Over fifty years ago, Carl Countryman started crafting custom gear for touring rock bands and performers. Today, their family business is an industry-leading manufacturer of legendary direct boxes and ultra-miniature microphones, with the same goal of serving audio professionals all over the world with personal attention and exceptional quality. Their wide range of direct boxes and highly customizable earsets, lavaliers, instrument, hanging, and podium microphones are all designed, manufactured, and rigorously tested at their office in Menlo Park, California.