Audio innovations specifications

Category : Manufacturer

Based in England, the innovative products were also developed and manufactured there. Very innovative and high-quality tubular devices were manufactured. Audio Innovations is considered the direct predecessor of the current highly respected brand Audio Note. Audio Innovations was founded in 1984 by Peter Qvortrup and Erik Andersson. The tube amplifiers of the 1980s were almost exclusively in the high-end range. In 1986, Audio Innovations was apparently the first to reintroduce integrated tube amplifiers.

Erik Andersson returned to Sweden in 1986. Peter Qvortrup left the company in October 1989, but designers like Guy Adams and others like Guy Sergeant maintained the company's design ethos. After leaving Audio Innovations in 1989, Peter Qvortrup, in collaboration with the founder of Audio Note, Hiroyasu Kondo, created a distribution channel that became known as Audio Note UK. Mr. Qvortup acquired the English department of Audio Note in 1998.

The most well-known devices are the classics of the 200 and 400 series, realized by means of EL84 pentodes as well as ECC83 and ECC88 tubes.