Leema Acoustics products range from the classic award-winning Constellation series, new remarkable Stellar series, sleek half-size Element series and the small but premium-grade discrete Essential add-on series; all of which are complimented by Leema's high-end handbuilt cables.

Leema was founded in 1998 by ex-BBC engineers Lee Taylor and Mallory Nicholls who wanted to explore their keen interest in audio reproduction. The began by focusing on pushing the limits of loudspeaker design to create a miniature loudspeaker able to outperform much-larger systems.

The available design principles and algorithms at the time were unable to bring this vision to life, so Taylor and Nicholls embarked on four years of extensive work accumulating in a micro monitor of unprecedented technical and musical excellence which they named Xen. It was initially only available to the professional audio market but as audiophiles learnt of the quality of Leema products, Xen moved into the domestic market.

Following this success and inspired by the overwhelming reception, they shifted their expertise to additional speakers and complementary audio electronic components resulting in the release of the Tucana integrated amplifier in 2006 which won the coveted HiFi News "amplifier of the year award" a few months later. The Antila CD player followed soon after and almost immediately swooped up the prestigious "What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision best CD player" award in 2007.

To date, Leema Acoustic's industry-leading products has expanded to include the Reference, Elements and more recently the Essentials range. These products continue to accumulate global acclaim, “best in class” reviews and countless prominent awards.

In 2007, Leema formed a partnership with a local Welsh manufacturer Davlec to supply an increasingly high demand. Established in 1983, Davlec originally designed and manufactured electronics for the Dairy industry. In 2014 Davlec and Leema joined forces to bring together decades of experience from the production and design teams and over 30 years of manufacturing expertise to continue to produce top-standard audio products.

The reason for separation of the pre amp and power amplifier is a concept that applies to virtually every product across hi-fi. Greater performance will virtually always be had by having everything which can be separate housed in a separate unit. A standalone phono stage will typically offer better performance than one within an integrated amplifier, and the same logic applies to DACs, headphone amplifiers and most other hi-fi products. One key reason for this phenomenon is the separation of power supplies. Power supplies are typically described as “noisy”, they vibrate and resonate and can cause unwanted interference which can have undesired effect on the audio signal and ultimately the sound your hi-fi produces and your enjoyment of your favourite records and music collection. By housing a pre amp and a power amplifier in separate boxes, their respective power supplies are also separated and isolated from one another, making it much easier to preserve signal quality and prevent any interference.

Manufacturers go to great lengths to isolate the potentially noisy power supplies and transformers required to power the pre amp from the delicate circuitry. These techniques, as well as varying features, connectivity and build quality, is what separates one amplifier from another, and is the reason why some cost a large amount more than others. One technique involves suspending the power supply and isolating it from the sensitive components, so that resonance is not passed through the chassis.

A key concept in Pre Amp design is signal integrity. That is to say that the signal the pre amplifier takes from your source (CD player, turntable, tuner etc.) needs to remain untouched and uncoloured by tone controls, resonance or filters, and must be fed to the power amplifier as an untouched signal. Most hi-fi manufacturers and high end pre amp hold to the mantra that attempts to improve signal quality will always have an adverse effect on musicality and the overall sound produced by your hi-fi. High quality pre amp seek to be as simple as possible internally, in order to maintain signal quality and integrity. Most designs seek for the shortest possible signal paths and direct cable routing internally to prevent longer runs of cabling allowing for interference and negative effects of resonance, RF and power supplies.