Tango makes the mains transformers to Audio Note specifications, while the output transformers are in-house products.
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Each amplifier also uses a 5687 driver tube and a pair of 6072A tubes for input and phase-splitting, the latter tubes described as 'super ECC83s with lower gain'. They're air force-grade tubes, designed to be used as transmitters in bombers. But are there audiophile sin the world who are that desperate to own an amp merely because it's a near-one-off, something they won't see in any shops or other audiophiles' homes?įor your eighth-of-a-million pounds, you get a brace of copper-clad monoblocks sprouting the aforementioned 845s, whacking-great phalluses which are classified as 'direct-heated true triodes with bright emitters', which means that they almost light up the room. He suggests that he's merely applying haute monde/ haute couture practices and techniques to hi-fi – something which all would agree that hi-fi lacks. You're asked to think about one-off fashions from names like Ozbek and Versace and Miyake. Then PQ replies with his cachet/objets d'art pitch. To which I would counter that wages must be phenomenally high in Japan and that pure silver is worth slightly less per ounce than good chopped liver I have some very large, mint 1920s sterling silver wristawatches which would scrap for about £10 each. To wit: Quortrop argues that the Gaku-On's price is due to the rarity of the main valves (two original, circa-oo 845s per channel), the 1200 man-hours needed to make each pair of amplifiers, including 500 hours for each transformer, the fact that the company makes only one pair per year and the high content of pure silver – all wiring, transformers, etc. ludicrous – there is no other word for it – attack on the concept of 'value for money'. But never underestimate Peter Quortrop, a man so able to convince himself of the worth of his own claims that he will spend hours justifying this, this, this Like most of you, I thought this was some kind of joke, an over-the-top piss-take. Find an AV receiver to pair with this amplifier.Read more stereo amplifier reviews on.Heal the sick, restore sight to the blind. It should also restore your hair if you're bald, add tens of points to your IQ. And for this kind of money, it should transport you to realms hitherto inaccessible outside of a live performance. Unless I'm ill-informed, the Gaku-On is the most expensive amplifier in the world. Or you could buy a pair of Audio Note Gaku-On monoblock power amplifiers. Any of the above is available to you if you have a spare £128,000. School fees for you child's entire pre-university education. Think about a nice little cottage, straight out of Lovejoy.