From that initial success, BAT branched out into other power, pre-, and phono amps, and, recently, CD players. Very early on, BAT included solid-state designs in its product line, but unlike some other companies that cut their teeth on tube gear, BAT's...

If you became seriously interested in high-end 2-channel sound in the 1990s, then Balanced Audio Technology is a name already familiar to you. The first review of BAT products I ever read was Robert Deutsch's, of the VK-5 tube preamplifier and VK-60...