• I'd suggest you pick your speakers first - bouncy ball 17:53:00 03/23/13 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Audio note amp, speakers compatibility posted by Vel on March 19, 2013 at 12:52:47

  Build your system around your speaker is a more logical approach.
  good luck.
  

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• RE: Audio note amp, speakers compatibility - RGA 02:32:30 03/22/13 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Audio note amp, speakers compatibility posted by Vel on March 19, 2013 at 12:52:47

  
  
  

  
  Well AN offers powerful 30 watt plus amplifier kits - they'll have no problem with the 1NT.

  BUT - if your plan is to eventually dump the 1NT for an AN AX Two or AN K or J or E or whatever (and IMO that should be your plan because IMO all of them are better than the 1NT) then you should try to plan ahead.

  If you go the AN route in terms of amps you want to get the Single Ended amplifier sound. (Although their push pull amps have proven to me to be about as good as Push Pull gets).

  Still if the plan is to go AN speakers or HE speakers then you might want to get a higher end AN amplifier Single ended and "make do" with not being able to crank it to very high levels until you can get the speakers.

  We all(err most people) have to do things in stages to make the finances work. The B&W's are not particularly hard to drive. The best actual sound quality I have ever heard with B&W was with the N801 connected to an 11 watt SET amplifier. You just could not play very loud - but B&W has never sounded better.

  I would highly recommend you audition the AX Two standmount speakers (that I recently purchased for a second system). The current US list is $1200 and they eat the N805 for breakfast let alone the 705 or 1NT. You could probably sell the 1NT for reasonable money and put it towards the AX Two. It's uglier and it doesn't use fancy shmancy drivers like Kevlar or tweeter on top but as a guy who was once about to buy the 1NT myself the AX Two plays at another level.

  The AX Two was designed by Andy Whittle (Celestion and LS-3/5a fame) for Audio Note. If you can afford the AN K that would be better again but it's nearly triple the price. The AX Two is very easy to drive - 8 watts is enough. I am currently reviewing the AX Two - they're the smaller standmounts beside the big AN Es in the picture. They look and sound like "mini-me" versions of the AN E.

  
  

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• RE: Audio note amp, speakers compatibility - IkeH 07:51:20 03/20/13 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Audio note amp, speakers compatibility posted by Vel on March 19, 2013 at 12:52:47

  Hi Vel,
  
  I had, at one point in my life, used AN UK OTO SE with B&W Matrix 803 IIs with very good results. I was quite surprised that good amount of AN UK "house sound" came through. May be because B&W speakers tend to be more on the neutral side.
  
  CDM-1 NTs are less efficient than 803s (@ 90db) but should be OK unless you like playing music really loud :)
  
  Ike
  

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  • RE: Audio note amp, speakers compatibility - Vel 15:39:26 03/20/13 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Audio note amp, speakers compatibility posted by IkeH on March 20, 2013 at 07:51:20

    Cheers ikeh.
    
    Can't wait to get building and listening.
    
    Thanks
    

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