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Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp...

Hi, Folks,
If anyone's interested, I've started a blog with lots of photos, documenting my ongoing build of the Audio Note Kit 1 300B SET amp. If you've ever thought of building any kit before and want to get a feel for what it's like, you're welcome to have a look!
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charles1dad
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Mikirob,
I have the same feelings toward the DIY crowd.There is a broad spectrum of competence and talent amongst them. Some of them are quite capable and have built excellent products. Overall however there's a tendency for self pats on the back. Some of them feel they can not just equal but build better than any manufactuer and that's not true. It is difficult to start ,maintain and grow an audio equitment company. You're so correct about Israel Blume and others like him, They are a tough act to follow. It is easy to point fingers and say I can do better. A "few" can perhaps, but certainly not the vast majority IMO.
mikirob
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Thanks Charles, for some good perspective. I know and have stated that tastes vary, results vary, the same exact equipment, different room, different result. Some audiophiles need to buy expensive well-known labels even though there is better out there that is less expensive.

Some folks cannot separate hyperbole and fluff from a lot of audio writers and ad bucks, then when something darn good comes along with low or no ad bucks, suddenly these same folks come from Missouri, "the show me state". I suspect the low-cost of Israel's Dynamo and Eric's Tekton scare many people away because of lower cost. These type of folks need a prestige label with well-known bragging rights, likely vastly overrated, cost three times or more than what it should.
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sebrof
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Hey guys, Sebrof here. Just thought I'd chime in since Rebbi mentioned the latest in this thread to me when he was here today. I currently own Tekton Katz Meow speakers. I owned Zu Omen and Tekton Lore in the past.

The main reason I invited Rebbi over was to see if it was an amp problem or amp/speaker mismatch. I offered to hook his Kit 1 to my big DIY speakers (system page) a couple of weeks ago, but he could make it literally 1 day too late for that because my buddy came over last night and we reconfigured everything and bi-amped the Altecs and Heils. He came over a few hours ago and hooked his kit 1 to my 96 db Tekton Katz Meows - I won't steal his thunder, but let's just say I suspect speaker shopping may be put on his back burner for the time being. We had my 2A3 amp to compare to the Kit 1.

btw: Rebbi's a great guy in person just as he comes across in these threads. It was fun to have him over.
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mapman
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Good idea to compare the amps assuming one is older and proven and one is just a newborn baby!
mikirob
955 posts
 
Wow, it's going to a cliffhanger of suspense!

Sebrof, thanks for chiming in. Do you still enjoy the Katz? Were you trying to sell them a while back? Enjoyed the threads you participated in, but haven't seen many posts from you lately. Good luck with all your endeavors. I'm guessing Rebbi goes in a different diection entirely.
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