Aesthetix Audio: Made by hand with pride in the United States

Aesthetix is the brain child of engineer and music lover Jim White. Avid concert-going from the age of 10 and a well read subscription to Stereophile at age 13 were the early hints of what would become a life consuming obsession with music and vinyl playback. After advanced studies in physics, mathematics and electrical engineering, Jim began honing his skills in 1990 at Theta Digital. His contributions to the Theta Casablanca and Dreadnaught were his first examples of outstanding design.

All Aesthetix products are designed with Zero Feedback, are Fully Differential (Balanced), have robust power supplies, absolute channel separation within the devices, massive and silent chassis, etc. All of these result in natural, balanced sound, cleanliness, detail, dynamics and high level of musical enjoyment – a type of amplification that pleases the listener and never tires.

Aesthetix designs, while primarily vacuum-tube, are technology agnostic. There is no “best” amplifying device; vacuum tubes, bipolar transistors and FETs all have their place and each can achieve stunning results if properly designed and manufactured. In general, pre-amplifiers and pre-phono are tube-based, while power amplifiers and integrated amplifiers are hybrid.

Aesthetix products are available in three levels: Standard, Signature and Eclipse. The differences between the various levels include the use of higher quality (and even exotic) components, improved power supply, improved chassis and more. Of course, the results are very clear improvements in audio quality.