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Aavik
Website:https://audiogroupdenmark.com/aavik-acoustics/
Est. year: 2014
Aavik is a Danish electronics brand from Aalborg in northern Jutland and one of the four labels of Audio Group Denmark, next to Ansuz, Borresen and Axxess. It grew out of the long partnership between Lars Kristensen, who managed an Aalborg hi-fi shop in the 1980s, and engineer Michael Borresen, who was then a student, and the pair went on to found Raidho and then, from 2012, Ansuz.
Range & what it's known for
The lineup is organised in four tiers, 188, 288, 588 and 880,. There are integrated amplifiers I-188, I-288, I-588 and I-880, power amplifiers P-188 to P-880, streamer-DACs SD-188 to SD-880, phono stages R-188 to R-880, the Unity all-in-one units U-188, U-288 and U-588, and at the top the C-880 control amplifier and M-880 monoblocks. Aavik's output stages use its UMAC switching design in the lower tiers and a Class A stage in the 880 series, which the maker describes as deep Class A. What ties the tiers together is the group's noise work, with Tesla coils and analog dither circuits from Ansuz and power supplies that run in resonant mode from a sine wave rather than a square wave.
Who owns it and where it's made
Aavik belongs to Audio Group Denmark, the company Kristensen and Borresen formed in 2020 to bring Aavik, Ansuz and Borresen under one roof; Axxess joined in 2023. The group's factory and offices are at Rebslagervej in Aalborg, where more than 30 people design, assemble and test all four brands. Electronics and coils are built in house, only cabinets and metalwork come from outside, and metal parts get deep cryogenic treatment on site.
The lineup in this catalog
Amplifiers, DACs, streamers and phono stages (11). Integrated amplifiers run from about EUR 6,000 for the 180-series model to about EUR 67,000 for the I-880, and a full 880-series separates system passes EUR 100,000.
Who it's for
Aavik suits a listener who wants to pick one tier and stay inside a single brand for every box in the rack. The U-188 or I-188 is the entry, the 288 and 588 tiers add more noise-reduction hardware and power, and the 880 separates are the final step. It is also the natural choice for someone who already owns Borresen speakers or Ansuz cables and wants electronics designed by the same team in the same building.
Range & what it's known for
The lineup is organised in four tiers, 188, 288, 588 and 880,. There are integrated amplifiers I-188, I-288, I-588 and I-880, power amplifiers P-188 to P-880, streamer-DACs SD-188 to SD-880, phono stages R-188 to R-880, the Unity all-in-one units U-188, U-288 and U-588, and at the top the C-880 control amplifier and M-880 monoblocks. Aavik's output stages use its UMAC switching design in the lower tiers and a Class A stage in the 880 series, which the maker describes as deep Class A. What ties the tiers together is the group's noise work, with Tesla coils and analog dither circuits from Ansuz and power supplies that run in resonant mode from a sine wave rather than a square wave.
Who owns it and where it's made
Aavik belongs to Audio Group Denmark, the company Kristensen and Borresen formed in 2020 to bring Aavik, Ansuz and Borresen under one roof; Axxess joined in 2023. The group's factory and offices are at Rebslagervej in Aalborg, where more than 30 people design, assemble and test all four brands. Electronics and coils are built in house, only cabinets and metalwork come from outside, and metal parts get deep cryogenic treatment on site.
The lineup in this catalog
Amplifiers, DACs, streamers and phono stages (11). Integrated amplifiers run from about EUR 6,000 for the 180-series model to about EUR 67,000 for the I-880, and a full 880-series separates system passes EUR 100,000.
Who it's for
Aavik suits a listener who wants to pick one tier and stay inside a single brand for every box in the rack. The U-188 or I-188 is the entry, the 288 and 588 tiers add more noise-reduction hardware and power, and the 880 separates are the final step. It is also the natural choice for someone who already owns Borresen speakers or Ansuz cables and wants electronics designed by the same team in the same building.
