Empress
Photography by Jess Thomas
Available finishes
Fascia - Anodised Aluminium / Black Acrylic
Top Plate - Anodised Aluminium / Black Anodised Aluminium
Current models
Empress
Empress Low Gain
Empress Silver
Empress Silver Low Gain
Empress Silver Signature
Empress Silver Signature Low Gain
Details
The Audio Note (UK) EMPRESS Mono Power Amplifiers are Pure Class A Parallel Single Ended valve amplifiers that use a pair of the highly regarded 2A3 triode valves per channel, producing a level of performance that is radically superior to the vast majority of current designs.
They have been specifically engineered for sonic performance rather than technical specification, and fulfil 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 EMPRESS, and features the following additions: -
Audio Note 1 Watt Tantalum film resistors
IHiB C-core output transformers
The Silver Signature version builds upon the already superb performance of the standard EMPRESS, and features the following additions: -
Audio Note 2 Watt Tantalum film resistors
SHiB 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
100KOhm
115mV for full output
8 Watts RMS per channel into 4 or 8 Ohm loads
+/- 0.3dB
2 x 5R4GY (1 per chassis)
4 x 2A3 (2 per chassis)
2 x 6SN7 (1 per chassis)
20kg (per amplifier)
195mm (h) x 205mm (w) x 500mm (d) (per amplifier)
AC 100-120V / 220-240V 50/60Hz
200 Watts
Due to Audio Note (UK)'s ongoing research and development program, specifications are subject to change without notice.