Meet the masterpiece. Tube amplifier Gakuon Hiroyasu Kondo

There are not many masterpieces in the world of audio that are timeless. Back in 2003, I was lucky enough to meet one of them, this is the Gakuon amplifier of the great Hiroyasu Kondo. At that time, his products were already a legend and of course we looked in awe at how it was made inside.

The workmanship is impeccable, the amplifier will survive more than one generation. The special attention to the quality of components is amazing. The amplifier takes great care in reproducing the subtleties of musical material, showing the composer's intentions and the performer's skill in all its glory.

Many technical solutions to which the great master paid special attention are still used today by many manufacturers of audio components.

The correct approach to design is not possible without a thorough analysis and study of the technical solutions of the past and attention to the harmonization of these solutions in a particular device, because any truly worthwhile audio component is created as a musical instrument, achieving euphony and the ability of the audio system to take us back to that era and then the right place and convey that same mood...