Following the grand opening of our dedicated Audio Note room here at The Audiobarn, Ben and myself have been anxiously waiting to get down to sunny Brighton for a factory visit. Well today is the day, we arrive suitably early and are welcomed with a lovely cup of coffee and an abundance of cake, yes I will thank you!
Hand-built Transformers (built by Barry)
Audio Note transformers are wound and built in house by Barry who tells us about the process for production, really impressive stuff. These are one of the few components that Audio Note keep for their own systems, more on this later. Rows and rows of wire reels, each being a slightly different wire gauge and make up.
Hand-built Capacitors
Here are a couple of the capacitor winding machines at the Audio Note factory. Audio Note are world renowned for their capacitors and one of those items they do make available for purchase, one that is used by many other manufacturers in their high-end products due to their outstanding quality.
TT3 Reference Turntable
Ooh what a masterpiece, the Audio Note TT3 Reference turntable in gloss black. We have the references baby brother the TT3 here on permanent demonstration in store at The Barn, and what a lovely machine it is.
Limited Field Coil Loudspeakers
Audio Note have just released their “Limited Field Coil” AN-E Loudspeaker range. Here is Micky showing us some of the many prototypes of motor unit used before the final decision on the preferred casting method.
And finally the field coil loudspeakers in all their glory, and what of thing of beauty it is and I don’t just mean visually. We are always able to loan these for demonstration should anyone wish to hear them for themselves here at the Barn, and I wholeheartedly recommend you do.
Assembly (2 days to build an OTO)
Permali (Level 5)
Permali, this wonder material is now used extensively within Audio Note components and is the chosen product on their high-end level 5 and above units. It may look like a simple wooden board but it is much more and audio tests have shown its vast benefits, something we can attest too.
Soak Testing
Each and every item is soak tested at least once, with many of them going through multiple soak/retest cycles to make sure they perform optimally once the lucky customer receives their product. The reliability of Audio Note products really is second to none, something, as an Audio Note dealer, we are proud to shout about.
Listening
Finally we get some serious time to listen to those sublime Limited Field Coil loudspeakers on the end of some very special Audio Note components. What an office Micky has, no wonder we scarcely see him. We could stay for hours, just listening, but alas we have come to the end of our tour for the day, what a day it has been.
We are so proud of our dedicated Audio Note room here at The Audiobarn, recently opened this year, please do come down and see us and experience what Audio Note can do. If you want real music, then you want Audio Note, just one more track Micky please!!!
