The woofer is a "simple" Seas woofer, the tweeter some Danish or Japanse thing (sources are not coherent here). These are very "musical" speakers, and have given me a lot of pleasure over time. I've owned a pair of AN-E DIY kits (the silver version). There are plenty of DIY plans available, with almost as much concensus as to their merit as any commercial product. Since the AN speaker kits are parts and plans only, why not save yourself some money and frustration and try something with much less of a financial investment, like perhaps a Fostex or Visaton fullrange. Or it could just be listener envy - no doubt years in the business has fine tuned the dealers listening acuities to hear "staggering" differences that are not obvious to these ears, even after it's explained what I'm missing. However when you build the relatively simple boxes and see the actual working drivers and crossover components, it's rather difficult to see were the magic could be hidden in the factory built "real" speakers. It's a bit unfair to describe the performance of either as 'pedestrian', particularly when compared to some other over-rated and constipated British brands in the same store and price range. That's the great thing about DIY - I can build and listen for my own emotional enjoyment, not to flaunt my financial status or intellectual prowess.īack to the subject of AudioNote speakers I've built several pairs of the cabinets and had brief opportunity to compare them to factory versions. My biggest complaint would be that I don't have the requisite disposable income to afford to impress my friends and family with either. Having had opportunity to hear a fair range of their individual products as well as synergistic systems priced well above what I paid for my current home, all I can say is you could spend more on an all Linn system and get less music. After reading this post, guess if I'm still sitting on the fence on this one? They come complete several finishes Black Ash, Rosewood, Beech, Cherry.AudioNote is a great marketing success of perceived value over content, and there's no doubt that the brand name has as many detractors as devoted fans. The benefits of the longer grains on hemp gives the sound a relaxed and highly textured mid band quality. The hemp cone drivers appear on many of the dearer Audio Note speakers and are a key part to what makes this speaker rather special. The AZ range come in two versions paper coned drivers and hemp coned drivers. Though to get them working at their optimum they do benefit from being placed near a rear wall or in a corner, to enhance the bass considerably. They are easy to drive and not too sensitive to room placement. There is an openness and clarity, which draws you into the music. This simple two-box system produces pure magic for the money. A particular favourite of ours is the AZ-2’s with an OTO PP and CD 1.1. That said they are a particularly versatile speaker that perform superbly with most transistor amplifiers. They are designed to be partnered with the Audio Note Zero level CD Player and Amplifier. The AZ range are a simple, elegant speakers with a characteristic Audio Note sound. This allows a wide choice of partnering amplification including transistor and valve amps Though they particularly love low-powered SET’s. All Audio Note speakers are high efficiency (with efficiency rising as you go up through the range) and present an easy load to the amplifier. This said, most AN speakers work fine out in the room, so the fact that your room has no useable corners does not rule them out. String instruments are transcendent, human voices strikingly clear and instrumental voices remarkably lifelike.Īll Audio Note speakers are designed to occupy the corners of the room, toed in such that their ‘lines’ cross about a meter in front of the listening position. They are exhilaratingly open and gloriously transparent. Perhaps Peter Qvortop has sprinkled some fairy dust on them and not told us. Wood should sound like wood, metal like metal, voice like voice.Īudio Note loudspeakers are extremely persuasive, whatever the philosophy behind them. The sound should have this “organic” feel of real instruments being played before you. Since the company’s foundation, they have passionately pursued the same, simple aim To create products that play music in a natural and pure. This is simply why they are held with such high regard by music lovers worldwide. Audio Note loudspeakers simply and consistently allow you to get past the equipment and on to the more important task of listening to music.
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