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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations and thank you for choosing OCTAVE!
You are now the owner of one of the world's most innovative and reliable amplifiers. Look
after it, and it will provide you many years of listening pleasure.
You often hear people claim that tube amplifier design has not progressed for years. The
operating principles of tubes have indeed been documented extensively and are well
known to amplifier designers. The same can, of course, be said for transistor amplifiers.
However, advances in both technologies are still possible thanks to the development of
innovative and improved components, our greater appreciation of the fundamental
principles and, of course, deeper and more advanced insights into the interaction of
amplifier and loudspeaker. With tube amplifiers in particular, a general reluctance to depart
from the classic circuit designs has not done the technology any favors. Although today's
loudspeakers and source equipment provide better performance than ever before, they
also make greater demands on amplifiers. Modern sound reproduction equipment delivers
a level of performance at a price that simply would not have been possible 20 or even 10
years ago.
These advances have been achieved through the application of latest technological
developments as they become available and affordable.
We have specialized in tube amplification for the past 30 years, during which time we have
developed a number of innovative technologies that have earned us a reputation as one of
the leaders in the field.
Here's wishing you many happy hours of musical pleasure!
Andreas Hofmann
