Audio Note Japan Kondo Overture Integrated Amplifier

Kari Nevalainen has posted a review of the Audio Note Japan Kondo Overture integrated amplifier (€25,000) at InnerWorld Audio. His conclusions:

“The rated 32W output power surely is sufficient for majority of loudspeaker. Yet I constantly felt that the Overture would perform optimally (unveil its most important qualities) when it doesn’t have to work like a horse. Hence, sensitive, impedance friendly speakers. Tonally it would be important to find a loudspeaker - neutral or not - that would allow the Overture’s natural sound to come into sight, well, naturally. No show speakers, please. And, of course, Overture deserves to have as high quality wide-bandwidth loudspeakers as possible. If one can afford to invest a nurse’s basic annual salary to an amplifier, anything else would be sheer madness.”

You can read the full review here.