A.N.T. A winner!
News Winter 2009 03
1.
A.N.T. wins the " Phonostage Of The Year " 2009
Award from Hi Fi World
Alex
Nikitin the designer and Dave Cawley the
distributor of the Kora phonostage were
surprised to receive this prestigious award.
Many people, reviewers included, had said that
it was better than some £2,000 phonostages,
others had said it was the most valve like they
had ever heard. Using all FET's with no overall
feedback, no op-amps and with passive
equalisation, the Kora is the phonostage of
choice for many customers and reviewer's private
systems.
Hi Fi World said "Cue up your favourite LP and
sit back in awe as the music issues from the
groove. It's an exceptionally musical device,
bristling with energy, but never does it sound
forced like many solid-staters. This has much of
the natural musicality of the best valve
designs, with most of the grip of the very top,
cost-no-object solid-staters"
The wonderful thing is that even the SE version
(Retail, less sales tax MM £282.61, MC
version £430.44 ) outperforms anything in that
price range, and then some!
Click here to see more. Why not try
one? what have you got to lose?
2. A.N.T. Amber Headphone Amplifier
FET-only
•
Class A
•
Single-ended
Building
upon the
success of
A.N.T. Audio
Kora 3T
phono stage,
the new
Amber 3T
headphone
amplifier
uses the
same
FET-only,
class A,
single-ended
philosophy.
Suitable to
use with
headphones
from 25 to
300 Ohm
impedance
and variety
of line
level
sources, the
Amber 3T
provides an
excellent
sound
quality in a
small
package. Two
versions of
the
headphone
amplifier
are
available:
The Classic
employs high
quality
components,
including
Panasonic FM
output and
power supply
capacitors
and green
LED.
Retail price
less sales
tax £173.04
The Special
Edition,
on the other
hand, sports
a 27 mm Alps
Blue Velvet
volume
potentiometer,
user
adjustable
FET biasing,
ELNA Starget
output
capacitors
and amber
LED.
Retail price
less sales
tax £260.00
Specifications:
|
Input
Impedance |
20 k
Ohm |
|
Maximum
Gain |
20
dB |
|
Frequency
Range
(100
Ohm
load,
-1
dB) |
Better
than
20
Hz –
20
kHz |
|
THD
@ 1
kHz
, 1V
RMS
output
into
100
Ohm
load
(10
mW) |
Less
than
0.5%,
mostly
second
harmonic |
|
Max.
output
@ 3%
THD
(sinewave
20Hz-
20
kHz),
each
channel |
More
than
2.5
V
RMS
into
100
Ohm
load
(62.5
mW
each
channel) |
|
Output
impedance
@ 1
kHz
|
Less
than
10
Ohm |
|
S/N
ratio,
A-wtd,
at
1V
RMS
output
|
Better
than
90
dB |
|
Supply
current |
Less
than
250
mA |
|
Supply
voltage |
24 V
DC
±10% |
|
Case |
Anodised
Aluminium
Alloy |
|
Printed
Circuit
Board |
Double-Sided
Silver-Plated |
|
Environmental |
Lead-Free
Technology |
|
Dealer & Distributor
margins are what you might expect, we want your
business to be profitable. And we want
your customers to upgrade to our equipment, to
be happy, and to return to you many times!
