Now, of course the OTO is not completely a no-feedback design like its more expensive 300B and 2A3 amps which Peter Qvortrup champions. Indeed, if you look at the innards of the M1 and P1, you can see very similar layouts. This amplifier is in fact, dedicated preamp and power amp separates sharing one bigger box. Indeed, in a real sense the OTO is a different animal than a lot of integrateds that are designed as a cost-cutting measure at the design stage. The internals of the OTO became the M1line/M1Phono and P1/P1SE depending on whether PP or SE. “It started out as a separate pre- and power amplifier in one box, this changed partly to optimise sound and simplify the circuit for cost reasons in 1996/1997. Peter Qvortrup (Audio Note’s supreme commander) notes that: In fact, the OTO started out life as two separate components. Unobtrusive and unremarkable as she looks, she continues to support the Audio Note line-up where the creed is all about music reproduction as the primary consideration. A plain black box with some gold knobs, weighing in at a modest 17kgs (37lbs), and unlike most tube amplifiers today, the tubes themselves are hidden inside the black box. Can your product still hold up against newcomers with new designs and ideas? The OTO SE has been selling for 16 years since 1992, and it continues to beguile, amaze, and sneak into the hearts of owners for its sheer beauty at replaying recorded material. To be viewed a classic in virtually any arena, a pre-requisite is for it to be able to stand the test of time. The OTO is, if not already, a modern day classic amplifier. While Audio Note is famous for those ultra expensive Ongaku’s, it may be the OTO that most consumers will be introduced to first. The Audio Note OTO Phono SE is Audio Note’s entry level single-ended amplifier running in single-ended pentode mode. Ah the sacrifices we make for “good sound”, which is apparently what the word OTO means translated from Japanese. I like this amp because it is affordable even on a student’s budget, well, if you’re willing to go through your university years without a car, which is what I did. With stupefying price points in the Audio Note range of amplifiers heading up and over the $50,000 mark, it is perhaps forgotten that Audio Note also makes affordable products and quite excellent, affordable amplifiers amplifiers like the OTO, for example. In the sea of budget tube amplifier makers, I think that, perhaps, Audio Note UK may go unnoticed.
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