AlexKY,

I tried 8b with my ANE/SE silver. It's not fast and delicate enough to drive AN speakers even in triode mode. I now use Klangfilm PP amps with EL12 when listen to 'bou pang' and 300B SETA. F2a11 SEPA for other music.

Audio Note Neiro PSE 2A3 monoblocks

嘩ZOO兄，對2A3好靚，流哂水^_^

ykwan
Are you playing with the Tact amp now?
Good match to you ARC?

Zoo兄
我依然用緊對Quest，tact亦試過各有所長。
你故CAT前配Quest得唔得？比禶N見？

M3同M6價錢相差不大, 點取捨??

"perfectgrade" I was the user of Zero 3 and Zero 2 also. I still like it very very much!!!!!

"M3同M6價錢相差不大, 點取捨??"

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are you kidding ? M3同M6價錢相差很大

F2aYeung兄: wow ! hope to visit your vintage German system some day.

ykwan
"你故CAT前配Quest得唔得？比?意見？"
I think preamp Kit is better ah!

"M3同M6價錢相差不大, 點取捨??"
M3同M6價錢相差不大, then M6
M6同M8價錢相差不大, then M8
M8同M10價錢相差不大, then M10

AlexKY,

M3同M6價錢相差很大

There may be big difference in price but according to my friend, the sound improvement is not very significant. There is however a BIG improvement in sound from M6 to M8.

If I own M3, I will throw in some black gate and AN silver foil caps and upgrade M3 to M6 by myself and save a lot of money. The difference in components are all listed in the ANUK website. The only component which is difficult to source is the output transformer.

F2aYeung
A pair of Copper-primary/Silver-Secondary output transformer of M6 is almost the price of a M3, and impossible to order also.

I see!
But if you look at the table, M6 use Black Gate standard and Elna + copper foil PIO caps except the phono output stage. So if I put in some silver PIO caps and Black Gate WKz which are used in M8, I may have a chance to beat M6 ga! hehe.

F2ayeung
If you get the parts, you can certainly modify the M3 to beat M6. In fact, Audio Note products look like DIY stuffs with different grades of components.
The latest M6 Mk2 power supply as below:

The M6 line stage
The PIO caps are handwired under the PCB boards.

ZOO兄
你有冇聽過新M2？呇P舊M3邊部好D?
thanks

ZOOpaLAST

I vaguely recall the main difference between M6 Mk1 and Mk2 is in the power supply with a OA,OB type clamping tube added. Am I correct? This guy Peter Qvortrup is trying all kinds of old old circuitry and tricks to tune his products to produce modern sound. He is now using TFK 6463 to replace all the 5687 in his higher level products.

For your M6 you can actually buy one pair of silver foil AN cap and solder them in with AN solder. If you don't like it just put the copper caps back. The AN solder has very low melting point with minimal flux so they won't make a mess even after desolder and solder. You can also try E182CC as used in M8 in replacement of 5687.

"Alex KY兄",噯搵人幫噯咫G手既M3同M6,相差真係唔係好多o家咋....

M3新機list around 30K
M6新機list around 50K to 60K

你位朋友一系賤賣M6, 一系就把M3賣貴了.......不過吾緊要, 既然他的價'相差真係唔係好多", 就一定要玩M6了 !

F2aYeung
Below is the pic showing the old M6 with the phone stage. The new M6 has a more simple and direct power supply which removes the muddy and slow sonic character from the old version.

http://www.audionote.co.uk/reviews/M6P2.jpg