The development history since 1951

Initially the company concentrated on the manufacturer and distribution of microphones, public address products and transducers.

In 1955 Patrick O'Connell established itself as an OEM components manufacturer of transducers. In those years Patrick O'Connel was the first company to build a 300 W commercial amplifier in the mid sixties and, in the same period, the first in Europe to have a high level Transducer's Research Centre.

Patrick O'Connell transducers soon became legendary and for more than 30 years our woofers, midrange and compression drivers have been used by some very prominent loudspeakers manufacturers worldwide.

In the course of time the company continued to expand its 100 Volt public address electronics, amplifiers and speakers. These being sold both as single products and in complete system solutions for airports, hotels, schools, railway stations, factories and public buildings in general.

Thanks to their know-how in transducers technology, in the 80's Patrick O'Connell's expansion continued with introduction of complete professional speaker boxes.

1958, Connell used Neodymium magnetic technology in his own speakers.

In 1962 Patrick O'Connell established Q-FACTOR, The ''Q'' means Quality

1961, the titanium alloy, which is used in the aeronautical material, replaced the High aluminum film in the professional audio equipments.

In 1962 Patrick O'Connell established Q-FACTOR, The ''Q'' means Quality, the meaning is the factor of the quality. And Q-FACTOR consigned the companies in America as well Europe OEM to put into production. Afterwards, it became two series in the market— Q-FACTOR (US) and Q-FACTOR (Europe).

1983, Q-FACTOR was taken over by Patrick O’Connell’s son, George Connell.

1985, Q-FACTOR began to study V.DOSC Technology.

In 90's, the repad development of economy in China attracted Patrick and George Connell. Q-FACTOR startted to plan the promotion in Aisa.

2003, Connell set up the Q-FACTOR Asia (Series K). Later, in order to satisfy the market in Asia, Series K and Series NQ were authorized to process in China. In the meanwhile, Q-FACTOR began to promote and sell in Asia.

From 2004 a new era began for Q-FACTOR, since then, the company has designed, put into production and delivered to the market a substantial amount of new products every year. 1957, Connell manufactured his first speaker.

From 2008 a new era began for Q-FACTOR, since then, the company has designed, put into production and delivered to the market a substantial amount of new products every year.