The Audio Note U.K. room at RMAF 2014

The modest AN J/D speakers here were setup extremely well [thanks to Dave Cope, the exhibitor and AN rep. Neli and I had to take over exhibitor duties here from Dave due to a family emergency]. We all know [well, maybe not] that speaker setup is not a science, it is not magic, it is freaking LUCK! [or, typically, a heckuva lot of trial and error] which is hard when you have just minutes in a hotel room during show setup. There will be more photos of the J’s posted here to try and help the next exhibitor [probably Dave] who has to put J’s in this room at the next show. [The photos are still on a memory card. I took them later in the show]

There is also a List of what was in this room.

Audio Note has a modest system once again in their room at RMAF 2014 this year.

TT Two Deluxe – $3,525 – Updated TT Two suspended, two motor turntable with wood-
veneered Russian birch plywood plinth, all internals upgraded to superior materials. An
external power supply with electronic speed switching is available as an option or
upgrade. Black Ash shown. Black or white gloss, rosewood and cherry are also available.

Arm Three V2 – $2,000 – New Audio Note-designed 9” tone arm, AN-AI 99.99% pure
silver wire with AN-Vx external cable. Single piece tapered arm tube from tip to tail. A
drop in replacement for 9”arms based on Rega geometry. Available in black or silver.
IQ3 – $980 – Our best moving magnet cartridge, with a Pocan body weighing 6 grams.
The square cross-section titanium cantilever with an Audio Note type 2 is identical to the
one used in our $4k+ IOI low output moving coil cartridge.

CDT One/ II – $4,100 – The display may be dimmed or turned off and a remote control
is included. Brushed aluminum fascia with aluminum buttons (shown), or black acrylic
fascia with gold buttons is available.

DAC2.1x Signature – $5,500 – A Red Book DAC utilizing the AD1865 18 bit chip that
allows it to read 24/96 files, (albeit truncated to 18 bits.) I/V conversion is accomplished
via purpose designed, in-house wound transformers. As in all Audio Note DACs, no up-
sampling, oversampling or filtering is used. Analog output utilizes a pair of 6922 tubes,
while power is rectified by a 6X5 tube. Output coupling is via Audio Note copper foil
capacitors. Audio Note tantalum resistors are used in critical locations. Your choice of
brushed aluminum (shown) or black acrylic fascia.

OTO SE Phono Signature – $6,325 ($5,525 line) – We took the classic OTO parallel single-
ended, EL84 integrated amp, added AN tantalum resistors and AN foil caps in critical
locations, then replaced the M4 IE output transformers with IHiB double c-core models –
superior magnetic core material in a superior topology. Available with your choice of a
brushed aluminum or black acrylic faceplate.

AN J/D – $3,700/pair satin ($4,000 as show w/hemp woofer) – Two way, acoustic suspension
speaker system, 92dB/w/m sensitive, using an 8″ woofer and a 1″ silk dome tweeter,
wired with Audio Note D copper speaker cable. This entry level version of the J uses a
cabinet with MDF front and back faces and particle board top/bottom/sides. The D model
is only available in satin black ash.