![]() ![]() I revealed my enthusiasm to CEO of Kondo-Audio Note Ashizawa Masaki-san and he referred me to Bob Visintainer of Rhapsody Music & Cinema who serves as Kondo-Audio Note’s sole US distributor here in New York City. The sound - if you can call it that - of the Kagura was so natural and intense that I said to myself “I’ve got to hear this AT HOME” (not that I could EVER afford one). I was once again taken by the unforgettable purity of the Kagura. I knew it, right then and there, the Kagura is extraordinary and is among the best products I have the pleasure of experiencing anywhere.Īt the 2014 CES, Kondo-Audio Note of Japan debuted their new flagship Kagura mono-block amplifiers. The sound was pure in timber, delicate in touch and utterly compelling while enjoying a Beethoven Piano Trios disc. As I have already mentioned, my experience with the Kondo-Audio Note gear has been a most enlightening one. Based on the extended period of time I have been fortunate enough to spend with this incredible musical transducer, I think the name fits it just right. The name Kagura in Japanese means Music for a Shrine or Music for the Gods. I did hear them again in Munich the following year (photo above), and again was overwhelmed by their intense sense of harmonic rightness. While enjoying a Beethoven Piano Trios disc, I knew it, right then and there, that the Audio Note Kagura's extraordinary tonality and pitch makes it among the best products I have ever had the pleasure of listening to (in a noisy hotel room no less!). Still, the sound demonstrated purity in timbre, tone and delicacy that held me hostage. All I can remember is what a truly magical experience it was even under show conditions (consider a noisy hotel room). My first encounter with the Kagura was back at the 2013 CES. Though Kondo san is no longer with us, he has been ably replaced by Masaki san to take control of Audio Note Kondo here and into the future. ![]() Audio Note is known for utmost care and detail in design and execution. Nearly a quarter of a century later, the fanfare surrounding the Ongaku still lives on. The legendary Ongaku, which stands for music in Japanese, was designed by Kondo san in 1989 and instantly became a true legend. Kondo designed and utilized the legendary handmade silver output transformers and hand wound silver foil signal capacitors in Kondo products. The sound of his silver is warm yet vivid and can fully express the vitality of music through its innate purity. Kondo san was the first person to use silver wires in audio designs later he was given the name Audio Silversmith for his revolutionary use of aged annealed silver in his audio equipment. Driven by Kondo san’s passion for music propel him to experiment and create the best possible material to get the highest sound quality using an expensive metal which had never been used in audio design. Established in 1976, Hiroyasu Kondo is the founder of the Audio Note-Kondo. Audio Note Kondo has a rich history in building state-of-the-art tube amplifiers that spans over three decades.
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