It was an ordinary 18 April, back in 1981: The planets rotated in their orbits, mankind was eating, drinking, sleeping and making an honest days toil. But in Korb, a village not far from Stuttgart, history was in the making. Two casual young men, Jűrgen Daubert and Rolf Belz, locked their garage and set out for the nearby town of Waiblingen. There they resolutely strode into a municipal office that, like all municipal offices, had it’s own charm and registered their “trade”, which they aptly named d&b audiotechnik. However, on this memorable day 42 years ago, we don’t know if these fledgling entrepreneurs retuned directly to their garage passionate about their loudspeaker systems, or whether on this suspicious occasion digressed to empty the odd glass or two. No matter, because at the end of the day, what would the mystery of the black boxes be without a little mystery? Cheers!