Zero Series
The Audio Note System Zero offers a captivating mix of cohesiveness, integration, brilliance, detail, dynamics, and attack. Paired with our AX Series loudspeakers, it provides a glimpse into the realm beyond high-end audio, accessible to anyone.
The R Zero/II represents a new level in affordable yet high performance phono-stages.
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RZero/II
Never before has a phono stage offered this level of sonic performance, innovative design, and component quality at such an affordable price. Sharing the same physical footprint as the rest of our Zero range, it packs an incredible punch in its diminutive enclosure. Internally, it features a pair of 6112WA miniature dual triodes.
Moving Magnet input only.
Available finishes
- Fascia - Anodised Aluminium / Black Acrylic / White Acrylic
Our most cost effective Red Book CD playback system for the discerning music lover.
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CD Zero
Level Zero Red Book CD Player. Our most cost-effective Red Book CD playback system for the discerning music lover. For those looking for the best possible sound quality in a single, small but perfectly formed package, there is no superior choice than the CD Zero.
While the rest of the audiophile world continues its delusional and ultimately doomed love affair with the currently fashionable crop of what are claimed to be ‘high-resolution’ computer sources, we at Audio Note (UK) continue to extract even greater degrees of information and quality from Red Book CD, which is still the best currently available digital music format.
Audio Note (UK) is highly critical of the digital medium as presented by the compact disc; we sincerely hope that you too will find this transport breaks free from the ‘digital mould’ that we are all so accustomed to, and so opens a new window on your CD collection.
It has been specifically engineered for sonic performance rather than technical specifications and fulfills all Audio Note (UK) Entry-Level criteria.
Materials and Component Quality
Housed inside its deceptively solid casework are simplified and integrated versions of our Zero-level dedicated Transport and DAC (CDT Zero/II and DAC0.1x).
The in-house custom-modified Philips front-loading CD mechanism is designed purely to read true Red Book CDs, which, in our opinion, is still the best possible digital music format currently available. The Philips TDA1543 DAC is implemented in a non-oversampling digital filterless circuit, and the analogue output stage is equipped with the quite exceptional 6111WA miniature dual triode.
Available finishes
- Fascia - Anodised Aluminium / Black Acrylic / White Acrylic
The CDT-Zero/II represents our most cost effective Red Book CD Transport for the discerning music lover.
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CDT Zero/II
The CDT-Zero/II represents our most cost-effective Red Book CD Transport for the discerning music lover. For those looking for superb sound quality in a small but perfectly formed and affordable package, there is no superior choice. It has been specifically engineered for sonic performance rather than technical specifications and fulfills all Audio Note (UK) Level Zero criteria.
Materials and Component Quality
The in-house custom-modified Philips front-loading CD mechanism is designed purely to read true Red Book CDs, which, in our opinion, is still the best possible digital music format currently available. The CDT-Zero/II is equipped with a single-ended/RCA 75-ohm digital output.
Available finishes
- Fascia - Anodised Aluminium / Black Acrylic / White Acrylic
The DAC uses the revolutionary and currently exclusive Audio Note digital technology dubbed 1x oversampling™ direct from disc™
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DAC 0.1x
Extensive research into the fundamental properties of the data stream itself has shown beyond doubt that, regardless of the theoretical and measurable advantages of the signal manipulation employed in all currently available digital products, such as higher oversampling, noise shaping, re-clocking, or jitter reduction, the result is this: all these corrective measures greatly interfere with the critical time domain requirements of the signal. Current theory is based on an assumption that music is similar to bookkeeping data, which, of course, it is not.
Music is a time continuum from beginning to end, which, when broken, is irreparably damaged, and no amount of clever manipulation can ever restore it to its original time-frequency-amplitude duration or relationship, regardless of what the theorists may tell you.
Materials and Component Quality
The DAC uses the revolutionary and currently exclusive Audio Note digital technology, dubbed 1x oversampling™ direct from disc™ circuit topology. The technology, in essence, dispenses with all the correction measures inherent in all other D/A converters and presents the digital signal directly to the converter after reformatting. In other words, all products in the Audio Note DAC range have no oversampling, no jitter reduction, no noise shaping, and no re-clocking.
Having removed all the digital filtering that is part of the oversampling, we have also dispensed with all filtering in the analogue domain to further retain good wideband phase-frequency and dynamically coherent behavior. The end result is a reproduction more reminiscent of master tape in quality, with greater differentiation and contrast between different recordings.
The DAC0.1x converter uses a Philips TDA1543 stereo D/A converter chip and features a 6111WA valve zero-feedback output stage.
Available finishes
- Fascia - Anodised Aluminium / Black Acrylic / White Acrylic
An integrated tube amplifier offering probably the best price/performance ratio in the market.
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IZero
For the Zero range, we decided to design an integrated amplifier rather than a pre/power combination. The result is the IZero, and it has exceeded all of our expectations. Offering a level of performance that was previously considered unthinkable for an amplifier of such diminutive size and price, the IZero really is something very special, producing a bold, rich, smooth, and delicate performance, whilst offering a level of fine detail finesse that is quite incredible.
Valve complement consists of four ECL82 triode/pentodes operating in Class A/B, producing 8 Watts per channel. Internally, it features a level of component quality that is unmatched at this price point, including our own Audio Note (UK) custom-designed and manufactured output transformers.
Materials and component quality
Valve complement consists of four ECL82 triode/pentodes operating in Class A/B, producing 8 Watts per channel. Internally, it features a level of component quality that is unmatched at this price point, including our own Audio Note (UK) custom-designed and manufactured output transformers.
Available finishes
- Fascia - Anodised Aluminium / Black Acrylic / White Acrylic
As you might expect, Audio Note UK products come at a premium.
However, they offer the highest price-to-performance ratio in the market, making our entry-level systems accessible to a broad range of customers.
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