Lee Chi Wai’s Choice: Audio Note’s COBRA integrated amp “Although the Cobra is a fledgling, its performance is good enough to rival that of both vintage and modern EL34 tube amps. … Audio Note took a different approach, and did not fully extract the power of the EL 34, instead letting them work with a […]
“It makes full use of the audio potential of the famous pentode EL34 tube. Its glossy tones, strong textures and boundless power when blasting music are enough to match the most high-end speakers. If ‘a little more sound quality means a lot more expensive” is the pricing principle of high-end audio, to say the Cobra
“I held back my tears when I forked out to buy four Audio Note amplifiers: an M2 pre-amp; the 300B Conqueror power amp; after a few years, I bought the Vindicator power amp with 2A3 triode valve. … With only a few watts of output from the Vindicator, when matched with the old M2 pre-amp
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