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Wavac Audio Lab
Website:https://wavac-audio.com/
Est. year: 2006
WAVAC Audio Lab builds valve amplification in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, operating since 1996. Its best-known products are triode monoblocks rated at 150 W, a high figure for that topology. The founder started the company after more than 20 years of sound engineering work, choosing analogue tube circuits as its focus.
Range & what it's known for
Single-ended directly heated triode power amplifiers are the core of the catalogue. The top models are the SH-833, HE-833MkII and HE-833v2 monoblocks at 150 W each. The SH-833 was created as the company's 10th anniversary model. Below them sit the HE-805v2 stereo amplifier at 50 W, the MD-805MK-II and MD-805m monoblocks at 60 W and 50 W, and the EC-838 stereo amplifier at 35 W. The EC-300B and MD-300B stereo amplifiers and the MD-300Bm monoblock, deliver 10 W. The range also includes control amplifiers, phono equalizer amplifiers, attenuators and AC conditioners.
Who owns it and where it's made
WAVAC Audio Lab is a private Japanese company. Its tube circuits were developed with the late Mr. Shishido, whose designs became central to the product line. Amplifiers are built at the company's base in Yonezawa.
The lineup in this catalog
Amplifiers. Even the least expensive WAVAC costs about USD 15,000, and the largest go well beyond USD 100,000.
Who it's for
WAVAC is for tube enthusiasts after single-ended triode amplification with more power than usual. The 10 W EC-300B and MD-300B models sit at the lower end, the HE-805v2 and MD-805 amplifiers in the middle, and the 150 W SH-833 and HE-833 monoblocks sit at the top.
Range & what it's known for
Single-ended directly heated triode power amplifiers are the core of the catalogue. The top models are the SH-833, HE-833MkII and HE-833v2 monoblocks at 150 W each. The SH-833 was created as the company's 10th anniversary model. Below them sit the HE-805v2 stereo amplifier at 50 W, the MD-805MK-II and MD-805m monoblocks at 60 W and 50 W, and the EC-838 stereo amplifier at 35 W. The EC-300B and MD-300B stereo amplifiers and the MD-300Bm monoblock, deliver 10 W. The range also includes control amplifiers, phono equalizer amplifiers, attenuators and AC conditioners.
Who owns it and where it's made
WAVAC Audio Lab is a private Japanese company. Its tube circuits were developed with the late Mr. Shishido, whose designs became central to the product line. Amplifiers are built at the company's base in Yonezawa.
The lineup in this catalog
Amplifiers. Even the least expensive WAVAC costs about USD 15,000, and the largest go well beyond USD 100,000.
Who it's for
WAVAC is for tube enthusiasts after single-ended triode amplification with more power than usual. The 10 W EC-300B and MD-300B models sit at the lower end, the HE-805v2 and MD-805 amplifiers in the middle, and the 150 W SH-833 and HE-833 monoblocks sit at the top.
