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Audio Note speaker owners - Peter and Mr. Rochlin if you're out there:)

Posted by RGA (R) on May 22, 2004 at 14:12:43

Ok here's the deal. I can move up to the J Spe from My K Spe for a relatively good deal. They will give me 100% of what I paid for the K/SPe that I bought in November. So I will only have to pay $1000.00Cdn(~$700US). This is what I was kinda hoping for. The K was $1500.00 and the J Spe is $2500 as closeout last year stock. They have two pairs left. The only downside is going from the nice Cherry wood finish to plain old black. But the sound is what matters most to me.

I have these 20 inch Skylan stands. The dealer said they would be fine for the J ---but I'm thinking that's way too high. Plus my Skylan's top plate is already too small for the K as the speaker hangs over the side just a tiny bit. The AN speakers are relatively light though but the height is a concern.

I had planned on a subwoofer instead but I just realized my amp has no subwoofer output and subs really are a pain in the ass to integrate.

I will of course audition before I buy but I have one day to audition due to the drive. I'm hoping that it will be the same structure with additive bass and a fuller sound.

The trouble with fuller sound is sometimes it can also muddy the sound and my room is 12 X 15 roughly witht he speakers in the corners of the 12 wall.

So I'm thinking which would be better to keep the K and go with a 1k sub or go J. I'm not overly a bass freak but the J is pretty much as full range as it gets in the world of standmounts. Hi-Fi CHoice measured them:

"Not as sensitive as the bigger floorstanders in this test, the AN-J/SPe still musters a full 89.5dB (re. 2.83V/1m) from its essentially undamped, reflex-loaded cabinet.

Neither is the load especially tough with a minimum 5 Ohm at 150Hz and an average of 12.3 Ohm to keep any valve amps from wheezing. The port resonance looks very broad indeed, providing a deal of reinforcement from 20Hz-90Hz (-3dB points) while the driver itself rolls off to 60Hz (-6dB).

Bass distortion remains very low indeed at ~0.15-0.2% but climbs closer to 0.6% through the midrange where the pulp-coned bass/mid driver is obviously working a little harder.

Indeed, an averaged 3rd-octave trace shows the axial response of the AN-J/Spe to be divided into two 'halves' - above and below 800Hz where there's a step in the response due to a driver/baffle cancellation.

Off axis, the step is less apparent, but there's an increase in bass heaviness and loss of presence.

The Reviews seem to like them and I love the K and E so I pretty much think the J is the go between.

Mr. Rochlin - you have the SPx version which I don't know they still make but I think the SPe is also a level 3. The whole level thing is confusing if they keep changing the little letters.
And the Rochlin Review from Enjoythemusic.com is informative.

• http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/1203/audionoteloudspeakers.htm   (Open in New Window)

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