Exemplar Audio was founded in July of 2001 by John Tucker although its roots go back much farther through a long and continuing series of serendipitous events.

Early in the horn project John met the late John Camille and efforts on the electronics rose to a new level. From the mid 90s until his passing, John and John Camille worked on the refinement of work John Camille had already began as well as new and innovative designs for the refinement and control of tube based electronics. They often worked together until the wee hours of the morning hatching and refining their design ideas. One result was the C4S (Camille Cascode Constant Current Source) which is still in use today. John Camille had begun work on modern hybrid shunt regulators (also resulting in an article for Sound Practices) and we’ve built upon his initial work in our current designs. We’ve had more experience in the development and implementation of modern, high performance shunt regulators and current sources for audio than anyone in the market today.

 At CES in 1997 yet another fateful event transpired with John’s introduction to the late Winston Ma of First Impression Music. Again, a deep friendship soon evolved rooted in their deep passion for audio. Winston provided continuing support, guidance and evaluation of the development efforts at Exemplar Audio. He provided an ongoing wealth of knowledge and inspiration in reaching new heights in our work.

We continually work diligently to improve and upgrade our designs while expanding the boundaries of state of the art audio electronics. Our focus from the beginning has been driven by pursuing unrivaled sound quality encased in good solid casework without wasting money on “audio jewelry”. We believe that quality components utilized in unrivaled implementations provides the utmost in listener enjoyment.

We strive to provide the world with equipment that continually delights the discerning listener, industry professional, audiophile and music lover.