DAKING AUDIO LLC
SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

We started making audio gear back in 1993 when there were only a few making outboard equipment for small home studios. Since then, hundreds of small and large manufacturers make gear. Just open the Sweetwater catalog. I like to think we are pioneers in this little industry. A lot of this grew from dissatisfaction with modern audio equipment. More and more people commented that new audio equipment did not sound as good as older equipment. Plus, there were almost no first rate manufacturers offering products to the rapidly growing “Prosumer” market. We looked at the products that engineers and producers chose to use, and the ones that they chose not to use. We found ingredients that were common to equipment that was universally liked, and ingredients that were common to equipment that was not. Almost without exception, the cause for the difference came down to money. The elements that made the great ones great were missing from the newer equipment because they were expensive. If you look at the equipment lists of world class studios, rental companies and vintage dealers, you see equipment that falls on our first list, products like API, Neve, and Trident. Those have the character and performance that’s impossible to achieve when good design is overruled by bookkeeping. Since 1993 we have been building equipment that uses elements which, along with good design, we have found to make all the difference. And because of new production techniques and increased volume, our products are less expensive than 2 decades ago. Most first-class mic pre-amps use input transformers. Transformers afford the best interface between a microphone and a pre-amp because it correctly matches the microphone, provides quiet gain and gives the best common mode rejection and ground isolation of any connection scheme. Almost all tube circuits like Fairchild, Pultec and Teletronics, used them. API, Neve and Trident used them. They are usually the most expensive components in an audio device. We use modern production techniques along with time proven designs and components to create products that give you the performance of the classics without the headaches. All trade marks (API, NEVE, TRIDENT and “A” Range) are the property of their respective owners. Daking Audio Inc. is not affiliated in any manner with these companies. They are our distributors and can help with all sales oriented questions.