1974:
Ashly Audio was founded by a group of recording engineers, concert sound professionals, and electronics designers. The first products were elaborate custom consoles, complete with built- in electronic crossovers, compressor/ limiters, and parametric equalizers. Ashly’s first customers were friends and associates, but business quickly spread to new clients. As more consoles were manufactured, the demand continued to grow and so did Ashly.
(Ed. From the Ashly Audio web site.)