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Audio note kit 1 for sale11/19/2023 ![]() Regardless of model, each of our loudspeaker pairs are very closely matched, to within 0.2 dB of each other over the full bandwidth, this is done under dynamic conditions using a unique method of testing developed by ourselves. You will therefore find that our loudspeakers are capable of serious in-room bass performance, without creating the boom and room resonance normally encountered with wideband loudspeakers. Every aspect of cabinet, drivers and crossover are carefully matched in much the same manner that a violin maker crafts a fine musical instrument.Īll Audio Note loudspeaker models are two-way, stand mounted and are designed for real room conditions, rather than the more commonly used anachoic close field condition. Audio Note design loudspeakers to imitate real musical instruments. Hi-fi and music are not the same and many designers fall prey to the "cannons and fireworks" of special effects. Spatial effects become distinctly "hi-fi" and not faithful to real musical presentation. This is due to peaky response and loss of low level information. Speakers with narrow baffles demonstrate a characteristic nasality and thinness in the critical vocal region with unrealistic/unnatural image placement. Smaller, narrow baffles, like those found in most of today's "fashion victim" designs currently masquerading as quality loudspeakers achieve nothing other than to compromise midrange frequency and tonal colourations. The front baffle dimensions and depth of the cabinet are an integral part of the wave launch support and controlled defraction characteristics pioneered by Peter Snell in the 1970's. It is push pull.The pedestrian looks of the Audio Note loudspeakers are well calculated. OTOH you could probably find a second hand OTO PP for a reasonable price.Īnd the I-Zero is no slouch either if you can live with 9 watts. The KingKo as a far less expensive alternative might be worth a look - but King is basically a one man operation and you have to e-mail him as his website is kind of hopeless. I am now running it as a power amp from a new AN M3 Phono Balanced MKiii. I am currently running an $800 Kingko KA 101 EL84 Push Pull integrated amp. AN OTO SE sounds better than AN OTO PP to me. I try to take things on how they sound over the tech. I would not get hugely caught up in the tetrode/pentode/SE/PP thing. A Canadian company makes much of the parts but that makes sense since ANKits is in Canada. So separating made sense - but to my knowledge Andy still designs them. From what I have been told - AN UK simply didn't have the time to answer all the DIY questions they were getting as their finished products have been growing. You can always e-mail Brian to confirm this. The ANKits are all designed by Andy Grove who designs everything at Audio Note UK. I will say that generally when you pay more with Audio Note you do in fact hear more - which isn't the case with a lot of other stuff. Most who have heard both prefer the C-Core version. Mastering engineer Steve Hoffman has heard both OTO amps. OR - the best suggestion would be to try and find a dealer and have that dealer let you hear the superb Audio Note OTO and directly compare the new OTO SE Signature (C-Core transformer version) and see what type of gain in quality you hear - that would give you a very good idea at the type of gain you would get with the kits. The thing with the kits though is you can always upgrade the transformers later by simply buying the part and replacing the EI transformer with the C-Core - then you will know how much improvement is gained. Of course it will always be difficult to go on forums to ask these sorts of questions because very few people have heard Audio Note let alone in a good room, let alone the same system with different amps - then let alone the Kits and the variations of the kits with and without C-Core transformers. I'm a big fan of the sound of EL84 though and generally prefer them to higher power E元4 and KT88. To be fair a Kit generally has an advantage of parts quality - the Kit simply had far more grip on the woofers for bass and a generally superior dynamic range (beefier transformers). I've never run into an amplifier from Audio Note that didn't sound good - I remember back in the day directly comparing their AN 300B Kit against a Cary 300B and the ANKit was quite roundly better. I am looking for a high power amplifier for review purposes. I would REALLY like to hear that as it would be the highest watt amplifier Audio Note has ever designed - and the parts look to be truly exceptional at the price they are asking (in today's world anyway). I was surprised to see a 70 watt E元4 pair of monoblock amps though. ![]()
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