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Nick Gowan
136 Kennedy Avenue
Campbell, California
95008
USA

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We endeavor to reconnect people to their recorded music. For many, the complexity of audio technologies poses a formidable barrier to experiencing music at its best. We believe the pleasure of faithful sound reproduction should be accessible to all. Our goal is to provide our customers with intelligent and intelligible choices that answer their musical needs.
 
 

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AN-E/SEC Signature Loudspeaker

The AN-E must be the most efficient wide band speaker of moderate size on the market, with an effective bandwidth from 18 Hz to 23 kHz at -6 dB, efficiency better than 95 dB/m and a dynamic headroom above 108 dB. The extremely high efficiency is retained well over the bandwidth, and makes the AN-E very suited to the high quality, low-power triode amplifiers that will form the future of music reproduction, once our obsession with power and specifications is generally recognized as folly.

The AN-E is a two-way, ported enclosure, with a carefully designed cabinet which is shaped to enhance and aid driver dispersion on one hand, and bass output on the other. The cabinet is lightly braced and little internal damping is used. The cabinet is designed in such a way that it augments and supports the drivers in their task, not unlike the box of a guitar. The drivers are selected and paired before they are matched to the crossover in the same process as the AN-K and AN-J.

Dimensions: (Height, Width, Depth) 790 x 360 x 270mm (31" x 14" x 10.5").

AN-J/SEC Silver Loudspeaker

2-way 1" dome tweeter, 8" woofer, rear ported, 93dB sensitivity, all round wood veneered Russian birch plywood cabinet with AN-SPe silver speaker cable

The AN-J models offer higher sensitivity and better bass performance, combined with a more dynamic presentation than the AN-K, in an enclosure that is about three times the volume.

The AN-J is a ported enclosure with an efficiency better than 93 dB/m and bass that goes down to 25 Hz at -6 dB. The AN-J is capable of reproducing the scale and intensity of most well-recorded music very realistically.

Like all our other loudspeakers, the AN-J undergoes the same painstaking driver selection and matching process, which ensures the closest tolerances within a pair in the entire audio industry.

Dimensions: (Height, Width, Depth) 585 x 330 x 235mm (23" x 13" x 9.25").

AN-J/LX Loudspeaker

2-way 1" dome tweeter, 8" woofer, rear ported, 93dB sensitivity, all round wood veneered Russian birch plywood cabinet with AN-SPe silver speaker cable

The AN-J models offer higher sensitivity and better bass performance, combined with a more dynamic presentation than the AN-K, in an enclosure that is about three times the volume.

The AN-J is a ported enclosure with an efficiency better than 93 dB/m and bass that goes down to 25 Hz at -6 dB. The AN-J is capable of reproducing the scale and intensity of most well-recorded music very realistically.

Like all our other loudspeakers, the AN-J undergoes the same painstaking driver selection and matching process, which ensures the closest tolerances within a pair in the entire audio industry.

Dimensions: (Height, Width, Depth) 585 x 330 x 235mm (23" x 13" x 9.25").

OTO Phono Integrated Amplifier
12 watt Class A EL84 push-pull line only integrated amplifier, 4 inputs & tape loop, 4 x ECC83, 4 x EL84. A phono version is also available, this adds an extra ECC83 and 6DJ8 / ECC88 to the valve complement.
M9 Phono Preamplifier

The record collectors dream pre-amplifier, RIAA correction partially by transformer, input stage E80F audio pentode in each channel and an E80CC double triode in the second stage, line valves are ECC82/12AU7 first stage and 7044/E182CC output stage driving the nickel c-core silver wired output transformer. The separate power supply featuring improved version of M8 PSU, with 2 x 6X5, 2 x OB2 and 2 x ECL82/6BM8.

M8 Phono Preamplifier

Level Five all Audio Note™ silver wired 6463 line stage pre-amplifier with Audio Note™ 2 watt tantalum film resistors where possible, Black Gate™ caps everywhere, Audio Note silver foil signal caps, novel M10 based power supply as above, Audio Note™ custom made 99.99% pure silver wired output transformer 0.1 mm Audio Note™ 50% nickel double C-cores.

RIAA version has Level 5 MM stand alone MM RIAA/Phono equalising stage with novel power supply.

Phono version is a Level Five all Audio Note™ silver wired MM phono pre-amplifier with 6463 line stage, CV4068 phono stage and standard double choke mono power supply construction, Audio Note™ 2 watt tantalum film resistors, Black Gate™ caps everywhere, Audio Note silver foil signal caps, fully Audio Note™ silver wired output transformer with 0.1mm Audio Note™ AN-Perma 50 nickel double C-cores.

As M8Phono but a 6 pieces per annum limited edition version with thinner laminate Audio Note™ 55% nickel double C-Cores, Black Gate™ N, Nx and NH type capacitors throughout and Audio Note™ precision carbon film resistors.

DAC5 Digital to Analog Converter

Level 5 super DAC, new copper wired Audio Note™ “magic” I/V transformer interfaces, 1xoversampling™ direct from disc™ technology based on the AD1865N, dual mono power supplies to powerful analogue output stage with NOS 6463 dual triodes coupled with copper wired output transformer on 0.1mm AN-Perma 50 double C-cores providing 600R balanced outputs with XLR in addition to the two single-ended silver plated RCA outputs.

DAC1.1 Mk II Digital to Analog Converter

The DAC 1.1x/II digital to analogue converter uses Audio Note™ 1Xoversampling™ and Direct From Disc™ techniques which in our opinion has proven to be musically superior to other over sampling methods. The kit uses the well proven Crystal CS8412CP input receiver, and the DAC chip is the Analog Devices dual 18bit AD1865. The tube output stage uses a single ECC82 as a common cathode amplifier which provides voltage gain to allow the DAC 1.1x/II to be used with any active preamplifier and some passive preamplifiers.

The DAC 1.1x/II is housed in a steel chassis finished in black powder coating and a natural colour 5mm anodised brushed aluminum face plate with a satin finish or black acrylic panel with a piano lacquer finish.

 
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