Audio Note Speakers

[Paolo]

Has anyone experience with any? My listening room is small and I'm curious about speakers designed for corner placement. I have no problem with my Guarneri Homage standing about 1/3 out from the front wall, but having more floorspace would be a positive. My amp is a Classic 62SE still in its pre-adolescent stage of development. . Audio Note urges customers to assemble all-Audio Note systems for best results. Personally I have no idea.

[admin]

I've listened to some bookshelf AN speakers before. Which model are you specifically looking at?

How big is the room?

[Paolo]

Room is 11 x 13. Backwall opens to the living room thankfully so I can move further from the speakers depending on the music genre and my mood. I don't know enough about ANUK speakers to choose a model with certainty. I suppose the ANJ being the mid-level is where I'd start looking. The company offers many, many options and levels, too many IMO. As a mere mortal, I find this mostly confusing. Paper vs Hemp cone? Yeah, that I can pretty much understand but the other stuff? No so much.

[admin]

A smaller room like that would make smaller bookshelfs a good option. And as it would be fairly near-field listening, you don't need a lot of power so the Classic 62SE should be able to handle anything in that class.

[Paolo]

Being able to place speakers in the front corners is appealing. If my interest in AudioNote continues to grow, I'll simply have to arrange a home audition somehow. Goodness knows, I've done it with more than a few amps over the past couple of years.

OTOH, the Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage are so lovely in so many ways, I don't think I could willingly part with them.

[admin]

Is there are reason your are looking to change speakers? Those SF would be a pretty good option in a smaller room as well.

[Paolo]

Just considering the AN's because they'd take up far less of the room and I grew curious. My SF's are great and are likely to remain my endgame speakers. That way they stay in the family as well.

[admin]

I'm a big fan of SF so if you like that much I probably would not be looking for new speakers,... but of course it's always fun to try new things. The Guarneri Homage's don't take up that much more room so I think it would be a good option for a room of that size.