The designer and owner of Leben is Mr Taku Hyodo who is ranked as one of the best tube audio design engineers in the world. Mr Hyodo is highly experienced, having worked for Luxman in the 1970's and 80's. All of the Leben products are hand made by well trained and experienced people, point to point wiring is used for assembly. You can see pictures of the assembly process by clicking here. FACTORY TOUR The Leben products are all beautifully finished and high quality components are used throughout, owners can expect long life and high reliability as well as a highly musical and rewarding performance.