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Audionet Audio (+ News & Reviews) - At Musicraft (Derby)

Musicraft

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Musicraft (Derby) is pleased to announce that we are now the Midlands exclusive dealer for Audionet

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Affinity to the Unobtainium

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http://en.audionet.de/machines/

Unlike most companies on this planet in pursuit of the perfect tone, ours is not run by finance guys or marketing people. Or mutual funds. Audionet is the brain child of scientists and veritable German engineers.

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Who first convened in a garage, of all places. Only it was the subterranean car park of famous German Bochum University. Where it was decided to attack all questions of high end musical reproduction at the deepest possible level. To see what cutting edge science could come up with in terms of audible wonder. These same scientists are still running the company, after 20 years. And since they’re scientists, they much prefer to leave the singing of praise to other professionals:

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“It occurs to me the best narrative line to take in describing the sound of the Audionet components is to tell you what I wasn’t thinking about. Information retrieval, for one, was not on my mind. Tonal balance, frequency response, signal purity, noise level – all of these weren’t rumbling around inside my cranium.


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Audionet. Scientific magic.


Website: http://www.musicraft.co.uk

Please call 01332 346284, 07727 272443 or email [email protected]

Hours of business are Monday to Saturday 9am-8pm, Sunday 10.30am-4.30pm (please call before travelling)


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Unlike most companies on this planet in pursuit of the perfect tone, ours is not run by finance guys or marketing people. Or mutual funds. Audionet is the brain child of scientists and veritable German engineers.

Who first convened in a garage, of all places. Only it was the subterranean car park of famous German Bochum University. Where it was decided to attack all questions of high end musical reproduction at the deepest possible level. To see what cutting edge science could come up with in terms of audible wonder. These same scientists are still running the company, after 20 years. And since they’re scientists, they much prefer to leave the singing of praise to other professionals:

“It occurs to me the best narrative line to take in describing the sound of the Audionet components is to tell you what I wasn’t thinking about. Information retrieval, for one, was not on my mind. Tonal balance, frequency response, signal purity, noise level – all of these weren’t rumbling around inside my cranium.

That says a lot. It means that here was a pair of mid-level, relatively affordable, components able to scale up in these areas into the neighbourhood of the Big Boys – to the highest level. I knew we were off to a merry start. As you’ll see, this will be the major theme of this review.

Now let’s talk about what I did take note of. Over the years, I’ve heard many audiophiles talk about the seeming impossibility of reproducing realistic transients. I have to agree. If you’ve ever been in close proximity to a live drum set, you’ll know what the issue is. The speed, the force, the aggression of a single cymbal strike is outrageous.

In this regard, Audionet is in a class by itself. From the very first note – you’re going to be caught off guard.

The transient hits hard, with blazing speed and a sharp edge. Audionet gear refuses to slow it down. Indeed, with one of the highest slew rates in the industry, the specs clearly reflect what I am hearing. Full orchestral blasts exert maximum pugilistic verve. Abetting the impact is a dark-hued tonal balance that doesn’t skimp on the lower frequencies and packs oodles of weight and heft.

Beyond the sheer power, there are two more things to note about that transient onslaught. First, the treble is not rolled off and is allowed to roam freely. Second, dynamic range is staggering: not only do big macros give no hint of compression, they travel to places previously unheard at Nack Labs. The Audionet thrust coefficient is something else!

Yet peak SPLs do not bite you. Nice! I don’t know how Audionet managed that. How do you pack power, speed and full treble extension without harming the sensitive cochlea of the listener? Certainly, I did not expect it at this price point.”

See? We couldn’t have said it better or more eloquently than Mr. Marshall Nack, and our heartfelt thanks for those wise words. Let us just quote our CEO, Dr. Stefan Schwehr, at this point: “There’s one thing above all. I want to hear the music breathe.”


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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier


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Audionet Heisenberg monobloc power amplifers


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Audionet SAM 20 SE integrated amplifier


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Audionet MAX monobloc power amplifiers



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Audionet. Scientific magic.


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SCIENCE

Technologies bordering on magic.

AUDIONET KEY TECHNOLOGIES -

Audionet-Ultra-Linear-Amplifier (ULA)

Audionet’s worldwide respected and award-winning ULA (Ultra Linear Amplifier) technology is of fundamental importance for our outstanding technology. This highly complex circuit topology, initially conceived with medical engineering in mind, delivers metrological results which mark a limit of feasibility. Even under the most severe strain or in other stress situations signal impurities are barely traceable, and the high return loss guarantees that even the most demanding loudspeakers will perform faultlessly up to their utmost limits.

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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier

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Audionet Heisenberg monobloc power amplifers

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Audionet SAM 20 SE integrated amplifier

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Audionet MAX monobloc power amplifiers

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Audionet. Scientific magic.


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SCIENCE

Technologies bordering on magic.

AUDIONET KEY TECHNOLOGIES -

Audionet Operational Amplifier

Audionet operational amplifiers (OP) are used in our devices at most sound-critical parts of the circuit design to deliver the very best tonal results. Usual operational amplifiers, available in different quality and price ranges on the global market, can’t satisfy our core demands for perfect sound quality. Even the most expensive ones with the best results on paper aren’t perfect. That’s why we have designed our own operational amplifier technology. Any single Audionet OP contains at least 86 parts and components, and our topology ensures an impressive gain-bandwidth-product of 1 GHz.

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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier


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Audionet Heisenberg monobloc power amplifers


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Audionet SAM 20 SE integrated amplifier


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Audionet MAX monobloc power amplifiers


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Audionet. Scientific magic.


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SCIENTIST SERIES – ULTRA MACHINE WATT

"The WATT swings with the authority of a heavyweight bruiser, dances with the precision and control of a prima ballerina, and blooms with the electrifying vividness of the best valve amps."

"The WATT is the finest component to ever grace my listening room. Nothing else comes close to rivaling its peerless neutrality, its utter invisibility, and its unwavering musicality.

"To my ears, it truly is an integrated amplifier for all seasons."

(positive-feedback review Issue 96)

The machine:

Even more subtle. Even more transparent. With an even bigger soundstage and a force beyond equal. WATT makes another quantum leap from the celebrated performance of our audiophile amplifier SAM onto another level. Whoever wants the ultimate in a single machine – WATT’s your choice. From this day on.



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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier

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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier

Audionet WATT UK RRP £12990

The science:

Special features WATT -
  • Massive aluminium body and resonance-optimized fixation with invisible screws.
  • Magnetically and capacitively optimized circuit and device design, shortest signal paths.
  • Double-mono design for maximum channel separation.
  • Electronic volume control with high audio grade components.
  • Non-disengageable DC servo, no sound degrading capacitors or coils in the signal path.
  • ULA technology (Ultra Linear Amplifier).
  • Separated power supply for control and analogue sections.
  • Two separated power supplies for driver stage and power stage of amplifiers.
  • One encapsulated 50 VA toroid transformer with separated windings for input and driver stage.
  • Two encapsulated 700 VA toroid transformers for the power stage.
  • Total capacitance more than 200.000 µF.
  • Consequent double-mono design of phono module for MM and MC pickups, setup by user menu.
  • Internal wiring with gold-doped pure silver cables.
  • Rhodium speaker terminals by Furutech.
  • Rhodium fuse.
  • By-pass mode for integration into home cinema systems.
  • Microprocessor with separate power supply – controls and monitors all functions and informs the user via dimmable display.
  • 2 Audionet Link outputs to control further Audionet devices remotely.
  • Switchable headphones output driven by power stage.
  • Dedicated WATT/PLANCK Audionet metal remote control in matching colour.

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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier

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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier


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Audionet. Scientific magic.


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Audionet's WATT integrated amplifier is also available in Audionet's Classic Silver finish with Blue colour display -

SCIENTIST SERIES – ULTRA MACHINE WATT

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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier

"The WATT swings with the authority of a heavyweight bruiser, dances with the precision and control of a prima ballerina, and blooms with the electrifying vividness of the best valve amps."

"The WATT is the finest component to ever grace my listening room. Nothing else comes close to rivaling its peerless neutrality, its utter invisibility, and its unwavering musicality.

"To my ears, it truly is an integrated amplifier for all seasons."

(positive-feedback review Issue 96)

The machine:

Even more subtle. Even more transparent. With an even bigger soundstage and a force beyond equal. WATT makes another quantum leap from the celebrated performance of our audiophile amplifier SAM onto another level. Whoever wants the ultimate in a single machine – WATT’s your choice. From this day on.


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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier

Audionet WATT UK RRP £12990

The science:

Special features WATT -
  • Massive aluminium body and resonance-optimized fixation with invisible screws.
  • Magnetically and capacitively optimized circuit and device design, shortest signal paths.
  • Double-mono design for maximum channel separation.
  • Electronic volume control with high audio grade components.
  • Non-disengageable DC servo, no sound degrading capacitors or coils in the signal path.
  • ULA technology (Ultra Linear Amplifier).
  • Separated power supply for control and analogue sections.
  • Two separated power supplies for driver stage and power stage of amplifiers.
  • One encapsulated 50 VA toroid transformer with separated windings for input and driver stage.
  • Two encapsulated 700 VA toroid transformers for the power stage.
  • Total capacitance more than 200.000 µF.
  • Consequent double-mono design of phono module for MM and MC pickups, setup by user menu.
  • Internal wiring with gold-doped pure silver cables.
  • Rhodium speaker terminals by Furutech.
  • Rhodium fuse.
  • By-pass mode for integration into home cinema systems.
  • Microprocessor with separate power supply – controls and monitors all functions and informs the user via dimmable display.
  • 2 Audionet Link outputs to control further Audionet devices remotely.
  • Switchable headphones output driven by power stage.
  • Dedicated WATT/PLANCK Audionet metal remote control in matching colour.

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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier

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Audionet WATT integrated amplifier


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Audionet. Scientific magic.


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