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Audio Note Kit 1

Bought a used audio note kit 1 300b amplifier recently. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. Any opinions on the audio note amplifier? Obviously build quality is of importance, being a kit amplifier. Has anyone had a chance to listen to there 300b built? System will be a sonore ultrarendu>chord2qute>audio note>15in audio nirvana alinco(open baffle). My current amplifier connected to this system is a EL34 Set Audio Nirvana. What kind of differences in sound character should I expect with 300b Set vs El34 Set. 
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jtgofish
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Like as sloth on valium.With lots of drool.
jtgofish
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300B SET amps do tend to sound a bit like that but there are some which sound far less soggy/bloated/euphonic than the Kit 1.The Kit 1 is certainly at the soggy end of the scale .I had a really cheap Chinese 300B SET that sounded like that too.The Elekit 300B SETs are much better.Surprisingly good actually .Still very speaker dependent but that is the nature of low power/ current drive/ high output impedance amplifiers .Especially those with no negative feedback.
jtgofish
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Better to spend the money on having a variable negative feedback control fitted.I have owned SETs with that option installed and it really helps fine tune the sound I imagine the Kit 1 has zero negative feedback and if you can dial in more feedback that would be most likely to both improve its control of speakers and lower distortion.Too much and you lose image depth but there is usually a sweet point that is worth finding.
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