#Audionote m3 cracked
#Audionote m3 driver

Though not over endowed with bells and whistles such as remotes and displays, it's actually a well-specified pre by audiophile standards with a phono input, four line inputs and tape. It's very well put together but it isn't going to turn heads. A big bluff box in black painted steel with a thick aluminium faceplate and knobs, weighing in at 36 lbs.

#Audionote m3 cracked

There followed the review of the Son of Pharao, a sophisticated E元4 based 40 watt amp which produced a far more balanced presentation, even better than my Audions and I began to think that the Polaris, as I had them, were not the match for the 300b valve they were cracked up to be.īut curiosity continued and so currently in my living room are three other 300b single ended amps and all show a fine balance with the Polaris, the subject of this review, the Audio Note Quest Silver and M3, being the first to arrive, get centre stage before the others :-)

#Audionote m3 driver

I suspect (and hopefully I will have the new driver soon to see) that the current speaker is now a much better match for the Ji-300, but that of course doesn't help me :-) This view was confirmed recently when I learnt that Loth-x have redesigned the Polaris driver by removing the whizzer cone, a change which will reduce the mid/upper output of the Polaris considerably. It seemed to me that far from being an ideal match the Ji-300b was in fact a missmatch with the Polaris. The results were some captivating moments but a resolutely mid-forward balance that I really found too wearing with the majority of my flawed record collection. The upshot was that inevitably I needed to know what the Polaris could do when driven by their natural partner and so organised the Loth-x Ji-300b amp for review. These amps have never let me down and made the transition from averagely efficient transmission-lines to the horns without a hitch.īut the Polaris probably never draw more than a watt (they are 104 dB efficient) and were designed to partner a single ended 300b amp. These have for the most part been powered by my Audion Silver Knight 2.0 pre and ETPP E元4 30 watt monoblocks.

Regular readers will know that for nearly two years now my main speakers have been a pair of Loth-x Polaris Horns. Products: Quest Silver 300b SE monoblocks and M3 preamp Audio Note M3 and Silver Quest Audio Note M 3 & Quest - preamp & monoblocks Just a Kind of Magic