Meishu Kapellmeister
Available finishes
Fascia - Anodised Aluminium or Black Acrylic
Details
The Kapellmeister is the ultimate version of our award winning
Meishu Tonmeister 300B Single Ended Triode integrated amplifier,
taking the design to full Level 5 performance and component quality.
The Meishu Phono Kapellmeister is a Pure Class A Singled Ended valve amplifier
that uses the highly regarded 300B directly heated triode valve, producing a level of
performance that is radically superior to the vast majority of current designs.
The circuit is a beautiful example of elegant simplification, something that could only
be realised thanks to our ability to create extremely closely matched
transformers in-house, and having our own supply of custom resistors,
in-house made foil capacitors and custom made electrolytic capacitors.
These allow us to have extremely tight control over the performance and voicing
of the complete signal path, from input to output, something that is
simply beyond the possibilities of manufacturers
who have to rely on 'off the shelf' components.
The result is an amplifier that maintains the legendary musicality, midrange magic
and glorious tonal colour of the Meishu Tonmeister,
whilst bringing new and previously unheard levels of information retrieval
and dynamic expression.
This is the current ‘state of the art’ when it comes to 300B SET integrated amplifiers!
The Meishu Kapellmeister includes the following components: -
In house designed and manufactured, fully silver wired
Double C Core Perma 50% nickel interstage and output transformers.
In house designed and manufactured, copper wired
Double C Core UHiB mains transformer, Double C Core IHiB filament transformer,
and Double C Core UHiB choke.
Silver internal signal wiring throughout.
Audio Note (UK) Silver signal capacitors
Audio Note (UK) STD, Kaisei and Blackgate Electrolytic Capacitors
Audio Note (UK) 1W and 2W Non-Magnetic Tantalum, Non-Magnetic Silver
Tantalum, Non-Magnetic Niobium and Non-magnetic Silver Niobium Resistors
Audio Note (UK) custom resistor based mono stepped attenuators using
Non-Magnetic Tantalum resistors.
Point-to-point silver hand-wired circuit, using Permali and Tufnol board materials.
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 / 47K Ohm Phono
110mV for full output
8 Watts (approx.) per channel into 4 or 8 Ohm loads
+/- 0.3dB
1 x 5U4G
2 x 300B
1 x 6463
1 x CV4068
3 x 5670 (phono stage)
35 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.