{"id":27162,"date":"2012-11-01T03:56:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T03:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T22:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:32:19","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ECOUSTICS, LLC was founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brian-mitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Mitchell<\/a> in 1998 and remains independently owned and operated, headquartered in Orange County, CA (USA). The website (www.ecoustics.com) officially launched 1999 as one of the first consumer electronics portals. 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