I've had the Wright's mated with a pair of 90dB speakers, and it worked, though not nearly as well as with our 104dB horns. I don't know how I would, since they've come up in many a discussion. I wish I did, maybe I could get a better deal. Remember, this is my opinion, and as much as I may sound like it, I have no affiliation with Audio Note. A couple of other reason are build quality, aesthetics, and of course, the AN sound. This is one of the many reasons I like AN gear. While I know there are other companies out there known for their customer service, I can say with no hesitation that EVERY time I've emailed Peter Q., stupid question or not, he has gotten back to me PERSONALLY, and always in an expedient manner. I also need some stand-offs for the PCB's, and he put them in the mail, gratis again. I DO KNOW that when I emailed Peter, 3 weeks ago, and asked for a set of schematics for the Soro, and told him I was MORE THAN WILLING TO PAY FOR THEM, he emailed me a set out, gratis, that day. I'm not going into it, because it has been beaten to death, ad nauseum, here and other places. This is a shame, because most of what has been said on the net is bullshit. My personal opinion is that the "split" between Peter & Kondo-san has hurt the value of both parties gear. After living with my Soro for a year, I'd have to say that if I was in the market for an integrated in that price range, I'd buy one new, even at close to 5 grand now (probably 4 in the real world). AN gear may be high at retail, but again, in my experience, it is well worth it. take over US distribution, instead of just being an Audio Note store.Īnd, I don't think any ASL integrated is as good as the Soro, or probably even the Oto, much less the Meishu. I'm glad to see David Cope at Triode & Co. And, becuase the now US importer and I had some communications problems, he threw in a set of AN speaker cables FOR FREE. But, I bought my new "damaged in shipping" AZ3 speakers for about 60% of retail. Since I have this major aversion to buying new gear, I don't know the actual sales price of anything out there, much less AN. I don't know what any of the AN gear actually sells for new. Some of the items, like the TT2 that sold, were asking 67% of retail, but we don't know what it sold for (it is sold). First off, most people are asking more than 50% of retail on some items. Currently there are 29 listings in the classifieds under Audio Note. At it's price point, IMO, the Soro is right there.įor some reason, some AN gear does not seem to meet the 50% of retail used pricing. Before I bought my Supratek, I was more than happy with it and a K&K stepup. Plus the phono stage is very high quality. Given the state of quality tube integrateds that are out there now, I feel the Soro should be one of the major players. And, I don't think they are overpriced at retail (sorta, read on). It is truly a great piece for an AN Level 2 product. IMHO, I don't think any of the options Lousyreeds1 listed are even close to the Soro. The $1300 (previous post) refers to the one here for sale, no phono (not mine either). And, unless you buy it used, the Soro is not really a "budget" piece at four grand. But so does the Soro, even thought it's more costly just because it has 13 tubes (phono version). The 6C33C-B driven by 6sn & 6sl7's leaves some room to play. Now, I'd like to hear the Fox with some different tubes. And in my case, I think the Soro is a clearly better piece, IMHO. I don't normally do "reviews", because I hate trying to describe sound, a very subjective topic. I still think that in the same system, the Soro would spank the Fox. I would have liked to A/B them, but the real world of no dealers of ANY kind around here precludes that. The bass was about even, but the Soro just does more things right, and carries more "weight". I guess it was just kind of lifeless, or maybe not as quick as the Soro. But it soon became obvious there was something missing. Those things made difference to me, but they might not to others. The Supratek has made no phono a moot point, now, in my system. Since my main focus is vinyl, no phono stage didn't do it for me. The first thing I didn't like is no auto-biasing. The fact that I could make a decision in four hours ought to indicate something. The system pieces are similar to mine, sans vinyl. I didn't spend a lot of time listening to the Fox, maybe four hours, in a digital based system. Still lookin for more I want to use them in my HT. I just bought the Waves for shits & grins. But Crazy, you are correct, I was a little vague. I only said "The ONLY ASL." And I never said it was in any way deficient. I didn't compare the Waves or the Hurricanes. I understand your point, and yes I have heard it.
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