AKFest 2009 – May 2 and 3
The Audio Karma Fest [hard not to type Kharma] is right around the corner, time wise, and right outside Detroit Michigan, hotel wise.
Audio Note U.K. will be showing our Zero level line of separate components. When we fired them up, right out of the box, cold, new, in front of doubting ears [ours], it was immediately obvious that they sounded better than 90% of the rooms at shows that I have heard – and that they sounded like a system. Very well-balanced.
As you can see, they are fashionably small, but not small enough to fit side by side on the Acoustic Dreams’ rack shelves. Almost, though.
A full report later – but hopefully many of you will be in Detroit next weekend and get to hear it for yourselves.
There are four pieces, a transport, a integrated amp, a DAC and a Phono preamplifier.
DAC 0.1X ‘Valve Output Stage’ with USB input
R Zero/II ‘Valve Phono Stage’
I Zero ‘Valve Integrated Amplifier’
CDT Zero/II ‘CD Transport’
I’ll be demoing them on a rack that shows off their handsome compactness to good effect in Room 446 at AKFEST.
“Fashionably small”, or to be more specific, 300mm or 11.8″ wide.
Brian Smith of Audio Note Kits will be exhibiting this year as well, next door in Room 447.
I like the speakers. They’re actually have character and aren’t just hunks of plastic.