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The original version of the MEISHU is now discontinued, and has been replaced by the MEISHU Tonmeister

Meishu

Photography by Unknown & Richard Nash

Available finishes

Fascia - Anodised Aluminium or Black Acrylic

Current models

Meishu Line

Meishu Line Silver

Meishu Line Silver Signature

Meishu Phono

Meishu Phono Silver

Meishu Phono Silver Signature

Details

The Audio Note (UK) Meishu Integrated Amplifier is a Pure Class A Singled Ended valve amplifier that uses the highly regarded 300B direct heated triode valve, producing a level of performance that is radically superior to the vast majority of current designs.

 

It has been specifically engineered for sonic performance rather than technical specification, and fulfils all Audio Note (UK) Level 3 criteria: -

 

Pure Class A operation

Zero Negative Feedback

Single Ended Output Stage

Valve Rectification

Directly Heated Triode operation

Materials and component quality

The Silver version builds upon the already superb performance of the standard Meishu, and features the following additions: -

 

Audio Note Silver wiring

Audio Note Copper Foil signal capacitors

Audio Note electrolytic capacitors

Tantalum film resistors

HiB C-core output transformers

The Silver Signature version builds upon the already superb performance of the standard Meishu, and features the following additions: -

 

Audio Note Silver wiring

Audio Note Copper Foil signal capacitors

Audio Note Tantalum film resistors

IHiB C-core output transformers

Technical Specifications

INPUT IMPEDANCE

INPUT SENSITIVITY

MAXIMUM OUTPUT

CHANNEL BALANCE

VALVE COMPLEMENT

UNIT WEIGHT

UNIT DIMENSIONS

 

MAINS INPUT

MAX. POWER CONSUMPTION

NOTE

100K Ohm, line level

450mV for full output

8 Watts (approx.) per channel into 4 or 8 Ohm loads

+/- 0.3dB

1 x 5U4G

2 x 300B

2 x 6X5

2 x 5687

1 x 6SN7

1 x ECC83 (Phono models only)

1 x 6DJ8/ECC88 (Phono models only)

27.5 kg

220mm (h) x 460mm (w) x 530mm (d)

AC 100-120V / 220-240V  50/60Hz

200W

 

Due to Audio Note (UK)'s ongoing research and development program, specifications are subject to change without notice.

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