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photo credit: FIDELITY InternationalĪ pair of custom Audio Note C-core output transformers are included, while the power supply is a multi element design with choke smoothing, ensuring precise operation of each circuit stage, whilst a separate DC supply feeds the valve filaments.

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If we peek inside, we’re looking at a circuit board layout and it’s worth noting that the output tubes are self biased, look ma no manual adjustments, and power rectification is of the solid state variety. If you do some research into these tubes, you’ll see they can all be had on the cheap, making ongoing tube maintenance very affordable.

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For the input and driver stages, Audio Note chose to go with NOS (New Old Stock) JAN (Joint Army & Navy) tubes from GE, with 2x GE 6AU6s, a miniature pentode, in the input stage, and 2x GE 5670 double triodes driving those pentodes. On the amplification side, the Cobra is a Pure Class A push-pull pentode design using a quad of current production Electro-Harmonix E元4s in the output stage producing 28 watts per channel. And don’t let that grounding terminal fool you - there’s no phono section in the Cobra but Audio Note provides that ground in case you encounter hum from some other source. In my experience, digital theorizing is a pleasant enough pastime but real results can only be found through listening. These digital facts may mean something bad to some people and something good to others. To further mystify matters, the Coax input can accept PCM data up to 176.2kHz, Toslink hits its limit at 96kHz, while USB is the stingiest of the bunch with a 48kHz max sample rate. In my experience, the less work a DAC has to do, the better the output will be.

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You can also choose to do this conversion in software which is how I rolled for this review, using Roon to send the Cobra only 16-bit data. This means that if you send the Cobra 24-bit data, the DAC inside will truncate that file to 16-bits. As is the case with Audio Note’s digital products, the DAC inside the Cobra is somewhat anachronistic, in that it employs the Philips TDA1543 D/A converter chip, a 16-bit beauty. The Audio Note Cobra includes 3 line level RCA inputs that are joined by 3 digital inputs - Coax, Toslink, and USB. Audio Note is one such company that seems to have a near mystical quality to it, conveying a deep connection to the inner workings of music reproduction. As if just saying the name conveys meaning, to those in the know. Listening in the Barn 2 (Video): Marten Parker Trio, Constellation Inspiration Integrated 1.0, and more… In Barn for Review (and Video): A Credo / EMM Labs System Luxman Launches Z Series with the L-507Z Integrated AmplifierĪlbum of the Week: The Revelators | Revelatorsīluesound’s POWERNODE EDGE: the Budget POWERNODE

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