Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Best Buys – Audio & AV

    INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER EINSTEIN THE TUNE

    Dec 02, 2015 6 minutes

    Entirely designed and built in Bochum, in Germany, ‘The Tube’ comes from what is, at heart, a family company. Volker Bohlmeier, who co-founded Einstein in 1988, is responsible for the management of the company, while his wife, Annette Heiss (a well-respected architect and interior designer), is responsible for the exterior cosmetic design. Rolf Weiler, the other founder, heads up electronic design. Their products are built by hand, rather than on a production line as such, so all Einstein’s products are built in small, bespoke batches.

    EQUIPMENT

    The Einstein is certainly unlike any integrated amplifier you’ve ever seen before, because it’s totally feature-less: there’s not a knob, button or switch in sight: just a rectangle of curved black acrylic, fixed to a solid aluminium facing, with a single square display in the centre of the acrylic that’s blacked out when the amplifier is not operating.

    Once the amplifier is switched on (via an inconveniently-placed rocker switch on the rear panel),

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Best Buys – Audio & AV

    Best Buys – Audio & AV5 min read
    EPSON EH-LS650B ULTRA-SHORT-THROW SMART STREAMING LASER PROJECTOR product focus
    Epson is the world no.1 for projection, across all categories from the home to the classroom, from sporting events to conferences. And within our particular focal point of consumer AV projection, there’s hardly a niche in which this Japanese company
    Best Buys – Audio & AV7 min read
    Advance Paris
    Advance Paris is quite likely a new name to most of our readers; it is indeed a fresh face here in Australia. But it’s far from a newcomer. With a 25-year history in its domestic market and Europe as Advance Acoustics, the company was making loudspea
    Best Buys – Audio & AV7 min read
    To See The Light, First Find The Right Screen
    When you look back at the history of projection, whether it be film, video or photographic, they all involve setting up a projector in front (or behind) the screen to display the projected image. The positioning of the projector would be determined b

    Related Books & Audiobooks