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HF driver horns atop the wooden midrange horns are actually sterling silver Then, Kondo-San produces and repairs YL horns and driver units. Importance of YL legacy and raised his hands to rescue the labs in 1981. Kondo-san's first preamplifier (circa 1975)Īfter the founding engineer's sudden death, the YL was on the (YL), Japan's foremost horn-driver manufacturer. Aside from being ANJ's boss, Kondo-San also runs Yoshimura Sound Labs
Audionote m7 drivers#
At the center of the room are YL horn drivers and ANJ 46cm Preamplifiers, tape recorders, analog disc players, CD players and ANJ's newĭAC, and so on.
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The racks on the left-hand side wall contain a range of Room-cum-audition room situated at the far left of the floor.
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Many and varied manufacturing facilities. They were wearing blue working jackets that are quite popular among Japan's Knocking on the door, young ANJ staffers and Kondo-San welcomed (Manager, Acoustic Development), Oda (makes capacitors and resistors), Kondo-San at the front on the back are messrs Ashizawa Walking down to theįactory, I see no gate or shining company name plaque only a hand-writtenĭesignation in Japanese on a red-painted tin mailbox indicates that it really is Inconspicuous neighborhood in the outskirts of Tokyo. On the contrary, it's a humble, small "atelier" located at The second floor of the building) is nowhere close to being a flashy high-tech Now, here's the factory tour report on Audio Note - enjoyĪs you can see from the picture, Audio Note Japan's factory (on Polite but not bookish fashion) agreed to share with us a few hours on some ("San" is a post fix close to "Mr" a popular way of calling somebody in a Ten-minute ride away from my office! After exchanging a few e-mails, Kondo-San Only clue we have is the ANJ website (which is written in English languageĪnyhow, so as to figure out where the company's headquartersĪre, I paid a visit to their website and found that Audio Note is only a Since ANJ rarely places advertising in our domestic cellulose mags, therefore, the I knew the name and the high reputation of their tube amplifiers from those high-end audio magazines. The product line and the name are,Īudio Note Japan's (ANJ hereinafter) existence is not familiar even for audiophiles living here in Tokyo, Japan. There are Audio Notes in EnglandĪnd in Japan the two used to be a single company but recently separated into Perhaps their product's unbelievable price tags are one of the mystifyingįactors: a tubed power amplifier with a 80,000 USD price tag!Īudio Note is confusing, also. Hifi magazines, you may have read appraisals from those top-class reviewers.
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