If I was putting together a table top system for a small room I can’t imagine a much better combination than the AN K/SPe and the little 47 Labs amp. I used this speaker with three amps, my Wavac EC300B, my Electrocompaniet PI 2D Prelude integrated amp and the 47 Labs Midnight Blue integrated amp. Case in point, at the show I was in the room when a young wife said to her husband, “finally a speaker I could see in our house.” While the look of the box is kind of plain, the build quality is very good and the wood finishes are beautiful. Like its two bigger brothers, the Audio Note AN-K SPe is available in many different wood finishes. The Audio Note AN-K SPe is silver wired internally with very nice silver speaker connections, and like most Audio Note speakers, sounds better when bi-wired. This difficult method helps to ensure maximum efficiency and dynamic behavior supposedly. The cabinets are still made from materials that compliment the workings of the chosen drive units, instead of trying to damp the resonances in the cabinet. The AN-K differs from the E and J in design because it is a sealed box instead of a rear ported speaker. It was at that time that Peter Qvortrup bought the design rights to the original models and began selling them under the Audio Note name. When Peter Snell died, Snell’s new management soon abandoned those classic speakers. You probably know Audio Note loudspeakers are company owner Peter Qvortrup’s refinement and redesign of the original Peter Snell Type J, K, and E speakers. I had remembered really liking the sound of this little speaker, but I was surprised how good it still sounded. Still, the 2014 California Audio Show was the first time I had heard or even seen a pair of the AN-K speakers in over ten years. I have even seen some of the less expensive AX and AZ speakers reviewed and at shows lately. I have seen both the AN-E and AN-J speakers at many shows and in many dealers’ showrooms. When you think of Audio Note UK speakers it’s the AN-E they are best known for and certainly the most widely reviewed of all their many speakers.
0 kommentar(er)
