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Discontinued. Made from 1986 until 1994.

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Head Amp

A moving-coil preamplifier for record players, Gryphon's first product, made from 1986 to 1994.

Designed by
Flemming E. Rasmussen
First made
1986

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The Gryphon Head Amp with its gold front and handles
The Gryphon Head Amp with its gold front and handles

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Why it is renowned

The Head Amp was Gryphon's first product. Shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago in 1986, it drew the interest of a Japanese distributor, and the Japanese audio press voted it a Best Buy.1

The story

The Head Amp began as a spare-time project, a one-off for the designers' own home systems.1 Flemming E. Rasmussen developed it as a moving-coil preamplifier for record players.2

Gryphon made the Head Amp from 1986 until 1994; its brochure and manual are kept in the company's product history.3

  • Antileon, Gryphon's class A power amplifier, by the same designer
  • I-588, an Aavik amplifier in a case drawn by the same designer
Sources
  1. Heritage, Gryphon Audio. gryphon-audio.dk, read 7 October 2026.
  2. Gryphon Audio Designs, Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org, read 7 October 2026.
  3. Product History, Gryphon Audio. gryphon-audio.dk, read 7 October 2026.

Last checked 7 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.