The R-series is T+A's oldest and most important product group. Since 1999 the general design, the overall technical conception and the operating philosophy of the range have remained unchanged, and today the series encompasses nine models which cover the entire spectrum of high-quality audio and video reproduction.
By any standards this is an impressive number of machines for a manufacturer specialising in the High-End market sector. However, this extensive range is necessary, since T+A wanted to pursue an idea which is now considered to be of fundamental importance, namely that of system philosophy. Nowadays nobody wants to be obliged to use four different remote control handsets in order to control the Hi-Fi and surround components of a single system. And even if it is possible to purchase high-quality individual modules, there is no guarantee that they will work efficiently together, as they are not designed from the outset to do so. T+A take the opposite view: Absolute consistency in pursuing the path of uniformity in terms of operation, function and appearance, and design. Each new R-series device is created with that in mind. This is undoubtedly a very important factor in the company's success over recent years.
In contrast to many other manufacturers, T+A deliberately designed and maintained the R-series to be capable of updating. T+A doesn't produce what appear to be 'new products' every year; the innovations are incremental, and newly developed machines can always be integrated into any existing system at any time. All T+A products are so good that they retain their superiority over competitors' models in terms of price : performance ratio over a period of many years. That this claim is true is shown by the many outstanding reviews of our machines from the international specialist Hi-Fi press. T+A only introduce new models to the market when they represent significant advances in terms of function and sound, and this is precisely the case with the latest 1260 / 1560 series.
Significantly improved components have become available for use in amplifiers and converters, and T+A have exploited their performance advantages by developing ingenious, newly conceived circuit designs and processor technologies in order to obtain significant improvements in actual sound quality.

Ultra-Wide Bandwidth sums up the qualities of this new generation of machines: they offer extremely broad-band performance, incredible dynamism and speed, and the net result is that they produce sound which is as close to the original recording as possible.

The simple, restrained appearance of this series may sometimes be deceptive, since all these somewhat austere R-series machines offer enormous potential performance. In direct comparison with comparable - often much larger - models made by competitors, T+A's are superior, better constructed and built using higher-quality components. Study the information provided here, and you will be able to admire the fantastic internal workmanship, the beautiful circuit boards and fine components.
The not insignificant price of the T+A R-series components can be justified on two counts: by the extremely high manufacturing quality and top-class sound, and by the fact that the designs enable users to adopt the latest technologies and integrate them straightforwardly into older systems; naturally this feature helps to maintain the value of your sound system, and may even increase it.