As we have all come to know over the years, February is an exciting time in the Hi-Fi event calendar, we have the Bristol show organised by Audio T where we get to see and more importantly, hear the best, brightest and newest gear from the classic brands we love as well as any new brands on the block. Last year the show made the difficult decision to cancel due to COVID-19 and sadly the same for this year, but fear not! Audio T have come up with the solution. Each of our branches will be hosting a mini show over two days of Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of February.

Each of our stores have chosen some of our favourite brands which we carry in our inventory to showcase. You can see what all the other stores are up to Here.

The Reading offering

At Audio T Reading, we have chosen one of our premium brands – Audio Note (UK).

You may remember that an Audio T team visited the Audio Note factory way back in August 2021 (You can read the blog here). Well, some of the Audio Note team will now be visiting us here in Reading! You will have the opportunity to ask them first about the Audio Note engineering and design philosophy and a chance to hear the stunning music making that their bespoke systems are capable of.

Specifically, the Audio Note team will be headed by Micky Seaton.

Micky will be demonstrating one of their high-end bespoke systems in our exclusive Audio Note demonstration room (maximum 2-3 people at any one time). The Audio Note demo room will be on an appointment only basis so please contact us at our Reading shop for your slot, either ring us on 0118 958 5463 or email us at reading@audio-t.co.uk to book your place!

We will also have a more entry level, but still superb, Audio Note systems set up on our front of shop playing consistently, and not subject to appointment

Both systems will remain in place for a further 14 days, in case you cannot make it on 25th or 26th February

We will be demonstrating

The AN Demo room kit:

A view of our Audio note demo room showing the TT3 and power supply, cd3.1 Mkii, and Meishu tonmeister & AN e ‘speakers

TT3 turntable
CD player
Meishu Tonmeister or M3 preamplifier/Conquest mono blocks
AN-E speakers
Audio Note cables & interconnects

The Front of Shop kit:

The audio note Cobra integrated amplifier and Dac

CD Player
Cobra Integrated amplifier
AN-K speakers
Audio Note cables & interconnects

Audio Note background and philosophy

Audio Note’s tagline is “Music’s Finest Conductor”.

Founded in 1989 by Peter Qvortrup, Audio Note (UK)’s primary focus has always been on crafting equipment that faithfully reproduces the uniqueness of any recording, while retaining the music’s emotional engagement and impact, regardless of the quality, style, and era of the recording. This desire stems from Peter’s profound love of music and record collecting and has been informed by his deep knowledge of audio history, and keen interest in science and philosophy.

This is what Audio Note (UK) say about themselves and their philosophy:

“Pursuing this has lead Audio Note (UK) to become something of a maverick in the audio industry. Early on, we realised that the only way to truly achieve the best possible audio quality was to insist on making everything ourselves. This led to the development of a full range of products, from valve amplifiers to high efficiency speakers, turntables to DACS, MC Cartridges to CD players, all hand assembled using in house and custom-made components of our own design and specification

Through our own research and development, we have investigated and implemented many unorthodox design choices in our product range, from single ended, class A Zero-Feedback circuits, to removing the digital filtering and data in our CD players and DACS, to our wideband ‘speakers, that are designed to work in the room rather than against it. Preferring to trust our own ears and Peter’s “comparison by contrast” method for evaluating audio quality, rather than relying on conventional ‘Hi-Fi’ measuring criteria, every Audio Note (UK) product is carefully listened to and voiced and has been specifically engineered for sonic performance rather than technical specification.

Through this painstaking and rigorous work and our commitment to honour the recorded musical heritage of mankind, Audio Note (UK) has created equipment that offers unparalleled, insightful, and more meaningful home listening experience, be it Classical, Jazz, Jamaican Dancehall, Japanese Noise Rock, or 78rpm transfers. We commend our philosophy to the future...”

Invitation

Come and be amazed by the Audio Note (UK) experience. You will be entranced by the quality, dynamics and reality of the music conveyed through these astounding systems.

Thanks for reading

Rob & Gareth - Audio T Reading

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