My interconnects from Jade Audio were reviewed by Stereo and Vision magazine. This is the number one magazine in Russia. You can check it out at http://www.eisa.eu/member/40/stereo-video.html
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Viktor Khomenko (VK) is Russian designer of tube and solid state amps. Here his amps known as BAT. Vladimir Lamm(Lamm Industries) born as Vladimir Shushurin was designing famous Russian Amphiton solid state amplifiers. They're both known to engineer and create unique stable circuits that can tolerate large parameter margins of active elements |
Here's a link with brief overview of soviet/russian classic audio components http://goldenageofaudio.blogspot.com/2011/11/ussr-audio-classics.html |
It is still a bit mysterious to me as a westener living through the silver and black ages of Hi-Fi, exactly what the Russians were listening to, from 1950s to 1990s. It is unclear what such accomplished engineers such as Victor Khomenko and Vlad Lamm were working on. The eastern bloc included East Germany with its version of Telefunken but other than that it is obscure. The one thing that isn't is their production of useful audio tubes dating back to the at least the early 60s. They weren't limited to audio uses so it is still a bit murky what equipment they went in to. Compare this with other consumer niceties like gold watches and you can find the various vintage watches on Ebay. |
There were very limited production of amps / set ups in former USSR, but I think you have to find some DIY forum in Russia and start from there, as most designs were not ideal and had their problems. Like been already said, most talented Russian engineers living abroad now and the new generation of young folks just starting. Russia and the rest of former USSR parts, didn't had strong general, consumer electronic industries, it's all about black gold, oil and other military shit, the rest, they just importing. I don't believe there will be some kind of boom very soon, as the big boys have their market share there already, but who knows, who knows... |
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Well, the sound system of Russian president has nothing made in Russia! |