S2 EP042 Air Tight: Tube Amplifiers by design. The Legacy, Engineering & Sound Ethos.

Step inside the world of Air Tight, one of Japan’s most respected high-end tube amplifier manufacturers. In this feature interview recorded at the StereoNet HiFi & AV Show, we sit down with Yutaka “Jack” Miura, son of Air Tight’s founder and grandson of a Luxman co-founder.

“Jack” shares the family legacy, how Air Tight continues to hand-build amplifiers with extraordinary precision and delightful sound and discusses future projects from Air Tight.

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WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THIS EPISODE

“Many people ask me what is your secret for making Air Tight sound like an Air Tight. I say nothing. We don’t use any special components…. It’s orchestration.”

Supported by Soundstage! Australia
Supported by HeyNow HiFi
Supported by Stereonet
Supported by The HiFi Shop

People mentioned on this episode –

Yutaka “Jack” Miura
Atsushi Miura -Co Founder Lux Corporation
Andrew Hutchison Host
Alan March March Audio
Edgar Kramer Soundstage! Australia
Geoff Haynes HeyNow HiFi
Alex Stuart The HiFi Shop


Businesses mentioned on this episode

Air Tight
Lux Corporation & Luxman
March Audio
Stereonet
Stereonet HiFi & AV Show Melbourne
Soundstage Australia
HeyNow HiFi
The HiFi Shop
Mundorf Capacitors
Audience Capacitors
Fischer & Fischer Loudspeakers
Dohmann Audio Turntables

Products mentioned on this episode –

ATM 1
300B Amplifiers
Abyss Headphones


Music courtesy of –

Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0
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CREDITS –

Host & Audio production – Andrew Hutchison