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Builds the Fidelice hi-fi line in Wimberley, Texas, drawing on Rupert Neve's pro-audio circuit legacy.
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Rupert Neve Designs was founded in 2005 in Wimberley, Texas, the last venture of Rupert Neve, the British circuit designer whose mixing consoles and preamplifiers defined professional recording for decades. The company's core business is pro-audio outboard gear and console modules, but in 2019 it introduced Fidelice, a high-fidelity line aimed at the home audiophile that applies the same transformer-coupled, low-distortion circuit thinking to consumer playback. The Fidelice range centers on three components shown at its launch: the Precision Digital-to-Analog Converter, the Precision Phono Pre-Amplifier, and the Precision Headphone Amplifier. Each carries the discrete, transformer-based signal-path approach that is the Neve hallmark, aimed at listeners who want a DAC, phono stage, or headphone amp built to studio-grade standards. In the US market Fidelice competes with desktop and reference DAC, phono, and headphone-amp makers, positioned on the strength of the Neve name and a pro-audio pedigree that few hi-fi brands can claim. The company is US-native, manufacturing in Wimberley with a broad domestic dealer network; Mega Audio handles distribution in Germany but the brand itself is American, and dealer support runs direct from Texas. Stereophile reviewed the Fidelice Precision DAC, phono, and headphone amplifier, with further coverage from Headfonia and Darko.Audio, making it recognizable to US dealers on sight. Design and manufacturing are handled in Wimberley, Texas.