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Absolare
Website:https://www.absolare.com/
Est. year: 2008
Absolare is a maker of tube and hybrid amplifiers founded in 2008 by Kerem Kucukaslan and run from two bases, Nashua in New Hampshire and Istanbul in Turkey. The brand became known after 2012 for its first preamplifier and 845 power amplifier, both leather-clad, nearly unmarked boxes with very few controls, and it has stayed a small company that builds each unit by hand and listens to every amplifier before shipping it.
Range & what it's known for
The core is a set of preamplifiers and power amplifiers offered in rising trim levels, the base version, Signature and Altius, that share a circuit but differ in parts. The single-ended designs use the 845 transmitting triode, with the 845 monoblocks rated at 50 watts; a push-pull version, now sold under the Eternum name, gives 85 watts. The Hybrid Monoblock pairs a 12AU7 tube input stage with a solid-state output rated at 200 watts into 8 ohms and 320 watts into 4 ohms, each unit weighing 34 kg, and an Integrated model puts the preamplifier circuit and a 150-watt solid-state stage in one chassis. All models are built with Duelund, Mundorf and Amtrans capacitors and resistors, Teflon tube sockets and silver-gold solder, and the internal wiring comes from Echole, the cable company Kucukaslan also owns. The cases are laser-cut aluminium with fibre panels, covered in automotive leather in a choice of colours.
Who owns it and where it's made
Absolare is privately owned by its founder, with Gokhan Turkan as founding partner of the American company Absolare USA. Amplifiers are assembled in small numbers rather than on a production line, using Italian leather and anodising and German aluminium, and Kucukaslan demonstrates the products himself at trade shows in Munich and elsewhere.
The lineup in this catalog
Power amplifiers (1 listed). Maker prices run from about USD 30,000 for a pair of Signature 845 monoblocks and USD 37,000 for the base 845 monoblocks to USD 60,000 for Hybrid Monoblocks at Altius level, with the balanced Altius preamplifier at about USD 42,000.
Who it's for
Absolare is aimed at the owner of a finished high-end system who wants a low-powered single-ended triode amplifier with efficient speakers, or the hybrid monoblocks where the speakers need real current. The Integrated is the simplest starting point, the 845 separates are the middle step, and the Altius versions of the same circuits are the end of the road inside the brand. It is also a choice for a room where the equipment must look like furniture rather than test gear.
Range & what it's known for
The core is a set of preamplifiers and power amplifiers offered in rising trim levels, the base version, Signature and Altius, that share a circuit but differ in parts. The single-ended designs use the 845 transmitting triode, with the 845 monoblocks rated at 50 watts; a push-pull version, now sold under the Eternum name, gives 85 watts. The Hybrid Monoblock pairs a 12AU7 tube input stage with a solid-state output rated at 200 watts into 8 ohms and 320 watts into 4 ohms, each unit weighing 34 kg, and an Integrated model puts the preamplifier circuit and a 150-watt solid-state stage in one chassis. All models are built with Duelund, Mundorf and Amtrans capacitors and resistors, Teflon tube sockets and silver-gold solder, and the internal wiring comes from Echole, the cable company Kucukaslan also owns. The cases are laser-cut aluminium with fibre panels, covered in automotive leather in a choice of colours.
Who owns it and where it's made
Absolare is privately owned by its founder, with Gokhan Turkan as founding partner of the American company Absolare USA. Amplifiers are assembled in small numbers rather than on a production line, using Italian leather and anodising and German aluminium, and Kucukaslan demonstrates the products himself at trade shows in Munich and elsewhere.
The lineup in this catalog
Power amplifiers (1 listed). Maker prices run from about USD 30,000 for a pair of Signature 845 monoblocks and USD 37,000 for the base 845 monoblocks to USD 60,000 for Hybrid Monoblocks at Altius level, with the balanced Altius preamplifier at about USD 42,000.
Who it's for
Absolare is aimed at the owner of a finished high-end system who wants a low-powered single-ended triode amplifier with efficient speakers, or the hybrid monoblocks where the speakers need real current. The Integrated is the simplest starting point, the 845 separates are the middle step, and the Altius versions of the same circuits are the end of the road inside the brand. It is also a choice for a room where the equipment must look like furniture rather than test gear.
