



For example, the bookshelf AN-K/D costs $999 per pair but can also be purchased in the AN-K SE top model for $5,999 per pair with the following extras: Audio Note™ silver cables, Audio Note™ solid silver inductors and Black Gate bipolar capacitors in the crossover, copper-foil adjusting capacitors and exotic wood veneer. Each successive model advances in performance and the incorporation of premium parts. I was interested in investigating their other, lesser-known products, such as the AN-E/D loudspeaker under scrutiny here.Īccording to its US pricing sheet, Audio Note makes five loudspeaker models: the AZ (Absolute Zero), AN-K bookshelf speakers, AN-J full-range and AN-E full-range. Kondo operates his own company in Japan under the eponymous brand-name Kondo.Īudio Note is well known for its amplifiers. The name Audio Note is now legally to be used only with Peter Qvortrup’s Audio Note operation. West Coast Importer, Peter has the largest private vinyl collection in the world. According to Ray Lombardi, Audio Note’s U.S. Peter Qvortrup is an avid vinyl connoisseur. Founded by Hiroyasu Kondo in the ’70’s, the current Audio Note is a British operation reflecting twenty years of collaborative effort between Peter Qvortrup and Hiroyasu Kondo.
