Stereophile Amplification Product of the Year

[Skeeter]

Here’s the review

Audio Note Meishu Tonmeister Phono integrated amplifier Measurements

Sidebar 3: Measurements I performed the measurements of the Audio Note Meishu Phono Tonmeister with my Audio Precision SYS2722 system. The tubes were already installed when I received the review sample. I removed the cover to check for proper installation. All was well. I waited for 30 minutes...

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$15000. I wonder what Amirn would make of it?

 

[amirm]

Ugly looking thing....

 

[Skeeter]

Here’s the distortion

 

[computer-audiophile]

Ugly looking thing....

I would say, the Bauhaus was the inspiration.

 

[HarmonicTHD]

View attachment 328048Here’s the distortion

Overpriced and underperforming. The usual crap which kills the audio industry reputation and in order to sell, probably needs to rely on some fairy marketing tales.

 

[Blumlein 88]

It is ugly. It might do well as a preamp with the power it has. It's inherent FR, high output impedance interacting with the speaker, and high distortion does mean it will have its own unique sound. For what that is worth (apparently $15k).

As JA said, measures about like you'd expect from a SE 300B amp. Did it really have to have such an uninspiring look? Yuck.

 

[Mart68]

 

[VintageFlanker]

Ugly looking thing....

...And extremely poor performance as well. Selling this piece of garbage at that price should be illegal.

 

[computer-audiophile]

 

[Purité Audio]

Overpriced and underperforming. The usual crap which kills the audio industry reputation and in order to sell probably needs to rely on some fairy marketing tales.

Don’t sugarcoat it just give it to us straight!
Keith

 

[Ron Texas]

$15,000, yawn.

 

[Palladium]

Overpriced and underperforming. The usual crap which kills the audio industry reputation and in order to sell probably needs to rely on some fairy marketing tales.

But yeah if you paid for this you might avoid having those bass FR dips on a $80 Fosi V3 when pushed to its limits.

/sarc

 

[voodooless]

Is it April fools already?

 

[Purité Audio]

Peter Q is definitely one of the handful of top salesmen in the U.K. , I was going to say Hi-Fi industry but managed to correct myself in time.
Keith

 

[Ron Texas]

I have trouble warming up to tubes...

 

[Purité Audio]

Sit closer.
Keith

 

[AaronJ]

$15k and they don’t even have the decency to provide a window whore view of the tubes.

 

[DonR]

LOL! Tube equipment with industrial looks. Looks like a gilded outhouse in an era of indoor plumbing. The build quality looks nice except for the perspex module at the back on the right-hand side. High voltage PS? No MC option? Scandalous at that money. How do you choose the phono as input?

 

[computer-audiophile]

Scandalous at that money. How do you choose the phono as input?

You need a separate AN phono preamp, I think.

 

[voodooless]

How do you choose the phono as input?

The photo displayed in the article and above is the non-phono version. The black one above does show a phono input (bottom one). Interestingly, the backside photo of the Stereophile article does show the phono version…