The
Kondo designed M7 preamps, represent the embodiment of the Audio
Note's design philosophy. There are less than 20 components in
the entire M7 Line preamp! The majority of the parts are Kondo
designed and many, like the wire and coupling capacitors are hand
made in Audio Note Japan's factory.
The all silver versions use Kondo's hand made silver-foil capacitors
and braided silver ground wire. The line stage uses a 6X4 rectifier
tube and a 6072A for the gain stage. The output impedance of the
M7 preamps are relatively high at approximately 1K Ohms.
Negative
Feed Back was introduced in the phono equalizer stage to achieve
simpler circuit and less distortion. Components packed in it of
course include our in-house made Silver Capacitors and new know-hows.
We are convinced that we have achieved new NF-Equalizer sound.
Silver Foiled Capacitor:
This determines the sound quality, and that is why this is in
house made. It realizes a new sound world.Non Cost
Conscious
DC Power Supply:
PSU circuit also influences sound quality much. Power supply unit
for M7 has specially been designed and engineered to achieve
solid low frequencies and sharpness in sound.
Manual
Wiring:
Unlike the other made in pursuit of production efficiency and
having disagreeable sound quality, M7 has been carefully and manual
wired using our pure silver wires just for the purpose of realizing
best sound.
Silver
Wired Power (Mains) Cable:
Power (mains) cable also affects sound quality. Note that our
cable is silver structure, too, for realistic and rich sound stage.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Valves
|
12AX7WA
x 2 (EQ)/6072WAx2 (LINE)/ 6X4 |
| Input |
PHONO/AUX-1,
AUX-2/(AUX input has its own independent) |
Output
Power
|
8W
+ 8W/8 ohms |
| Frequency
Response |
15Hz
~ 30,000Hz |
| Distortion
|
THD
0.7%/1W |
| Size
& Weight |
222W
x 160H x 395D mm 7kg |
|
The
English has been retained from the original Japanese English web
site.
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KSL-M7 PRE-AMPLIFIER
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