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In Reply to: Upgrade to Audio Note System posted by UtilityMan on October 25, 2006 at 05:02:17:
I recently upgrade from an Oto Line to an M3 line and Quests Silver sigs. Source is an AN CD3.1x . Interconnects are all ANVx.
I have to say that the biggest impresion from this change was just how good the Oto is. I have had the M3 Quests combo for about 4 months now. I had the Oto for about a year and a half.
Sometimes I find myself missing the Oto (and yes I still have it)
My suggestion would be to stick with the Oto. I have found that in mine the RCA EL84 sounds the best. Some mods can really help the Oto and Im sure many out there would be glad to help on that front. Mine has the AN cap upgrade, Internal source wiring change and numerous resistor upgrades.
That little Oto has to be one of the best buys in Audio.
By the way I no way mean to imply the M3/QSS isnt a fantastic combination. I have been trying different tubes and am getting there :) Now to the Source!
Have Fun
"Dont call me Otto"
Follow Ups:
Dear Flickkit,Which speakers are you using, just out of interest?
Hello Peter, I am using Zingali HM112s.
I recently rolled some Tongsol 6SN7WGTA in the QSS, This improved the upper detail and clarity quite a bit over the Sylvanias. In fact I was amazed at the difference, maybe a bit too bright. Unfortutunatly this was at a sacrifice in the lower end strength. 300Bs are Sophia Electrics or Western Electrics.
I understand your experience. It's not that the OTO is better than an M3/Quest Silver Sigs, which it's not. The M3/QSS combo has it all over the OTO in refinement, suavity, detail, and many other things. It's just that you prefer EL84's to 300B's, which is no heresy. So do I. I went from an OTO to Neiros, with 2A3's, which is a huge jump, financially.I wish to hell Audio Note would come up with an integrated amp with 2A3's, but that requires an investment in parts that's beyond my ken and no guarantee that a lot of folks (besides you and me) would end up preferring the 2A3 tube. They do have a prototype of a stereo amp with one 2A3 per channel which will put out around 4 watts, but that won't answer for most folks with speakers with less than 98 db sensitivity.
Whether Utility man would prefer the Quest SS, with their extraordinary transformers, to the OTO is an unknown. I suspect, like most people, he would. I mean it does what it does extremely well.
But if he's like us, he'll have to play with his OTO or sell off something large and go for the Neiros.
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