The Audio Note (UK) Empress Mono Power Amplifiers are Pure Class A Parallel Singled 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

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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

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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