As for being a UK-based company, the amplifier is a product of the "Guang dong Yaqin electronic factory Shiwan Foshan", as can clearly be read when you magnify the photo of the rear of the unit. That sounds Chinese to me. This is not necessarily a dealbreaker, and I contributed to this discussion with my praise of their tube buffer. But looking at the other pictures in magnified form, I see no phono input (no problem for many of you but it would be for me), no balance control, no remote control, and a price of around $520 depending on the pound-dollar exchange rate. There are no specs except the rated power output. I'd look elsewhere.