Vienna, Austria is Audivo's key technology partner for streaming solutions. Audivo's EMAS (Embedded Modules for Audio Streaming) are based on the Stream810 module from StreamUnlimited. Together they introduced high resolution audio and user-friendly apps to the HiFi market. Audivo is officially listed as a partner of StreamUnlimited Engineering. StreamUnlimited provides the most advanced streaming solution for High End Audio, and Audivo serves as the distribution and integration partner for HiFi brands.
- Microchip TechnologycoreMicrochip Technology (through its subsidiary BridgeCo, now part of Microchip) provided the chipset foundation for Audivo's first HiFi-grade streaming module. Based on BridgeCo's chip solution, Audivo offered the first streaming module suitable for the HiFi market. KleerNet wireless technology is also used in many wireless HiFi systems and references Microchip in its branding.
- LinkedInminorAudivo maintains an online presence on LinkedIn as part of their social media footprint. LinkedIn serves as a channel for professional networking, industry visibility, and potential B2B customer discovery.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Audivo competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- StreamUnlimited: Austrian engineering firm providing the Stream810 module platform that underpins Audivo's EMAS streaming modules. StreamUnlimited also licenses similar streaming technology directly to HiFi brands, making it both Audivo's closest technology partner and most direct peer in embedded HiFi streaming.
- AURALiC: High End HiFi brand offering high-resolution streamers, DACs, and wireless audio products. AURALiC designs and builds its own streaming/amplification platforms, paralleling the integrated, premium-audio approach that Audivo's modules and amplifiers enable for its brand customers.
- Linkplay: Provider of WiFi audio modules and turnkey streaming platforms (e.g., WiiM, Audio Pro) used by a wide range of audio brands. Competes with Audivo in supplying embedded wireless streaming modules and reference platforms to consumer and mid-tier HiFi brands globally.
Broad incumbents
- Sonos: Dominant consumer wireless multi-room audio platform. While Sonos sells finished products rather than modules, its ecosystem sets the consumer expectation for multi-room and streaming audio that HiFi brands must match, indirectly competing for the wireless audio technology layer that Audivo's AMAS and KleerNet target.
- Qualcomm Technologies (DDFA / CSRA66xxx): Supplies the CSRA6620 chipset that powers Audivo's EFA-21254 amplifier and licenses DDFA amplifier technology broadly. Qualcomm is both a key supplier and an indirect competitor because its reference designs and chipset ecosystems can be adopted directly by audio brands.
- Microchip Technology (BridgeCo): Through its BridgeCo subsidiary, Microchip provided the chipset foundation for Audivo's first HiFi streaming modules. Microchip sells networking and audio silicon plus reference designs to a broad set of audio OEMs, overlapping with the embedded HiFi module space Audivo addresses.
- Lenbrook Industries (Bluesound / NAD): Owns the Bluesound and NAD HiFi brands that compete in High End streaming speakers and amplifiers. Acts as both a potential customer for Audivo's modules and a competing vertically integrated player that bundles streaming, amplification, and software.
Others
- Hegel Music Systems: Norwegian High End HiFi manufacturer of integrated amplifiers and streamers. Hegel is representative of the type of HiFi brand that Audivo sells into and sometimes competes with for streaming/amplifier design wins at the premium end of the market.
- Dirac Research: Swedish audio technology company whose Dirac Live room correction is integrated into Audivo's EMAS modules. Dirac is both a technology partner and a tangential peer as a provider of premium audio signal-processing IP to the same HiFi brand customer base.
Emerging players
- Eversolo: Emerging Chinese HiFi brand focused on high-resolution streaming DACs and players. Targets the same end market as Audivo's brand customers and increasingly offers streaming modules/boards of its own, partially overlapping with Audivo's role as a backend technology provider.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Audivo social profiles
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Audivo leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Audivo subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
Audivo funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Audivo M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Audivo
What does Audivo do?
Audivo designs and supplies embedded software and hardware audio modules for the High End HiFi market, including streaming modules (EMAS), wireless audio transmission (KleerNet), Class D amplifier boards (with DDFA technology), and complete multi-room audio systems (AMAS). These are sold as OEM/white-label solutions that HiFi brands integrate into their own premium audio products, complemented by app, firmware, and engineering development services.
Is Audivo a public or private company?
Audivo is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Audivo founded?
Audivo was founded in 1995. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Audivo based?
Audivo is headquartered in Schwarzenfeld, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does Audivo make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Streaming and HiFi Modules are the primary driver. The others are software Licensing and Development Support and engineering and Development Services.
Who are Audivo's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are StreamUnlimited, AURALiC and Linkplay. Broad incumbents are Sonos, Qualcomm Technologies (DDFA / CSRA66xxx), Microchip Technology (BridgeCo) and Lenbrook Industries (Bluesound / NAD). Others are Hegel Music Systems and Dirac Research. Eversolo is listed as an emerging player.
Does Audivo have an API?
No public API is recorded for Audivo.
What industry is Audivo in?
Audivo's product category is High End Audio Electronics / Embedded HiFi Modules. Its primary akta.pro industry code is CRACANAI, Hi‑Fi / Audiophile Components (DACs, Amps, Turntables, Streamers), with a secondary code of CRACAEAE, AV Receivers, Amplifiers & Hi‑Fi Components Retail. Its NAICS code is 33431 and its SIC code is 3651.