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Audio Note UK factory tours and Life in the fast lane with Peter Qvortrup

August 12, 2017

Coffee. Champagne. Coffee. Russian liqueur. Coffee. Tequila. Coffee. Whiskey. Coffee. Red wine. Coffee… I lost track of the actual number of drinks, and coffees I had during my first day visiting Peter Qvortrup of Audio Note UK at his home in [...]

AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 2

June 11, 2017

A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, proving again that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Axpona is to me an ensemble interpretation of beauty, ruggedness, finesse and power; all tangled in a whirlwind [...]

High End 2017: The tea ceremony of recorded playback with Kondo of Japan

May 31, 2017

High End at Munich in the MOC is an A-List affair with thousands of people swarming everywhere constantly, and millions of dollars in ne plus ultra gear oozing cabling as thick as my thigh out of every nook, and cranny for the masses to ogle, [...]

Review: Roon, Tidal and TotalDac – Part One

December 18, 2016

Can computer streaming turn an analog house into a digital domain? What does it take to get a vinyl junkie who only listens to LPs to give up his fix, and go cold turkey with digital? Please read on. I’d been realizing more, and more that [...]

DAC ALERT: Audio Note UK prototype R2R DAC spotted

November 2, 2016

An Instagram post surfaced yesterday that seemed to show a prototype Audio Note UK ladder DAC. Having had exposure to R2R DACs previously, I was familiar with how impressive, and immensely human their sound was, so naturally I had to find out if [...]

Vancouver Audio Show 2016: A gear reviewer goes undercover with Audio Note UK

August 16, 2016

The man holding the CD wrapped in a handkerchief in one hand looked confused, and dismayed. In the other hand he had a paper bag full of hi-fi related brochures, what looked like a box of new interconnects, and a sandwich in tupperware. He [...]

Capital Audiofest 2016: Audio Note UK, Pure Cello with Vincent Bélanger

July 13, 2016

Sometimes, life gets a little real. When that happens to systems designed for playback, the result is not always a good thing. You have to hand it to Audio Note UK. They really do try to make their demos interesting. Different, even. And this is [...]