Whest 60Se Pro — Reference Class-A Performance in a Single Chassis

Whest Audio

£7999

Listen to the 60Se Pro on Instagram @whestworld 60Se Pro Review HERE The Whest 60Se Pro is one of the most technically remarkable phono preamplifiers ever built. Where the 60S Pro uses a hybrid input topology, the 60Se Pro takes the next step: a completely new, fully Class-A input stage developed from Whest Audio's flagship MCR Reference Series technology — the same circuit DNA found in phono stages costing three times the price. This is reference-level hi-fi performance made accessible. Described by The Ear as bringing "the orchestra into your room" with "magical sound quality", the 60Se Pro

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as WHEST AUDIO LIMITED, number 03986880. Checked 2026-09-06.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Not yet checked.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
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Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.