Audio Note AN/E SPe HE speakers in poplar burl
Finally got the Audio Note AN/E SPe HE speakers setup…
A little changing of the guard in our second listening room. The $9288 per pair Audio Note AN/E SPe HE speakers taking over music duties for awhile from the around $73K AN/E SEC Signature speakers.
Sounds great! So immediate and musical…
We have always liked these high-efficiency hemp-driver ‘little E’ speakers, as Neli calls them. Nice finish on these, and this burl in matte finish has no up-charge associated with it [so she tells me].
The setup at the window end of the room. Can’t show you the other side, it is a complete mess of gear and cables all over the place [but it looks better than it did yesterday. Ugh.]
This room is being overrun with Audio Note gear … [ 🙂 ]
Very nice. Are you running these with the Oto Signature?
Hard to tell from the AN website, but is the Meishu considered a step up over the Oto or just a different flavor?
Hi Kevin,
That is the Soro Phono SE. At 18 watts a little more powerful than the Oto at 10 watts. It also uses a 6L6 instead of an EL34.
The rest Neli knows way more than I do about the details about this part of the line [she would say the entire line :-)], and I will keep trying to get her to add her two cents here 🙂
Take care,
-Mike
The MEISHU is a step up from the OTO — even though the OTO / SORO / MEISHU are siblings. Each uses a similar architecture implemented with a different tube — so one of the OTOs might be your amp if you are smitten with the EL84. We like the SORO quite a bit, even though we hadn’t expected to love a 6L6 amp.
Awsome speaker.
The soro is a kick ass little amp. I’m currently reviewing on.
http://www.monoandstereo.com/2015/02/audio-note-soro-se-review.html?m=1
Hi Kenneth, I SO agree, the SORO is a kick ass little amp. We sold ours to a local guy. We miss it. He loves it. Glad you do, too.
Feel free to stop by our ‘blog and let our readers know when you post updates to your review. I’m certainly curious to hear both your initial impressions and your impressions of the upgrades.
I sure Will!
I just received the SPE HE in olive. My gosh they are drop dead sexy.
We have expanded the review quit a bit. So not only will the SORO go through a five step review. So will the M3 phono and a pair of conquest.
This is going to be something quit unique. Can wait to get it going.
Peter should drop of the M3 and Conquest within weeks.
I’ll keep your blog updated.