Translations:

The name Ancient Audio is partially inspired by Christopher Hogwood’s Academy of Ancient music and also from an interest and love of classical art. Jarek Waszczyszyn collects original instruments and his wife Elizabeth is an architectural historian advising on modern architecture within the classically beautiful city of Krakow. This blend of the classical and the modern is perfectly reflected in Jarek’s designs.

Krakow itself is a cultural centre with very strong traditional musical roots, so it isn’t surprising that people there tend to be highly critical listeners. Jarek together with his friends and associates has listened very critically to a number of established High-End audio brands and identified what each of them do well and equally what they are lacking.

Despite Jarek’s interest in baroque classical music, his aim with Ancient Audio is to produce components that satisfy on all types of music including the most demanding full symphony orchestras and heavy rock.

His latest Wing Speakers with their ultra wide bandwidth ribbon drivers for example, can fill a room of 100 square metres with full range sound of the highest quality.

Ancient Audio products are painstakingly designed right down to the smallest detail for the highest possible sound quality as well as the most elegant looks and can only be described as ultra High-End audio.

When it comes to looks as well, despite the name Ancient Audio, Jarek can design whatever look a customer may request. The photo pictured above shows a Porsche red, decidedly modern version of the Lektor Prime CD player as well as the standard version in beautiful galaxy granite.

Jarek works with local artisans such as his cabinet maker and stonemason to achieve these fabulous finishes.

Although the fit and finish are luxurious the Lektor Prime has been favourably compared with the much more costly Zanden products in 6 Moons and the Lektor Grand digital system has also been favorably compared to pricier systems from DCS by HiFi news in the UK. So if you are in the market for an ultra High-End system you owe it to yourself to audition Ancient Audio. Visit Ancient Audio