

So I drove the aforementioned speakers and used the Meracus Imago and Marantz CD. The tube is soldered to the board so not possible to change easily." Audio Note supplied an M2 line-level pre-amp, but stopped short of insisting on Audio Note wires, DAC, speakers. forums/f5/mainstream-portable-amp-review-comparo-237038/.
#Audionote amplifier upgrade#
You can upgrade the output caps but that is about it there is not much room in the box. XLR IC -> singlepower es-1 (with upgraded audionote silver foil capcitors. Cambridge Audio AXA35 Integrated Amplifier with Phono Stage 349. I mailed to Peter Qvortrup (Audio Note) and asked him for an update.That`s what he answered to me: "It is a nice little preamplifier. The key is adding the proper neutral balance to the. Other guys want much money for building.īack to AN Zero. But this guy has no time to build it for me. All my stuff is DIY, but a friend built it for me. But i`m a bad craftsman, so i need a plug & play solution. The lower model is the Conqueror 300B stereo amplifier, while a pair of Conquest monoblocks surpasses the Quest with two 300B tubes on each amplifier doubling the output to 18 watts in parallel single-ended configuration. This is it, Great Sound, perfect match to my amps, but out of range. The Quest represents the lowest-priced Audio Note Level 3 single-ended monoblocks utilizing the 300B output tubes. I have had the M6 for a while, because a friend of mine moved into another house, i kept it. I have heard about the Lightspeed attenuator, but there is nobody in my area, who uses it, so i cant`listen to it.Īudio Note makes very interesting amps and preamps. My budget is 700 €, this is about 1200 NZD. The little Decware 6V6GT Mini Torii that is my current favorite goto amp is the same price, but instead of 30-Watts, it is only 3.9-Watts. The AN Z was offered to me for 300 Euro, this is a good price for Europe. The Audio Note Kit L4 push-pull amp with NOS tubes sounds excellent and it only goes for 2,200 in kit form. One is for my CD, the other one for my MM tube Phono.
