KevinF
07-01-2016, 06:51
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£12,000. Current list price is just north of £35,000.
Sadly this has got to go to help fund a reviewing system.
Interest via PMs please.
Manufactured circa 2010 I believe but is current configuration with twin stepped attenuator volume controls. It also has the revised power supplies that do away with the troublesome OB2 regulator. Phono cascode tubes are Brymar and line stage are Telefunken, both sets recently changed.
Cost-no-object components include silver p2p wiring, silver primaries and secondaries on output transformers, Blackgates and AN silver caps, and AN tantalum resistors throughout. Balanced output plus 2 X single-ended, with six single-ended inputs. Phono and line stages each have their own dedicated power supply.
Full spec:
Model M8Phono/M8Line
Feature
Output transformer Audio Note™ silver wired, Perma50 Nickel double C-core
Signal capacitors Audio Note™ AG-foil in all parts of the signal path
Resistors Audio Note™ 2 watt Tantalum film
Power supply junction electrolytics Black Gate™ Standard & FK types
Main power supply electrolytics WKz Black Gate™ capacitors
Circuit wiring phono stage Audio Note™ 99.99% pure silver wire
Phono stage capacitors Audio Note™ AG-mylar foil
Circuit wiring line stage Audio Note™ 99.99% pure silver wire throughout
Mains inlet wiring Audio Note AN-SPe silver cable
Mains cable Standard copper cable
Phono stage valves Brimar CV4068 x 3
Line stage valves 1 x NOS ECC82 equivalent & 1 x NOS Telefunken 6463
Output Impedance 600 Ohm balanced and single-ended
Output connectors 1 x XLR,
2 x AN silver plated RCA
Input connectors 6 x AN silver plated RCA
Volume/balance pots Noble AP25, after Nov. 2007, 2 x AN attenuators
Input Switching ELMA
£12,000. Current list price is just north of £35,000.
Sadly this has got to go to help fund a reviewing system.
Interest via PMs please.
Manufactured circa 2010 I believe but is current configuration with twin stepped attenuator volume controls. It also has the revised power supplies that do away with the troublesome OB2 regulator. Phono cascode tubes are Brymar and line stage are Telefunken, both sets recently changed.
Cost-no-object components include silver p2p wiring, silver primaries and secondaries on output transformers, Blackgates and AN silver caps, and AN tantalum resistors throughout. Balanced output plus 2 X single-ended, with six single-ended inputs. Phono and line stages each have their own dedicated power supply.
Full spec:
Model M8Phono/M8Line
Feature
Output transformer Audio Note™ silver wired, Perma50 Nickel double C-core
Signal capacitors Audio Note™ AG-foil in all parts of the signal path
Resistors Audio Note™ 2 watt Tantalum film
Power supply junction electrolytics Black Gate™ Standard & FK types
Main power supply electrolytics WKz Black Gate™ capacitors
Circuit wiring phono stage Audio Note™ 99.99% pure silver wire
Phono stage capacitors Audio Note™ AG-mylar foil
Circuit wiring line stage Audio Note™ 99.99% pure silver wire throughout
Mains inlet wiring Audio Note AN-SPe silver cable
Mains cable Standard copper cable
Phono stage valves Brimar CV4068 x 3
Line stage valves 1 x NOS ECC82 equivalent & 1 x NOS Telefunken 6463
Output Impedance 600 Ohm balanced and single-ended
Output connectors 1 x XLR,
2 x AN silver plated RCA
Input connectors 6 x AN silver plated RCA
Volume/balance pots Noble AP25, after Nov. 2007, 2 x AN attenuators
Input Switching ELMA