Balanced Audio Technologies REX 3 DAC

摘要

Balanced Audio Technologies -BAT for short - has been much discussed over its 25-year life to date, but until now has remained an object of distant interest for UK audio fans. Now, thanks to distribution by Yorkshire-based Karma AV, all that might be set to change, so perhaps now is the time to take a closer look at the brand. Where better to start than the latest version of the company's DAC, the £19,995 REX 3? After all, the company has its roots in digital technology, co-founders Steve Bednarski and Victor Khomenko having met at Hewlett-Packard, and bonded over an interest in recorded sound. Legend has it that, growing up in what was then Leningrad, Khomenko built his first crystal radio set when he was just eight, and was sourcing parts from various places including the dump used by the Svetlana factory, best-known for its manufacture of valves.