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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations and thank you for choosing OCTAVE!
V 80 SE
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 favours. 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 29 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