The unique selling formula developed in its first store proved successful and eventually spawned the opening of 30 showrooms in New England and metropolitan San Francisco. This made it one of the first companies to sell consumer electronics on the Internet. In 1994 it sold its first products on the Internet, using the CompuServe network. In 1991, the company opened its first retail location in Newton, Massachusetts. Ĭambridge SoundWorks began offering its products (such as the Ensemble I, II, and III satellite speaker systems) by catalog and multi-page magazine advertisements. From its inception, the company's success was significant and its products received critical acclaim.

It was founded with the specific mission to design and manufacture well-priced, high quality, high performance loudspeakers and audio products to be marketed directly to the consumer. Kloss had founded or co-founded a number of earlier loudspeaker and consumer audio companies, including Acoustic Research, KLH and Advent Corporation. Cambridge SoundWorks was a Massachusetts-based consumer audio manufacturer and retailer.Ĭambridge SoundWorks was co-founded in 1988 by Henry Kloss, an audio engineer and businessman, and colleague Tom DeVesto.