Baetis is a leading provider of high-performance digital audio systems, dedicated to offering custom configurations tailored to each client's unique setup. With a focus on innovation and excellence, we help audiophiles and professionals experience superior sound quality that redefines the digital listening experience.
Creating Audio Euphoria
To design and build the ultimate in digital media servers
Keep building the best and let our customers tell us if we are doing it right.
Provide the very best support.
Recommend and make systems that are right for you, without unethical “upselling”.
“Joe was there every step of the way and brought my vision further than I could have imagined!”
Client number 1Founder of DAF
Joe Makkerh is our CEO based in Montreal, the designer of our Customer Support program, and New Product Innovator. He personally does most Set-Up and Training sessions. Originally a research scientist in many fields such as the cell and molecular biology of cancer, arthritis and neuroscience, Joe did an MBA 23 years after getting his PhD from Cambridge University and took over Baetis in late 2017. He had been working with Baetis since 2014 in customer support and sales. Joe is also a videophile, who is always looking to produce the ultimate media computer, without compromise in either audio or video quality.
Brian W. our intern extraordinaire from summer 2019 was so good that he’s become a stable fixture at Baetis Audio! Among other things, Brian has helped us develop the Linux basis that most of our systems run now. He’s a keeper, and we hope to be associated with him for some time to come. Brian hand builds every Baetis, with input and testing by Joe Makkerh, the CEO.
Padli is our case modification person, operating closely under contract with us. He is a background in engineering physics. He can quickly design and make components that solve a lot of issues of our own creation! We’re using a fraction of his talents, but we want to tap into his skills more moving forward.
John Mingo, passed away in late 2022. He was the original founder of Baetis Audio. He continued to live and work on various projects in Livingston, Montana, after retiring from Baetis Audio. Even after retirement, John still did some of the “auditioning” of computer parts and Baetis proprietary circuitry such as our Daughterboards. John still had helpful and blunt advice for the younger blood at Baetis Audio for several years after passing on the torch. He had a very interesting, accomplished life, and Joe Makkerh named the flagship Baetis Audio models after his predecessor.
Besides having good people and knowing when to use another company’s product, we also have a group of friends and colleagues – real experts that believe in what we are trying to do and provide us with ideas and critical listening.
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