The atelier building at night, Demograf Audio sign

An atelier, not a workshop

Demograf Audio units are built to order. Current lead time is 6 months or longer, depending on the model. Every unit is made in Kazakhstan by Dmitriy Gubchenko. Shipping and insurance are paid by the buyer and shown as a separate line in your quotation. A 50% deposit reserves your place in the build queue.

Two places, one standard of gear

Made by Dmitriy Gubchenko.

A listening room with horn loudspeakers and a tube amplifier

Where the sound is decided

Dmitriy Gubchenko designs and voices the circuits in his own listening room — against the same vintage sources, directly heated triodes, horn and wide-band loudspeakers and electrostatic headphones he lives with.

A brick and stone house at dusk, with warm lighting

Where the gear is made

Units are assembled, tuned, measured and tested in Kazakhstan by Dmitriy Gubchenko and his team, who oversee the process in the workshop. Transformers are wound on the bench and wiring is point to point.

How to commission your gear

Built to order. Nothing on the shelf.

  1. Write about your room, your music and the system the gear will join. Every inquiry is answered by the Demograf Audio team; technical questions go to Dmitriy himself.

  2. Circuit, tubes, chassis, finish and mains voltage are agreed in writing. You receive a quotation and a place in the build queue.

  3. A 50% deposit reserves your place in the queue; the build starts when your slot comes up, and we tell you the date. Transformers are wound, the chassis is made and the circuit is wired by hand: 6 months or longer, depending on the model.

  4. The finished unit is measured and listened to before shipping. You receive its individual measurement report; the balance is due only then.

  5. Shipping and insurance are paid by the buyer and shown as a separate line in your quotation. The unit travels in heavy-duty flight cases and a wooden crate, with the documentation for your unit. System matching and set-up are arranged where needed.

On the bench

Seven pieces of gear a year — and the time each one takes

Rows of trees in full white blossom, their trunks whitewashed, in a green orchard under a clear blue sky

The chassis woods

Seven woods, from the Caucasus to the Tian Shan

Around the tubes and transformers of many of our pieces is a wooden chassis. Our journal follows the seven woods we work with to where they grow: the timber each one gives, and what a wooden chassis can and cannot do for the sound.

  • Fergana cherry Prunus tianschanica
  • Transcaucasian beech Fagus orientalis
  • Tian Shan maple Acer semenovii
  • Charyn ash Fraxinus sogdiana
  • Semirechye oak Quercus pedunculata
  • Alatau walnut Juglans regia
  • Kirghiz birch Betula kirghisorum

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After the bench

We stay with every unit we build

One-year warranty

Every piece of gear carries a one-year warranty (extra warranty available: +1 or +2 years) and its own measurement report.

Insured worldwide shipping, quoted separately

Shipping and insurance are paid by the buyer and shown as a separate line in your quotation. The unit travels in heavy-duty flight cases and a wooden crate. Mains voltage and plug are configured at order time, so the unit is ready for your country on arrival.

Service from its own records

Serviced by the team that built it. Owners can upgrade or re-voice what they already own, and trade a unit up when their system moves on.

Terms of sale, warranty and shipping

Documents & logistics

The paperwork that travels with your unit

How Demograf Audio states origin: a Manufacturing Record, a bill of materials, a NOS tube declaration and a measurement report with every unit.

Compliance documents

Declarations of conformity and safety test reports are issued per batch and supplied with your gear on request. We do not display certification marks (CE, FCC, CCC and similar) on this website until the corresponding tests are completed for the exact configuration you receive.

The document package for your unit

  • Manufacturing Record stating the country of origin of your unit
  • BOM listing the origin of key components (tubes, converters, transformers)
  • NOS tube declaration: manufacturer, country and production year of each tube
  • The measurement report of your individual unit

Sales & logistics

Orders are placed through our inquiry form or by e-mail, and we send you an invoice for the deposit. Shipping and insurance are paid by the buyer and shown as a separate line in your quotation. The gear travels in heavy-duty flight cases and a wooden crate; mains voltage and plug type are configured at order time.

If you require origin documentation for import purposes, write to us — we provide the paperwork that matches the facts.

Worldwide

One way of buying, five regions

Lead time, deposit and warranty are the same everywhere; how you order and the channel we answer on fastest depend on the region.

  • North America Fastest channel E-mail Order & payment Inquiry form or e-mail
  • Europe & UK Fastest channel E-mail Order & payment Inquiry form or e-mail
  • Middle East Fastest channel WhatsApp Order & payment Inquiry form or e-mail
  • Asia Fastest channel WeChat Order & payment Inquiry form or e-mail
  • Other Countries Fastest channel Telegram Order & payment Inquiry form or e-mail

Begin with a conversation

Start with the music you listen to…

Write to the atelier. Every inquiry is answered within two working days, and technical questions are answered by Dmitriy himself, in writing. A video call with Dmitriy is included when an order has two or more items, and with every repeat order from a returning customer.