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10W . Speakerselection iscrucialwhen dealing with low outputvalvesam plifiers,butthisissom ething of a falacy. Som e talk isofm inim um 100dB/2,83Vrm s to realygetthebestoutofvalves.But,thisseem sto be aim ed atbadly designed valve am ps,since the O TO is happy driving an 89 db speaker with no isues. Setup W e setup the OTO within its own fam ily ofAudio Note com ponents and with a few diferentsource and speakeroptions: FulAudio Note System •Audio NoteCD 2.1xCD Player •Audio Note TT3 with IQ I StylusTurntable •Audio Note An-K Speakers •Audio Note Lexusinterconnects •Audio Note Lexusspeakercables Com ponentstested with the O TO :
The Single Ended Triode (SET)isan exoticspecies am ongst the Asian carp of m odern solid state transistor am ps.The O TO 's first incarnation was over25 years ago, The countles im provem ents and iterations have lead to a design thatis wel honed. The O TO is available in a variety of Push-Pul (Level1)and Single Ended (SE Level2) versions. The O TO PP m odels have been specificaly engineered for sonic perform ance rather than technical specification, and fulfil al Audio Note (UK)Level1 criteria:. The O TO SE m odelsfulfilalAudio Note (UK)Level2 criteria:- PureClas A Push-PulPentodeoperation,topping outwith the O TO Phone SE Signature featuring in house Audio Note Copperfoilcapacitors, 1 W at N i-Chrom e resistorsused in the m ostcriticalareas, Audio Note (UK)KAISEINP and KAISEIstandard electrolytic capacitors. SHiB copper / copper c-core outputtransform ers.
•Chord O dys eyspeakercable •RegaSaturn M k3 CD player •RegaPlanar8 AniaTurntable •Harbeth C7ES-3 XD speakers •Harbeth M 30.2 XD speakers •B&W 704S3 Listening
The OTO plays wel with other components particularlywiththeSaturnand Planar8optionsfrom Rega. Italso seem s realy wel suited to Harbeth speakers. There is no denying though,the Audio Note AN-K speakerswith the TT3 turntable and CD 2.1 CD Playercom plem entthe O TO a litle beter, though the diference isnotnightand day. Hi-Fi is ultim ately about tuned electrical circuits refined to create the best posible music reproduction. Anyone who likes music can im m ediately appreciate the value of High-quality sound reproduction;The Audio Note high-fidelity music system focuses on al the great music recordings produced through the ages, and their philosophy isthata greatsystem should be able to play m usic acros a spectrum ofrecording quality
The m odelwe have isthe O TO Phono SE. Thisis single ended with a valve com plem ent of 1 x ECC82,2 x ECC83,1 x 6DJ8 (phono stage),1 x ECC83 (Phono stage)and 4 x EL84 producing
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