Not sure if people heard the name of EmporiumHifi in the UK.

Nick is the owner and his warehouse is only about 10 minutes drive from my home. In the past I bought something there for myself and friends in HK. I was asking him to match my single Leak TL12 Plus.

While waiting I am trying out some valve equipments from him.

First was the Art Audio Integra EL34 Int. amp. I like the sound but during play one of the caps exploded in front of me!! Quite scary.

Then he said why not the Leak Stereo 20 since I heard Leak TL12 Plus and they should sound the same.

I quite like the sound of the Art Audio. The Leak Stereo 20 is better though even though it is matched with a cheap passive preamp.

Here we go.