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Decware is a trademark of High Fidelity Engineering Co., started in 1996 by audio guru Steve Deckert. It represents a lifes work in both amplifier and speaker design.  Between his factory direct sales model and zen approach to engineering, there isn't too much out there that will touch his products in value or fidelity.

This comes in handy for the sincere but broke audiophiles of the world of which he was one of them. Small enough to talk to us on the phone, big enough to be there down the road to back our lifetime warranties.

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Botique Manufacturer

High Fidelity Engineering CO is a small botique (meaning quality not snobby) manufacture of hi-end audio gear covering both electronics and loudspeakers. It consists of between 8 and 10 passionent individuals split up between our main facility in Illinois where we make the electronics and North Carolina where we make the speakers.


Factory Direct

We are a company that deals direct with the customer rather than sell through dealers.  This establishes a personal bond between the designer and the customer for unparalleled customer service.  It also has a few other benefits; ie. direct customer feedback and no middle-men to dilute the experience or jack up the cost.


Commitment

Because of Steve's commitment to making the real hi-end available to almost everyone, we operate on a 35% mark up over the cost to manuafactur.  That means when you buy an amplifier from us that cost $1000.00 you get $650.00 worth of high quality parts and skilled labor to hand assemble and test it.  An amp costing the same amount from a retail store is generally around $250.00 worth of parts.


History

The company took off in 1998 when we introduced our Zen Triode SET amplifier for $499.00 with premium tubes included and a lifetime warranty.  Since then we have patiently developed a line of tube gear based on the same design philosophy of less is more.


Quality / Fidelity

Everything is hand made in the USA by ourselves.  Our amplifiers sound better and last longer than the vast majority of competing products regardless of price.  We have proven it over 5000 times in the past 10 years with less than a 1% return rate on our 30 day money back trial.  These are btw, from audiophiles who for the most part  replaced considerably more expensive but inferior sounding products. Our speakers are no different.