“Balanced is better.” “All you need to do is
listen.” These key principles have guided
Delaware-based Balanced Audio Technology
(BAT) since its first two products debuted
in 1995. Dedicated to uncompromising
engineering and innovative design, BAT’s
NOW INTRODUCING
ALL-SILVER FINISH
tube and solid-state components offer
unparalleled performance and state-of-theart fidelity. Founders Steve Bednarski and
Victor Khomenko have more experience with
the reference 6H30 SuperTube than anyone
in the high-end industry, while a steadfast
focus on ultimate sonic integrity—no matter
how challenging—means BAT delivers
blissful levels of purity, power, dynamics, and
transparency that turn listening to music into
transformative events.
BAT VK-3000SE Integrated Amplifier
Blowing by one of the most acclaimed integrated
amplifier designs in history (BAT VK-300x), VK3000SE puts an end to the age-old debate as to
whether one-box solutions can best separates.
Boasting reference-class performance, myriad user
options, and signature BAT power, VK-3000SE
will fill any space with sublime dynamics and
extraordinary realism. This is the integrated you
need if you want to experience revealing musical
emotion that will leave you breathless every time
you play a song.
$7,995 silver, black
DEFINITIVE PURITY,
PERFECT SYMMETRY
BAT VK-55 Tube Power Amplifier
VK-55 is a standard-sized, more affordable
BAT all-tube amplifier that meets the
company’s rigorous design standards while
providing BAT’s award-winning sound. The
Golden Ear Award-winner offers glorious
midrange clarity, power, and dynamics. Able
to present an open window to the original
performance, it features all-triode topology
and the same 6C33C-B tube used in the
flagship REX II to deliver sonic nirvana.
Auto-biasing also means it’s the easiest tube
amplifier to own. Can be upgraded anytime
to Stereophile Class A-rated VK-55SE status.
BAT VK-23SE Preamplifier
Described by the dictionary as “freedom from
adulteration or contamination,” “purity” gets
defined in musical form in the guise of VK-23SE.
Loaded with technology—including transformercoupled outputs and a proprietary 140-step
shunt volume control— found in the company’s
top-of-the-line components, BAT’s entry-level
solid-state preamplifier performs and sounds like a
revered tube design. Transmitting the audio signal
through just one gain stage, VK-23SE plays back
music with perfect symmetry that yields incredible
transparency and accurate tonalities.
$4,995 black, silver
$4,495
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VK-55SE Tube Power Amplifier
$6,995
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BAT VK-225 Power Amplifier
BAT VK-225SE Power Amplifier
VK-225 combines unfettered musicality and authoritative power in
a compact design. Delivering 150 watts per channel into eight ohms
(300 watts per channel into four ohms), and based on the awardwinning topology in BAT’s reference VK-6200 multichannel design,
this majestic amp confidently drives any speaker. Lending unstrained
ease to the most demanding recordings, its superb dynamic control
is evident even on difficult loads. A perfect complement to BAT’s VK23SE, VK-225 is fully upgradeable to the Special Edition VK-225SE.
Boosted by the addition of Balanced Audio Technology’s secondgeneration SuperPak—featuring the same oil-filled capacitors used in
the company’s reference components—VK-225SE reproduces music’s
inner beauty with uncommon soulfulness and engaging depth. Pairing
uninhibited sonics and authoritative power in a compact design,
and lending unstrained ease to demanding recordings, VK-225SE
possesses superb dynamic control that shines even on the most
difficult speaker loads.
$4,995 black, silver
$6,495 black, silver
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