We still have a lot to learn about Audio Note, but it is my current impression that as you move up in the Audio Note line, things become less colored and more accurate and therefore much more revealing of the color and subtleties of the music itself, quite unlike anything else out there. This is not to say that the Ongaku is an exuberant amp either – it is actually quite balanced, unexpectedly so from my point of view, with just a little flavor from the use of the 211 tube. This goes in keeping with our general interpretation of the Lamm sound as being stately and sophisticated, natural and self-consistant. The Lamm harmonic color was a little grayer, and the dynamics, as mentioned above, a little less exuberant. The Lamm sound was more laid back, the soundstage receeding somewhat, which allows one to better appreciate the music in measured doses when desired, as opposed to being transfixed unable to move for whole CDs at a time. The sound was not as big with the Lamm, somewhat more compressed – but perhaps more even-handed because the somewhat rolled-off deep bass, because of where the speakers were located. The Ongaku and ML1.1 amps resting behind the couch after their workout during the shootout. We will try to describe the *differences* between the sounds, as opposed to the sounds themselves. We finished up with the Audio Note Conquest Silver 300B amps. More an investigation into different sounds – how the different amps sounded, given that they are indeed so very different from each other. ![]() So, with the disparity in pricing – it wasn’t really a shootout. The Audio Note AN/E Signature loudspekaers were serving as… speakers. ![]() The Audio Aero Prestige as serving as CD / SACD player, and sometimes as linestage as well. Prices rounded, so don’t quote me to Neli :-). We held a shootout here a few days ago – $85K Audio Note Ongaku versus $22K Lamm ML1.1 versus $10K Audio Aero Capitole versus $9K Audio Note Conquest Silver.
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