BAT - Balanced Audio Technology

Balanced Audio Technology is proud of its ongoing innovations that bring top-notch sound. We focus on providing a fresh and unconventional approach to the design of our devices, creating components with uncompromising build quality and exceptional fidelity, based on the latest state-of-the-art technology.

BAT customers appreciate our connection of truly faithful sound with advanced engineering, top-tier design, and excellent customer support. Our first products, such as the VK-5 preamplifier and the VK-60 power amplifier, established our standards of excellence 25 years ago. Since then, they have become devices suitable for inclusion in any collection. We recommend looking inside any BAT product ever made and admiring its technical perfection. You will find only the most purposefully arranged circuits, with not a single redundant wire. All BAT circuit boards are made from the highest-quality materials and constructed to last for generations. Our power supplies are truly enormous and impressive. And most importantly, creative musical interpretation is the core element of every BAT design. Here, too, is our sincere intent to always remain true to the spirit and genius of the artist in the recording studio. Every generation of BAT product allows music to come alive in your listening room.

BAT has bet on its reputation from day one, stating that “being symmetric is better.” “Today, we are proud that symmetric circuits have become the de facto standard for top-notch audio experience.”

However, how to achieve the right balance in circuit design remains a big question mark for our competitors. For example, in the world of preamplifiers equipped with multiple gain stages and cathode followers, BAT has always offered our Unistage circuit – used in every BAT-built preamplifier – as an alternative to technical complexity. The advantage of Unistage (that is, a single stage) lies in the maximum simplicity of boosting the incoming signal, and it only happens once. Imagine telling a joke to your friends and saying “pass it on.” Pass it on long enough and you won’t recognize the joke...

“If you ‘pass’ the music through too many amplification stages, you won’t recognize the natural and inherent beauty of your favorite recordings.”

Our wish to maintain simplicity for the listener extends to our intelligent automatic bias circuit. This top-tier circuit is present in every BAT power tube amplifier. The result of combining automatic bias with equally pioneering BAT electronic protective circuits is simplicity for the end user called plug-and-play. No digital or analog voltmeters to wrestle with; no question about whether to set the scale in milliamps or millivolts.

Simply turn on the BAT amplifier, relax, and enjoy the music...

Twenty years ago, BAT also introduced the world to the 6H30 SuperTube. Today, it has become one of the standards used in top products from many competitors. However, no manufacturer will ever have more experience with the proper circuit design for the 6H30 SuperTube than BAT.

The REX 3 series represents the ultimate proof of our leadership position.

BAT continues to strive for excellence in all aspects, from exceptional customer support, innovative product design, to the pleasure of music provided by each of our devices. Join us in celebrating our 25th anniversary of authentic sound, so fascinating and captivating, that it resonates in your home.

BAT: All you have to do is listen...

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