I've been going through the bedding-in process for the Audio Note (UK) M8 RIAA phono preamplifier and the AN-S8L step-up transformer (SUT) since its arrival about 3 weeks ago (HERE).  Per the Audio Note (UK) owner's manual for the M8 RIAA (HERE), "The M8 RIAA phono stage requires around 100 hours of initial use (called “bedding... Read More »

Peter Qvortrup (Audio Note (UK)) has been talking with me for a number of years about the need for a revised audio reviewing vocabulary, one that better captures the full span of performance that occurs with *some* high-performance audio components. I say *some* because until the arrival of Peter's Audio Note (UK) Tomei 211 SET... Read More »