Who We Are
Fatman by TL Audio
TL Audio began manufacturing professional audio valve products in 1993, almost single handedly kick-starting the valve revolution. Respected by producers, sound engineers, TL Audio valve units are used in studios the world over.
From the outset, our design philosophy at TL Audio has been to utilise the best qualities of both tube and solid state circuitry to produce a combination of superb sound and first class technical performance.
And this mantra has been carried through into our range of Fatman H-Fi products.
Launched in the autumn of 2006, Fatman has quickly established its reputation for producing some of the best performing audio systems for use with Apple’s iPod, or indeed any portable or fixed media device. All iTube amplifiers have additional inputs for CD etc., making them fully comprehensive audio systems for all audio sources.
But why valves? Well, as professional recording artists and producers discovered, digital withall it’s acknowledged advantages, was perhaps lacking in one direction... sound.
It could be a little cold and harsh and lacked ‘warmth’. - That’s where valves come in.
Correctly and sympathetically inserted into the signal path, the presence of a valves enhances signal quality. The skill in valve design is in knowing where to place the valves and how to combine them with state-of-the art solid state circuitry in order to achieve maximum sonic benefit.
With over a decade’s experience in professional audio, the people behind Fatman have this skill. And then some.