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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 WHAT MAKES OCTAVE AMPLIFIERS SPECIAL
Technology
Tubes themselves do not themselves guar-
antee high quality sound. Only by partner-
ing them with innovative electronics de-
signed to create the optimum conditions for
the tubes you can achieve consistently high
sound quality.
OCTAVE amplifiers are equipped with a
power management system whose design
is unique. This electronic monitoring and
protection system is comprised of a soft-
start control and a protection system. An
electronic control module regulates and
controls all the functions of our amplifiers.
When you switch it on, the soft start circuit
ensures that the tube heaters and operating
voltages are ramped up gently. If a fault
should occur, the protection system steps
in to switch the power off virtually instanta-
neously. This intelligent power manage-
ment system guarantees total protection
against all conceivable faults.
An optimized power supply, sophisticated
power supply circuitry and the high load
stability of the output stages ensure that
every power amp and integrated amp bear-
ing the OCTAVE name is capable of devel-
oping its full sonic qualities with virtually
any loudspeaker.
Together, these measures deliver a su-
premely consistent sound quality and a
dependability that is recognized as world
class.
Manufacturing
Every OCTAVE amplifier is 100 percent
"made in Germany". Our products are built
individually by hand and thoroughly tested
before they leave the factory. We design
and make our own custom transformers. We
maintain extremely high quality standards
through close cooperation with specialist
suppliers and by insisting on producing me-
chanical components in house on the latest
CNC machines. The most important contrib-
uting factor, however, is the highly qualified
and enthusiastic team working here at OC-
TAVE. The company owner, Andreas Hof-
mann, retains ultimately responsibility for the
design and development of all OCTAVE
products.
Sound
OCTAVE is fully convinced of the musicality
and sonic superiority of tubes. But our ex-
perience tells us that using tubes does not
automatically lead to audiophile sound qual-
ity. We appreciate that the sound character-
istics of an amplifier are a result of the inter-
action of its component parts. This means
that a high degree of technical skill must be
applied to optimizing every detail in order to
design a reliable amplifier that will maintain
its characteristics over time and that will
convince the critical listener over the long
term that its reproduction of music is both
honest and natural
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