Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGers, I can't resist commenting on the Japanese amplifier. Wow, silver wire. I never cease to be amazed at the gullibility of stereo enthusiasts. The conductivity of copper, gold and silver are, for all practical purposes, identical. Check any textbook on that one. I wonder what they use for tubes since there are really only two sources for tubes anymore - Russia and China. The whole thing just boggles the mind. The other thing is that when you get to a point life where you can afford this sort amplifier, your hearing won't be the same as when you're in your teens. How can you possibly tell the difference between this oriental marvel and a system of more modest cost? All the best Kurt Ann Arbor Robert Browne wrote: > Paul Chefurka wrote: > > > [snip] > > >An old McIntosh amp will cost you just about as much as a Leica 0. > > > > How about brand new tube amps? A company called Audionote sells a tube amp > > that puts out about 7 watts/channel for $90,000. Heck, you can't get "real > > high-end" speaker cables for the price of a Leica 0. And people think our > > hobby is expensive???? > > > > Paul > > The Audio Note amplifier noted, called the Ongaku, at 28 wpc., not 7 wpc., consists of parts that are mostly handmade by three technicians in Audio Note's factory in Japan. Twenty eight pounds of silver wire extruded through diamond dies. Hand wound silver wired transformers and silver foil capacitors. I believe each one takes about six months to build. Many people who have heard it say it is the best amplifier in the world. > > On the other hand, my UK manufactured Audio Note amplifier cost me about the same as a new M6. Cheaper parts and labor obviously. > > Robert Browne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >