12/29/2023 0 Comments Audio note an e review![]() It is a biwirable, 2-way vented design featuring a 1-inch dome tweeter and an 8-inch woofer, with the flare port at the lower rear. The loudspeaker used, the AN-E SEC Silver loudspeaker, is the subject of this review. Its agility, swiftness and most of all, an excellent bottom-end, one that I did not know could be developed by such a system, along with its ability to conjure up a most spectacular soundstaging feast and delicious tonalities, simply astounded me. James Infirmary,” Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” and “Cecilia.” Those recordings were in plain but thick jackets.Īs a non-contact medium proponent, I was surprised at the demonstrated dynamics of this vinyl and vacuum tube-based system. I was treated to several of Ray’s 45-rpm special-release collections, including Louis Armstrong’s “St. Cables were the Audio Note Sogon throughout, and five Argent Lens guarded the AN-E SEC Silver in concave from the left of one speaker to the right of the other. His system consisted of Audio Note’s latest $40,000 dual-mono M-10 line stage with two much larger power supplies for the 2 channels, a pair of the $22,000 “Shinri,” 10 Wpc, 300B monoblocks and a $25,000 Transrotor “Tourbillon” turntable fitted with a $6,000 Clearaudio Master TQI tonearm and $3,950 AN-Io II cartridge. Ray has a pair of the $19,500, top-of-the-line AN-E SEC Silver in lacquered piano black, positioned well into the listening area with slight toe-in. Atop this picturesque town of noted firemen and policemen population, Ray’s residence occupies the best lot in his community and his listening room has a window to the open country outside. 380 miles from my home, Simi Valley is several thousand feet above sea level on the far side of a mountain range that the southbound I-5 runs through from the plains beneath, endowing the town with some degree of freedom from the cold and thick fog as spring arrives. Distributor, Ray Lombardi, in Southern California’s Simi Valley. Nearing the completion of this review, my wife and I paid a short visit to the residence of Audio Note’s U.S. Size: 31.5’H × 14.1’W × 11D (80 × 36 × 28 cm)įinish: Lacquered Madrone (other custom finishes available with lacquer option) Audio Note AN-E SEC Silver Loudspeaker Audio Note AN-E SEC Silver LoudspeakerĮfficiency: 94.5 dB/watt/m, with reflected impedance and mirror image of Audio Note’s own single-ended amplifiers
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