Quote Originally Posted by tube fan
I just read the Stereophile review of the Bryston 28b, and they caution to use it with 6 or 8 ohm speakers. That lets me out! Trust me, I have a completely open mind. Remember, my favorite system at the CAS was the Evolution Acoustics when playing copies of master tapes and driven by ss units. The Audio Note system was in my top 3 rooms, and they only used CDs. Looking back on the show, I am still shocked how realistic the Audio Note system sounded. How much was due to the Jinro integrated amp, and how much to the Audio Note speakers, could not be determined. I am going to
audition the Audio note speakers with analogue front end on Friday. It might get expensive!
Do your best to audition an All AN system. Not that other gear can't sound good with it but in general the speakers tend to like their own amps. The amp/speaker are designed together (voiced together). The turntable so long as it is good should be fine if it's from someone else. AN CD replay is really good - but even Peter says good vinyl beats his best digital at half the price. He along with everyone else making CD players is still ultimately limited to the CD format - there is only so much that can be done.

I'm quite surprised they didn't bring the entry level turntable. Mario ran the room and he's the guy who builds them. I think you would be impressed at what an MM cart can do when it's designed properly!