Shenzhen VAL 深圳极典科技有限公司 Shenzhen VAL Technology Co. Ltd,; Shenzhen:

There is a saying in the Chinese audiophile community, "In the South there is Zeng, In the North there is Guan", referes to the two best sounding brands in Chinese tube amps. Zeng is Zeng Dejun, the owner of VAL, started to make China's first commercial tube amp in 1992 and started VAL in 1994. In terms of audio quality, VAL is regarded as the No.1 tube Hi-Fi manufacturer in China, its early models are selling very high price in the market. VAL started to make tube apmlified radios in 2004, displayed R-601 and R-801 prototype In White Swan Audio Show in Dec 2004. The R-601 series is released in 2005 and exported in 2006 to the US and western Europe, received very good review on "sixmoons" (www 6moons com/audioreviews/tubetuner/r601p.html) In 2007 VAL made R-201 and R-301 IC powered radios, Tecsun ordered R-301 as OEM model Tecsun 1994, received very good feedback on its audio performance. Inspired by the audio performance of vintage German tube radios, VAL tried to reproduce the legendary German sound from early 2005, the R-801 is a prototype of this attempt, while R-304 is an economic version powered by IC. 2010: VAL is beginning to use the brand "sonogizer" for this line (www sonogizer com).

Brands:
VAL 极典 (top standard).