The state-of-the-Art in music reproduction
High Definition Audio
Audio Research is one of the oldest continually operating manufacturers in American audio. The company was founded in 1970 in Minneapolis with one goal in mind: to advance the state-of-the-art in music reproduction. Today, Audio Research remains a performance-oriented company by philosophy and design. New product introductions are driven only by genuine advances in technology and performance — the HIGH DEFINITION that is the hallmark of the company’s products.
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Audio Research has released a number of fantastic new designs including the Reference 160M (REF160M) Monoblock Power Amplifier and the beautiful Foundation series consisting of the LS28 pre-amplifier, the DAC9 digital to analogue converter, the PH9 phono pre-amplifier and the VT80SE power amplifier. Featuring refined audio topology with fewer and better components in the signal-path than in previous designs, this array of features has never been offered before in a Audio Research amplifier.
Audio Research was instrumental in refocusing the audio industry on designing products for musical performance – not merely for the sake of new technology or mass-market pricing. Audio Research was founded by William Z. Johnson, who began designing custom audio electronics in the early 1950’s. Johnson’s efforts almost single-handedly revived vacuum-tube designs at a time when major industry manufacturers had abandoned this technology in favor of low-cost solid-state devices which were markedly inferior in terms of musical accuracy, a fact widely acknowledged today. Many industry observers consider Johnson one of the true originators of the entire concept of “high-end” audio as it exists today – an area of technological expertise in which American companies remain the clear innovators and leaders on a global scale.
