Dear TAH -

You once told me - "get overyourself" - after a night's sleep I think you were correct - I need to "get over myself" so I will not ask for any of those things like ISP addresses, links to ebay acocounts to be sure the ebay seller was you, or where you auditioned the AN E, or that when you say there are no dealers in the UK but there are, because in the end "point in fact" you are entitled to you opinion. My Arrogance and Ego on this matter has gotten the better of me, I must admit.

I presume that my opinion is the "right" opinion. And of course it is "right" for me and I simply must allow that it may not be "right" for you. Indeed, looking back at the exchange on AA - with your passionate stance for a "brilliant" sound you held for Elac I now must admit that you and I simply do not hear the same things when we are listening to audio equipment. I heard Elac in South Korea (Yongsan statiion in a mega high end complex second or third floor) over a year after that exchange. Sometimes timing is everything. So it is clear to me that because you liked that speaker so much and my audition was pretty much the ploar opposite that well we hear things completely differently - and it is entirely plausible in fact likely that if the Elac sound is one you held with such high esteem that the AN K would not. I doubt the two would really hold a water with the same individuals.

Geofcin has not responded but I see it now - it really makes no difference whether I believe you or not or in fact that you've heard it or not, or in fact that you heard it and didn't like it.

Theaudiohobby - I'll take you at your word on this matter and operate on good faith with an apology for implying that you did not really audition the Audio Note products you have claimed to audition.

Blackraven
You have posted a link of a guy who bought the AN K - Nelson is a very nice young man and I spent several hours listening to his AN K in his room and in fact can't say I disagreed with what I heard. In his room with his gear the speaker was eaisly the brightest of the lot leaning edgy - still open fast and tight but not particularly dynamic and not bass strong - I would use the word ultra-lean - though there was no irritating ringing or anything - it just didn't have any drive or in room pressure that I got in my room. In my room I had followed what the manufacturer told me to do - thus, I had them in corners in a small with no other speakers in the room, anbgled in so the tweeters fired a meter in front of my head with my head below the tweeters on sand/leadshot filled stands coupled with blu-tac. I was fascinated in fact to hear the AN K in a very large open room with vauleted ceiling placed 5 feet into the room directly beside Gershman Acoustics speakers on stands higher than recommended with 200 watt high damping factor Solid State power amps (oddyssy). I was actually a little impressed at how good they performed considering that this is just about as bad a set-up as one would put the AN K in.

What is interesting is that if the theaudiohobby had heard them, I suspect he would be shocked and dispayed because in his audions he found the exact polar opposite of how he described the the AN K/B which paraphrasing was rolled off in the treble but not bright.

I have tried the AN K/Spe with Bryston, Arcam, Sugden, Audio Note, Audio Refinment, Linn, ASL, Marantz(a receiver), Oddyssy, Sonic Impact, Sim Audio, and Rotel. Have I achieved the result that Nelson got - and have I achieved the one theaudiohobby got? Well I did get the lean sound in other combinations and rooms - I have not got the result the audiohobby got - but then I have not heard the AN K/B. And to be fair having heard the AN E/D and the AN E/Spe with the differences in wiring and cabinet materials - I can certainly gleam a degree of insight into TAH's audition of the K/B and K/Spe The copper wired mdf/chipboard models versus the ply/silver wired variants does show a darker presentation with the former.

Theaudiohobby and fellow forumers
So again I opologise for not "getting over myself" and not accepting the views that run or ran counter to my own. I pride myself in being an incredibly open minded person in the sense that I am liberal to quite a large degree on what people choose to do in their own life. Although I do have a Richard Dawkins athiest zealot streak in me when it comes to religion.

Again I opologise for my comments and inuendos to TAH and for allowing my personal preference for something to be held as gosepl and to assume, quite arrogantly, that everyone must share the same preference as me or it is they that must have been dropped on their head at a yound age. Indeed reading myself here I come across as those guys who come to my door with the pamphlets telling me to believe or go to hell for all eternity (indeed amusingly enough is reminiscent of the "are you on the road to audio hell?" argument) - the exact people I hide behind my couch from when they come knocking so they'll go away.