![]() The tubes on the rear side belong to the Graetz rectifier bridge circuit.Īshizawa San, you are the chief designer. One can see the impressive size of the 211 triode compared to the driver tubes in front. Kagura represents the culmination of the development of Kondo amplifiers. We have one employee who has the best skills to wind our transformers. However, as there exist an enormous number of security provisions, so – with our limited capacities - it is better to leave the production of power transformers to ISO Tango, built according to our own design. We have very good relations with the developer of the Tango transformers, he can assist us in developing our own power transformers. ![]() In each case, output transformers and chokes are produced by ourselves. Not in principle, the presented amplifier here, Kagura, contains exclusively our own transformers. They are very versatile, and thus also have different tasks.įor power transformers you also use other brands, such as Tango? We have very high quality standards that have been established by the founder of the company.īesides me six. We certainly do not do this work because we want to save money. Therefore we take the trouble to produce them by ourselves, although our production capacities are very limited, we can build a maximum of 50 amp units per year.Īnd each amplifier has four to six silver foil capacitors, that means referring to mono blocks over 400 capacitors per year that must be manually wound. There are now very good products, but at critical positions we do not like to use them. We are not very happy with the products offered, but he can not say that. (This is where the marketing manager cut in on the conversation) Masaki is a very polite person, so I would like to answer the question. Of course, in our silver cables and capacitors the design is equally important. This question is a bit tricky, it's not just the silver material alone, but also how it is used. There exist also versions with copper as conductor. They are an essential component in the Kondo setup. The Kondo cables have a legendary reputation. These Components still do not match the requirements of Audio Note? Meanwhile, there are several manufacturers who also offer capacitors and coils made of silver, like Duelund for example. ![]() Kondo san was the first person who discovered silver material for audio applications. Only in terms of quality, we will try to improve still further. For that reason, we will carry on with this in mind. Nevertheless Kondo San remained the spiritual leader, he was my teacher. ![]() ![]() It is very unusual in Japan to hand over the own company to a foreign person, especially if one has a son in his family. Kondo San was seriously ill and had handed over the affairs of the company to me, two years before his death. Masaki Ashizawa: First, I must correct, I was already president of the company two years before the passing away of Kondo San. Audio Note Japan is a traditional company, but do we have to expect any changes now? Jürgen Saile: Ashizawa San, after the passing away of Hiroyasu Kondo you became president of the company. ![]()
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