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@Hypofx

2 ай бұрын

dont mix with KONDO AUDIO NOTE JAPAN :) interesting story by the way, both has ongaku but totally different :) Thanks great video again

@imosolar

2 ай бұрын

Very good brand in UK - they don't put a price list on the products

I'm so glad you got to experience Audio Note! I was just hanging out with Peter's son at the Britsol Hifi Show this last weekend. The whole clan is RAD! They have the best music selection. You will never see such a wide, eclectic music selection from any other room at show. Their gear is phenomenal. It can play anything and sound amazing. Tracks that absolutely fall apart on most gear doesn't even cause AN a sweat. It's so well designed and so well built.

@bikemike1118

2 ай бұрын

…well built ?? This was a good one 😂😂😂 -> Built like a $ 100.- cardboard box! Sold for many, many grands.

@TombstoneTube

Ай бұрын

@@bikemike1118this is a fact.

Nice video! Nice story. Your enthusiasm is contagious.

My first full system was all AN Met Peter in England took me for a tour in his factory and listened to tunes in his house. Oh he drove us around the area and by the water in Brighton. A tour guild also.

Wonderful rant. I just love OCD MIKEY 😊

Speakers based on Peter Snell’s designs, which were always wonderful sounding speakers. I love my Snell Type E.

Yup - Peter is a Gem .. LOVE their sound. I have enjoyed meeting their reps over the last few years .. and it's a joy to know them all as music lovers.

@psyphonyxaudio

2 ай бұрын

98db Sensitive and Field Coil woofers .. Ya .. lol .. Adrian and Frederico were likely not surprised .. Yes sir.. Same goes for his son Daniel and Vincent ( from Montreal ) The entire brand brings the most passionate people into the fold. =) Im happy to hear you love it like we do =)

Thanks for the rant!!! Will check out audio note!!!

Hi Mike, I meet you there. This is my brand. It is a particular sound. Glad to see you appreciate it too. Perhaps a dealership in the making…..

@ptg01

2 ай бұрын

So cool to meet these principals of well made audio gear.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like fun !!

Best rant you've done in awhile. Great stuff Mikey! Hahahaha. Just great.

Awesome!

My interaction with Peter Q was bar none the best in the entire show. One of the reasons they are so powerful is their use of electro magnets in their motor systems as opposed to permanent magnets. His speakers (Peter Snell derived) are meant to work in a typical living room which was why his room was one of the few that actually sounded good. Glad you had the same experience.

@OCDHIFiGuy

Ай бұрын

In a typical British flat. The room must be on the smaller side... yes, called Field Coil drivers.. ;-) 😉

Visited Audio Note in Sussex when I was a student. The system they played me then let an impression that has lasted decades. Brilliant, natural sound.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Great story !

Loved the audacity (and fidelity) of the Audio Note room. Reminded a lot of us listening that it’s not just a cerebral affair, but an emotive and visceral one as well.

I’m so glad you spoke to Peter instead of listening to riff raff. AN UK starts from a very low price point as well so it is definitely not only black tie level.

@OCDHIFiGuy

6 күн бұрын

Spent an hour with Peter today.. he's great 👍

Glad you found out about Audio Note. Excellent and well built gear. Aston Martin is a good analogy.

@bikemike1118

2 ай бұрын

Aston Martin?! This analogy is weird. The one and only thing these two have in common is that their British!… AN wishes it had the same level of craftsmanship! They are rather made like very early MG‘s. And remember: Aston doesn’t even have proprietary motors in their cars! They buy them from Mercedes-AMG … and plant em in.

Ha ha, love it ! My kind of dude.

Hi Mikey, thank you for sharing your audio note story with us. i always aspired to own that gear and when i turn 30 i hope to own an entire system of it and i hope i can buy it through you

You should one day fly to him and make a couple of videos based on hearing his own room and visiting the factory.

@nicktube3904

2 ай бұрын

I emailed you about this vid ^^ But you are absolutely right!

Their preamps are particularly great. But no remote!

Old guys rock too….

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Yes ! Rock on 🤘

@FOH3663

2 ай бұрын

I know, right? "this dude is 70yrs old 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙" Youth is wasted on the young. It's a shame wisdom is wasted on the old. ;) Buddy Guy at 87 is a head bobbin' groove machine, playing clubs since the 50's! He pre-dates rock and roll! ... otoh Pres..., nevermind

yep yep was shopping speakers way way back 90's in the 5k range guy in electronic creations in Orlando hooked up their Snell E3's 1k blew my freaking mind! I understand some of Audio Note 2 ways are, what, "based" on that model but obviously far superior, and have always wanted to hear them.

Hey Mikey, do you remember what amp they used because I have some Audio Note Speakers here and my single ended 5W amp is nice and works with the speakers but does not really rock by design.

There are a few people in the industry I would like to meet. Peter Qvortrup is one along with Andreas Hoffman of Octave Audio, Lou Hinkley of Daedalus, Bill Dudleston from Legacy and Holger Adler of Voxativ. I'm sure there are others but those are the people that would be high on my list.

Mike - this may be my favorite of all your videos ive ever watched. Your obvious enthusiasm is infectious. Great job

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Hi Mikey, what do you think about their corner positioning? How's their imaging, soundstage etc?

That is some brave legislation and brave women!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

What ?

Hi Mike I was at the Bristol audio show 2024 I only had two hours I went to hear the eletrocomponiet 1 mkv cd player that’s all over the net because I’m looking 1mkv or balanced audio technology VK d5se. But the one that blow me away was the Audio Note 1:08 and everything your said is true and he was one of the few that had he’s amp open and what a sight, full of goodies and I mean full. Love your show keep up the good work 🍻

Hey OCD Mike! You had me in stitches with this video! I have always been interested in the brand and hope to hear more from you soon about it. Safe travels my friend.

@petebakke6167

2 ай бұрын

I've never seen mikey this wild this crazy this passionate i'm slightly concerned........

The cobra integrated with the An-j lx is a blast of a combo for rock music ,

@AudioheavenDenmark

2 ай бұрын

It can fill a hall... Done it several times. People are walking around looking for subs 😂

@MsCorbacho

2 ай бұрын

@@AudioheavenDenmark do you have the cobra ? Very good amp , …when you look at it and think 28 per channel,….el34 …..huuuuuuu,mmm!? But then you hear it ….. :)

@AudioheavenDenmark

2 ай бұрын

@@MsCorbacho ive been part of the cobra team from prototype 1 to finished product. It's a kick ass amp and awesome value

This was a enjoyable episode, thanks for sharing.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Mikey.. Let me talk to Peter next weekend. I will get him to fly you over. Then we can all meet up a weekend and have a blast.... Peter is PETER. he is one of a kind in this audio industry.. And he is so much fun to hang out with. And he doesn't care for jazz and polite crap. He digs metal. Dubstep and hard rock big time.. Oh and whisky. He brought me into the whisky world 😅😅😅

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Sounds Fun !

@AudioheavenDenmark

2 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy it sure could be..... Lots of music. Tons of fun to. Brighton is a lovely city to. We can smoke a cuban and have a scotch on the beach.

OCD Mikey, this is by far your best rant to date! Keep hitting them with the volume knob!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Sven !

Audionote is a Japanese company founded by Hiroyasu Kondo , PQ and Audionote UK were the distributors and later given manufacturing rights to produce a more affordable line of amplifiers , the Kondo versions carry far higher re-sell values because they are considered superior products.

My two favorite Dac-brands, that I ever heard, is actually AN and PD . Would be crazy cool if you got involved in tha AN World.

Mindblown Mikey.Sounds like an awesome time. You’ve definitely changed my opinion of AN

NIce meeting you at the show OCD , very cool . BTW you should look deeper into the audio note story , how they acquired the name , Pretty obvious with you showering love means you plan on carrying the line LOL.. Regards

Wild to meet Peter Q., a legend to-be. He’s a carrier of the torch for high-efficiency speakers and SET tube amps and that they can play anything without apology. Thanks for all these posts on the show

Heard the ongaku a couple of days ago with the new avantgarde mezzo speaker , very fine sound , the dynamics were astounding ( like expected with a horn speaker) , Thought my favorite room was one with Marten Mingus septet loudspeakers , with the new octave flagship tube preamp and tube amps with 8 x kt170 per channel ,….200 r.m.s pure class A , streamer and dac was from Wadax ( ugly as hell , and full of bling …….a rappers dream :) But the sound …….oh my god ! That Martens are astounding , very fresh live feeling , true laser focus on voices with a very natural timbre , and a gigantic bass for what is still a not that humongous speaker ,…….but 108.000 euros de pair ……ouch !

Love this video

Im glad to here this Mike 🤟

One more thing - on the KZread channel “real hifi help” there are three videos from around Oct 20, 2020, covering a long Q&A interview with Peter Q. Very detailed take on his audio design philosophy, how he thinks about listening, music history etc. - illuminates the whole “Audio Note” thing, if one is interested

@Gez492

2 ай бұрын

Yes it's brilliant

Audio Note have a really good reputation for high end audio. I particularly like their speakers. Great brand and when you come to the UK you've always got a place at ours in Nottingham the land of Robin Hood, we love the Black Sheep here. Bless you Mickey👍

How do you polish your brass bowl in the background?

Great video

@OCDHIFiGuy

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

I have a full Audio Note system! I absolutely love it! Do you think AGD can compete with AN magic?

Always thought you should be an AN dealer. For me, would complete a triad of musicality: TAD, PBD, AN.

RIP Tim de Paravicini. LEGEND

@OCDHIFiGuy

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. He agreed to interview with me but said he was sick and had to get better... he never did.

people forget that AN's chief designer, Andy Grove, is a *massive* metal head, OF COURSE it can rock!

@AudioheavenDenmark

2 ай бұрын

And he is very good with a guitar to ❤

@sats87

2 ай бұрын

Yeah not really :D listen to some rock on three way vintage JBLs and compare

@badbullit1

2 ай бұрын

@@sats87 oh i love a vintage 3-way! AN's speakers very much have that satisfying flavour..

Right after you said you were going back to their room at the end of the show, I knew they were going to play rock or metal. Peter Q is known for that!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Was fun !

It’s great to hear about metalheads in hifi, something near and dear to my heart. I totally get the polite stuff I enjoy it too, but if I ever feel like getting the police involved it’s going to be 90s era thrash, death, doom and black metal. It doesn’t have the ear candy but it has umm, the ear steak and potatoes I guess.

Glad you liked it! If you have any questions about how and why AN equipment sounds like it does, I'll try to answer them for you.

The more you listen to Audio Note the better it gets. When you’re done listening to all the rest, you’ll find yourself back in the Audio Note room 😂

Audio note is a very good brand , never heard anything from them that i did not like , including the less expensive one

Big difference between companies owned by a family focused on products and customers vs corporate owners focused on maximizing shareholder value.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Said like a guy in the know... Jim knows what's up !

Love the enthusiasm dude.😊

Audio Note has been doing their demos with this music for years.

Those speakers they got are one of my favorite speakers at most audio shows. I thought it was a devore, but the one with the blue driver gives me very pleasant listening experience.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Devore could only DREAM of a speaker like this. Talk about TOOL !! LOL. shiiii

@mikegoddard7354

2 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy I know, his speaker just looks similar and I did not know any better. I asked him do you have the version with the blue driver, and he told me I think you are looking for audionote. He was definitely correct.

Yeah actually the first 2 albums by Rage Against The Machine are pretty much audiophile grade metal albums, especially the Steve Hoffman and Stephen Marsh Audio fidelity gold CD editions. Wow. Definitely worth cranking! Glad you liked it. Another good one is Metallica’s black album. That works. ❤

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

For sure. AC/DC BIB as well

@Nephilim-81

2 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy absolutely agree. Nice choice. You know who else actually has really damn good freaking recordings! Billy Idol! Dude. His original CDs from the 1980’s are unbelievable sounding. Rebel yell, charmed life, vital idol and whiplash smile. Nuts. Incredible fidelity. Anyhow. Love your video. Love your passion.

Audio Note speakers remind me of DeVore speakers. Devore is a Big Fan of The Mikey and a huge Ess Jay Dubya Namastepikaw 🤘🏻🤘🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

This is why im following you Mike - THE PASSION :)

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Thanks !

“Bulls on Parade” is my RATM fave 🤘🏼

Cool story bro! I have enjoyed their stuff at Axpona.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Awesome !

Where does ANK fit into the picture?

Haha great RANT Mickey!

The Audio Note gear is kick ass, but tubes are for fun and solid state is serious listening…having both is the ultimate….just played tool on my Pass Labs pre and amp…it kicks ass too…rock on!!

@Gez492

2 ай бұрын

With respect thats not correct, semi conductors generally suck. "transistor amplifiers sound poor for the simple reason that transistors are inferior amplifying devices. The word “semiconductor” really means what it says and it says it all, “half”-conductor, sonically this could be translated to mean half the signal! Which is really what it sounds like. Pure and simple, transistors are highly un-linear and need a lot of correction (feedback of some sort) to have a bandwidth wide enough to be able to reproduce any music signals, they are not natural voltage amplifiers. Likewise both the pentode or tetrode requires corrective feedback to lower the load sensitivity and improve bandwidth, they are less un-linear than transistors being high impedance devices that require matching from an output transformer. Thus they sound better when used well, especially when used single-ended or in pseudo triode mode by connecting the grids together. Pentodes and tetrodes are more efficient (give higher static power) and much cheaper than triodes, this price advantage is paid for in poorer linearity and therefore overall open loop power bandwidth and load stability, nature always gives with one hand and takes with the other! Directly heated triodes on the other hand are highly linear amplifying devices, the directly heated triode is the original voltage amplifier, the first, only and still the best, it responds well to better circuits, components and materials, but they are less efficient and more expensive than pentodes and tetrodes. Thus they require efficient speakers, with power output being at a premium price". excerpt from PQ I thought like you once but then Listened to Audionote now I understand a little better what I have bern chasing all these years.

@Charles12509

2 ай бұрын

I hear you, I was a tube guy and even had the AN Cobra, it sounded awesome. Some mornings it would give me fits when I turned it on, loud thump, had to mess with putting tubes in, it was fun at first. Before that I had lower price tube amps like Decware,Had and Primaluna they were mediocre. I just got burned out with the tubes so I landed on Pass Labs, a happy compromise, it’s dead quiet when I turn it on and off and I can just leave it on 24/7…

Mikey, no worries, "let it all hang out!" Rock on........

I have an Ongaku and AN SEC Signature speakers. Also have some AN parts in my phono stage...that is not AN. When I went to London I took a train to AN and Peter is the best. It is a lifestyle and works well in certain rooms. Still like to have another system that does other things well in large rooms...like horns. Then you have the ultimate environment for music.

Yep thats it……love the music First……

yeah Mikey is really "relaxed" today lol

That is how people reacts for first time when they hear field coil drivers :))

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

I own Field Coil Drivers.. Handmade Feastrex with mono Tungar power supplies... lol...

@yosifchumpov8356

2 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuyIs your speaker single driver design?

BTW, Seas manufactures AN’s woofers.

Whatever the ins and outs of the history of AN, the gear is shocking. If you get to the UK go and let Peter play you some music at their place and check out the record collection! And those speakers... wolf, sheep's clothing.

You must visit London. Come in the summer 🇬🇧 and do a show you’d be most welcome

Mikey, you know my ear. Can’t wait till you hear my level 4 Audio Note with my MPD-8 🙂

Cheating somewhat,as that Rage album is really well recorded and sounds good on alot of systems.

Sounds like praise not a rant. 😂 was waiting for the take down.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

It's a good rant.. 👍 just like someday I'll find a Turntable that rivals digital.;-)

@oohtob6685

2 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy such a good rant you said it twice 🤣 in stereo.

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

@@oohtob6685 damn phone ! Lol

The An-j speakers are great for rock , …I do find the J version almost always ( what I have heard until now) , better than the an-e

Were there any fleas at the expo?

And the cone material is made from hemp. OCD, exactly the same impression I got from last year's FL show. Yes, it seems like total bs for a simple box with an 8 and a soft dome, but now it all makes sense.

I’m ATL based and looking at audio note - do it!

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Call me up...

This must be the best video i seen in a long time,for sure.Doing your own thing is the best,Do you like David Lynch,he does his own thing too and make some great music,please check him!

Do you show the ELAC room?

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

No

Your impression means that feasible to have hiend gear and play rock!

Rants are good for the soul. Lol story makes a person cautious about boutique brands?

70 years old makes him in his prime during the 70s punk era, of course he's going to go big...

I use Audionote resistors and caps in my Donizator modded Lampizator. super good super musical super bad ass

@jdekong3945

2 ай бұрын

Hi, will they sell components to diy folk?

@pennfootball71

2 ай бұрын

Not sure I had a company do it for me that is a manufacture of other equipment and I know the engineer. Vujade audio@@jdekong3945

Audio note, UK, Peter was just the UK distributor. Ended up stealing all the products and intellectual property. The founder in Japan and your choice but to sue which started the legal problems. They basically took the Japanese products and put a different label on them.

@OCDHIFiGuy

Ай бұрын

Wow. Is that truth ?

@tarichar8

Ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy yes, I remember when it happened. The products now are totally different from Kondo Japan. But Peter was the distributor for audio note, which was based out of Japan. After a legal battle, they became separate entities, with different products. Even today, some of the products share the same names but the companies now are entirely separate.

@tarichar8

Ай бұрын

I added a letter from Kondo Japan, however, KZread looks like they took my post down. Search “dear friends of audio note Japan“ and you will see the letter by Mr. Kondo himself.

@igottheshaft

23 күн бұрын

​@@OCDHIFiGuy It was so confusing to me to learn that there is Audio Note Japan, now called Kondo Audio Note, and Audio Note UK, especially because some of the products are named the same and look the same. What's going on here? It was further confusing to learn that apparently "Level 5" Audio Note UK Amps are actually hand made by Kondo Audio Note, so it seems. I could be wrong. Apparently Peter was in business with Kondo-San, an engineer who developed the original amplifier, and created the name Audio Note, until they had the equivalent of a nasty divorce after 20 years in business together. I've been trying to figure it out myself, because it's hard to know who to trust, and which company to buy from. Mike if you are thinking about becoming a distributor, I think you should do the following Google search precisely with the words below (I can't post links here). It'll take you to a 2012 forum thread at Audioreview with links to other forum posts publicly made by Peter and Kondo-San from the year 2000 about the split. It's remarkable that it's still online. What's even more remarkable is that they have both somehow kept the name Audio Note, while selling the same or similar products, and neither one fully rebranding. Google the following, it's the top result: audioreview "audio Note UK & Kondo Japan" Read every link provided on this page, and you can judge for yourself based upon the writings of Peter and Kondo-San what you make of the situation. Kondo Audio Note also has a website, as does Audio Note UK, and you can try to compare their offerings. I hope this helps.

Oh god, they make those silver wound output transformers from silver wire, made in-house, drawn through diamond dies also made in-house. I'm surprised you're just finding out about them.

Audio not equipment is very musical amazing

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely

Feeling a Hot Stick here

Did you ask questions concerning his analogue gear?

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

I asked broad questions about his company. I didn't ask about digital gear either..

@BobCoalWater

2 ай бұрын

@@OCDHIFiGuy I was just being humorous, in reference to the audio shrink rant I had just watch before. I'm a vinyl guy and the more people stay into digital the better, bin digging has become hard enough as it is.

Laugh, Jaguar Land 🤠

Lmaooo I use audio note in UK

I am glad you know the brand now…and how it sounds……These an j e or k-s are just killing…speakers…

@OCDHIFiGuy

2 ай бұрын

More than anything, I get the vision and the owners personality.. Hifi is far more than the silly boxes we peddle...

It has to be good. Too many people pay good money for Audio note.

Me gusta tu Pelo😂

Conceal Carry Audionote

Best calm down old boy no need to hype yourself.

I Liked him 2