The CEO of Backert Labs, Bob Backert.
Our goal at Backert Labs is to make you absolutely thrilled with your stereo. Our strategy for doing this is to pay special attention to the music signal in its smallest state – in other words, the preamp. We seek a dynamic sound that will give you the feeling of a “happening right now in the room” event when you play your favorite music. Many of our clients have written us thank-you notes about this, for example:
“I began to neglect regular life as I renewed the joy of listening. I have heard instrumental details, special subtleties (most importantly with vocals) as if I had never heard some of my recordings before.”
“There are details in the music and overtones of instruments that I have never experienced in over 40 years as an audiophile. During part of that time I had a business interest in 2 high end audio stores and was able to audition some of the very best high end equipment ever made. The Rhumba combined with my Pass amp produces the most listenable experience that I have ever had.”
“I’ve received my Rhumba 1.3 Extreme. I’ve been listening, all day yesterday & today. Holy Mother of Crap! Right out the box… compliments to the chef(s). You’ve knocked this one out-of-the park. It sounds passionate, decadent, provocative, on-point/spot-on incisive… this Rhumba Extreme is just enthralling!”
Our Team. Bob Backert’s circuit designs are highly innovative because he is dedicated to thinking outside the box in every key area of an amplification circuit. Bob has been working with amplifiers and all other kinds of stereo components since the 1960s. He is a true veteran of high quality amplification, and specializes in small signal amplification. His son, Gary Backert, provides the construction expertise to assemble each circuit board and chassis securely. Andy Tebbe, a musician for over 35 years, provides input on voicing and sound quality. Our team auditions and runs-in each Backert Labs preamp for at least 168 hours so that its owner can open the box and immediately hear exceptional sounding music.
American Made and Risk-Free. Backert Labs™ is pleased to present our Rhythm, Rhumba Extreme, and Rhumba linestage preamplifiers, and our Rhumba Xphono 1.1 phono preamp. Every unit, designed and built by hand in the USA. We hope that you will visit one of our dealers. Or if you wish, order a preamp direct from us risk-free, as you can return any purchase for up to 14 days and receive a full refund of your purchase price.
We are very proud of the work that goes into each Backert Labs preamp, and we can’t wait for you to hear one in your home system.