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djluke
a Audio Enthusiast
from Date Reviewed: February 12, 2006
Strengths: Smoothness, soundstage width and projection, vocal and strings ultra realistic, totally grain free sound. Impressive bass, 300b mids and crisp clean clear hi's. Listen to for hours.Weaknesses: Warm's the room up. Can be tricky with children or pets as the valves are open. Not cheap, but when the wife hear's them all will be forgiven!Bottom Line: This is rather a less technical review, more of an emotional one... it is how it makes me feel.
I have had the AN M3 pre for 4 years connected to a big MF A/370 power amp. I have now managed to replace the power amp with a pair of AN Conquests mono blocks. This is what happend -
I now have real music, real vocal, real flutes and violins, real guitars. I am listening to just that, the music, not a pile of electronic black boxes.
The synergy with the pre-power combo is superb. I replaced the M3 valves, hooked up the system, and from the first note just sat down in disbelief!
Plus 4 days in it is still improving, even smoother, even more realistic. I find I am playing it louder than with the old MF A370 and the big kef 107/2s. And the bass is
very close extension wise, but much better in speed and slap and realism. The mids and highs are in another league, Scarborough FC and Chesea FC.
The projection of the sound stage is remarkable. I left it on the other day, and before I unlocked the front door I thought I heard someone singing in
the kitchen, seriously!
Biggest change/upgrade is to orchestral, voice, wind instruments and organ music. But everything else is hugely smoother, with no fatigue at all.
The other weird thing, the difference between recordings (all music types) is greater than before. Good recording are very good, great recordings are
really fantastic. And I can here traffic rumble on orchestral passages which contain solo instrument or voice passages. Something I never heard before
except through the Stax headphones. Plus the decay on cymbals...superb.
I realise now I was not playing a lot of my CDs. Not because I had got bored of the music, but because the sound on this one or that one was steely, too bright,
to false. Now I can listen to any, and hear them for what they are, but with no fatigue or dashing for the volume control.
Sum up - 18 watts of pure heaven. Fantastically recommended!
Price Paid:
$5000.00
Purchased At: London
Similar Products Used: Musical Fidelity A/370 power.
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carl cobb
a AudioPhile
from oakland, ca/usaDate Reviewed: July 8, 2003
Strengths: silky smooth...great bass, excellent soundstage...can listen to for hours and not want to stop. For the price I paid used this is an excellent value. Nicer sounding that the P2SE it replaced and the lesser power is not noticed (P2 has 17 and the Conqueror 8 watts).Weaknesses: with the Audio Note M1 preamplifier input sensitiviy is very high so the volume control has to be barely touched to get moderate levels. Only other real complaints are that the unit cannot be used on very warm days in a non AC home as it is a space heater. I can only imagine how much heat the parallel conquest models put outBottom Line: This review is for the Conqueror which is the stereo version of the Conquest and rated at 8 watts per channel. It has been upgraded with Sylvania NOS driver tubes and mesh 300b tubes and this is an audible improvement over the stock tubes. Higher grade Audio Note oil film coupling capacitors have also been installed. This amplifier is very well built and has plenty of power for my application which is a 10x12 room and Audio Note ANK/L speakers with a REL Strata II subwoofer (speaker level).
Price Paid:
$1300.00
Purchased At: used
Similar Products Used: McIntosh MC225, Audio Note P2SE (upgraded), McIntosh MC240, Levinson ML 27.5, Bryston 2b-lp (original slimline model).
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aelord
a AudioPhile
from londonDate Reviewed: January 23, 2003
Strengths: true fidelity.Weaknesses: are you kidding?Bottom Line: Once run-in, and when warmed up, these monoblocs are simply wonderful, the fulness and detail and musicality of the sound is incredible. Effortless listenng for hours on end with no hint of fatigue summarises the experience.
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$4500.00
Purchased At: london
Similar Products Used: michelle orbe/ol silver taper/ ortofon rohman
delphini mk 2
m1 remote
sp/e's
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Adam Mickiewicz Mickiewicz
a AudioPhile
from NieboDate Reviewed: October 8, 2002
Strengths: allWeaknesses: nothingBottom Line: Great, simply the best
Price Paid:
$9000.00
Purchased At: dealer
Similar Products Used: kegon, gaku on
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