LAB12

LAB12 tube amplifiers, phono preamplifiers, DACs, and power conditioners are available at Vinyl Sound USA Inc. in Buffalo, NY, your authorised LAB12 dealer serving Western New York and the United States. Founded in Athens, Greece in 2012 by electronic engineer Stratos Vichos, LAB12 has built a passionate global following for vacuum tube components that combine 21st-century circuit engineering with a core design philosophy centred on emotional impact and musical engagement above all else. Every LAB12 product is hand-assembled in Athens and subjected to extensive measurement and prolonged listening before release, ensuring a level of quality control rare among boutique European manufacturers. The LAB12 lineup at Vinyl Sound Buffalo spans the Mighty, Suono Mk2, Suara Mk2, and Integre4 Mk2 tube integrated amplifiers, the Melto1 and Melto2 tube phono preamplifiers, the DAC1 Reference NOS tube DAC, the Pre1 tube preamplifier, the Gordian and Noyra power conditioners, and the True passive attenuator, covering complete all-tube signal chains from source through amplification. LAB12 components have received some of the most enthusiastic critical recognition in contemporary high-end audio. The LAB12 Melto2 phono preamplifier was reviewed in Stereophile's Gramophone Dreams column by Herb Reichert, who described it as his biggest discovery, writing that the Melto2's ability to coax the tiniest, most delicate subtleties from every cartridge he tried forced all his other phono stages to hide under the bed, made the Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 moving magnet sound like a top-shelf moving coil, and concluded that at the moment he could think of no phono stage he would rather use than the LAB12 Melto2. The LAB12 Integre4 integrated amplifier won the pt.Audio Best Value of the Year Award 2022, with reviewer Marc Phillips writing that he could own the Integre4, Melto2, and DAC1 Reference and that is all he would ever need to be happy for the rest of his life, describing the LAB12 sound as having a unique warmth that caused his shoulders to relax almost immediately. The LAB12 DAC1 Reference NOS tube DAC has received extensive international praise, with reviewers consistently citing its airy, lively, dynamic character with the naturalness in the midrange that characterises NOS DACs of the finest variety. LAB12's all-tube design philosophy covers every component category. The Mighty single-ended Class A amplifier delivers 10 watts per channel from EL84 output tubes for high-sensitivity loudspeakers, while the Suono Mk2 provides 25 watts per channel in Class A push-pull configuration, the Suara Mk2 offers 50 watts per channel Class A, and the flagship Integre4 Mk2 delivers 65 watts per channel for demanding loudspeaker loads including DeVore Fidelity, Spendor, and Wharfedale designs. The Melto2 phono preamplifier supports fully adjustable gain and loading for both moving magnet and moving coil cartridges, while the DAC1 Reference uses eight TDA1543 NOS DAC chips in a non-oversampling configuration that Stereophile described as one of the most musical digital converters available at any price. Visit Vinyl Sound USA in Buffalo, NY to audition the full LAB12 lineup and experience Greek tube engineering at its finest.