Viva Audio

Founded in 1996 by Amedeo Schembri in Italy, Viva Audio represents the pinnacle of Italian craftsmanship in high-end tube amplification, emerging from Amedeo's lifelong passion for music that began when he built his first amplifiers and speakers as a teenager using available parts and materials. Alongside his brother Giampietro Schembri, who handles business development and marketing, Amedeo established the company to create audio systems reproducing sound with life-like authenticity. With R&D facilities located in Camisano, Veneto, near Vicenza, and legal headquarters at Ausekla street 2-37, Riga LV-1010, Latvia, Viva Audio combines centuries-old Italian craftsmanship traditions with cutting-edge technology and superior quality materials. The company gained early recognition when its Aurora amplifier received the highest four-star rating from The Absolute Sound magazine in 1998, followed by the Fono preamplifier earning The Absolute Sound HP's Golden Ear Award in 2010. Specializing in handcrafted tube amplifiers, preamplifiers, DACs, and horn loudspeakers, Viva Audio serves the global high-end audio market with products designed and manufactured in Italy. Under Amedeo's meticulous oversight of every aspect of product development from conceptualization to finishing, and Giampietro's strategic business leadership, the company maintains its commitment to reproducing the authentic sound of natural musical instruments that became deeply ingrained in Amedeo's mind through his work in recording studios. Viva Audio continues building on its philosophy that 'music is what gives sense to the world' and represents 'the ultimate expression of human culture.'