The opportunity market for direct boxes was just waiting to be dominated. After hearing the result Janis was hooked on the concept of transformers and building gear that brought it all together – the best sounding interface gear employing the best sounding transformer technology, to make the best possible music. His friend shared with Janis that he had received a Jensen Transformer in the mail and said that once he built a direct box with this ‘holy grail’ that it was going to make his guitar sound like the Gods intended. While working at another music store in Edmonton, Janis became friends with a store colleague who happened to be the area’s top session player. The First Passive Direct Box The JDI - 1996 Peter Janis and the JP Cabletek booth at AES 1997 Coming up with a company name that could be easily translated into many languages (Radial Engineering) and a logo that represents the inside of a quad cable, in 1996 he launched the first Radial product, the Radial JDI. Over the next few years the company grew to making custom snakes while Janis toyed with the idea of going more global. Renaming the company in 1992 to JP Cabletek Electronics Ltd., Janis imported an array of brands such as Presonus, Audix Microphones, Hafler, Microtech Gefell, Mogami cables, Jensen Transformers, Sonex acoustical products and many others. His relationship with Cabletek grew, and in 1991 he saw an opportunity to take it over and get back to what he loved best the gear. He provided services to various companies in the industry including Canadian cable company, Cabletek. After a successful 10 years of working with TMI, having amassed an arsenal of technical and marketing knowledge and skills, in 1990 Janis started his own marketing company. He eventually migrated to designing audio systems for PA companies and in 1980 was headhunted by TMI, the main shareholder of Fender Musical Instruments at that time. As a musician, he put in his time on the road playing keyboards and guitars. In 1976 Radial Founder Peter Janis began his journey in the music and pro audio industries with a music store gig in Montreal, Canada. An extensive network of dealers and distributors makes Radial product available around the world. With approximately 100 employees, Radial boasts in-house research and development, and engineering and production departments where all the products are proudly Canadian-made. Radial products are also regularly chosen by audio/video integrators for use in non-music applications but where pristine audio is required. In business since 1992, the company is responsible for what are arguably two of the best direct boxes on the market, the JDI and the J48. As the maker of some of the best pro audio gear in the business Radial’s products have graced the stages and studios of many of music's biggest acts including Rush, U2, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Al Schmitt, and Elliot Scheiner, among many others. These products include the world's finest direct boxes, splitters and audio interfacing devices. A longstanding reputation for bringing reliable and tough-as-nails problem solvers to the market means you will see Radial products on stages and in studios world-wide. Radial Engineering is based in Port Coquitlam, BC, a short drive from Vancouver.
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