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Which tubes can you use in your Octave amplifier?
We deliver our amplifiers with output tubes that we have put through their paces: The tube types we selected were tested for durability in painstaking long-term tests. Due to the selection, the protective circuits used and the soft-start electronics, the power tubes...
How Rogers Hi-Fi is bringing back some iconic BBC speakers
ROGERS' ANDY WHITTLE EXPLAINS THE WHY AND THE HOW To the younger hi-fi enthusiast, of whom there are undoubtedly some among our ranks, it might come as a surprise to learn the BBC once designed its own speakers. The same licence fee that's now used to fund new series...
Hidden Military-Grade Secrets: How the Chord Sarum T Tonearm Cable Redefines the Vinyl Listening Experience
Recently, we revisited Hong Kong’s first owner of the SME Model 8 turntable and installed the long-awaited Chord Company Sarum T tonearm cable for him. This upgrade was far more than just a component swap—it was a complete transformation of the auditory experience....
The Joy of Soulmates | PEAK Sonora Two-Way Small Seating
A discerning customer recently purchased a PEAK Sonora two-way floorstanding speaker, Chord Company's flagship ChordMusic and Jumper speaker cables, the second-highest-end SarumT RCA signal cables, and a PhonoARAY turntable grounding system from our Wan Chai showroom....
Summit meeting…｜Visiting the new team at Peak Consult
These days it seems that - whether you are a manufacturer or high-end customer - you are nobody unless your latest speaker is built into a curvaceous carbon-fibre monocoque, hewn from billet aluminium or proffers a set of acronyms for reconstituted wood fibre that...
PMC LaminairX Technology Challenges the Impossible
Having proved itself in the new prophecy series, PMC’s LaminairX technology has been tested beyond endurance in a state-of-the-art facility to measure its effectiveness in extreme transonic velocity airflow situations. The surprising results challenge what was...
The Soul of Our Amplifiers｜The Octave Output Transformer
At Octave, we believe that true music lovers make no compromises. That’s why we develop and manufacture all our power transformers, output transformers, and MC step-up transformers in-house. Above all, the custom-designed output transformer is the heart of our tube...
Octave｜An amplifier that never lets you down
As an audiophile, you’re probably familiar with this moment: you’re adjusting your setup and eagerly anticipating the results. New speaker cables, a better interconnect cable for your phono preamp – everything is carefully prepared. After a bit of acrobatics behind...