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ATC-3
- Positioning: The entry-level stereo line-control amplifier designed for affordability and ease of use.
- Description: Features a simple SRPP design with a reinforced buffer stage and a quick recovery diode power supply that offers very low noise. Compared to the more advanced ATC-7, it has fewer features and lower output capability, making it best for small rooms and buyers with a tighter budget and basic functionality needs.
ATC-7
- Positioning: The mid-range stereo line-control amplifier focused on precise signal handling.
- Description: Uses dual 12AX7 and 12AU7 valves to deliver precise control, a wide frequency range, and low distortion. Compared to the entry-level ATC-3, it offers enhanced performance and output voltage while leaving the high-powered driver role to the ATM series.
ATM-1S
- Positioning: The stereo power amplifier built to deliver dependable and balanced performance.
- Description: Uses a traditional Mullard phase inversion circuit with 6CA7 valves and robust Hashimoto transformers to achieve 36W per channel with solid headroom. Compared to the flagship mono BLOCK ATM-3211 and the preamp line (ATC-7 and ATC-3), it strikes a balance in cost and power.
ATM-3211
- Positioning: The high-end mono power amplifier engineered for maximum power delivery.
- Description: Uses a five-year developed 211 triode push-pull circuit that produces 120W output with a wide frequency response and premium hand-picked components. Compared to the stereo ATM-1S and the preamp ATC series, it offers higher output power and superior build quality.
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Manufacturer's notes
Top-of-the-line MC Phono Cartridge featuring a second-to-none, 3-dimensional image made available in soundstage. Unprecedented, sublime sonic balance achieved through years-long research seeking for optimum combination ratio in internal impedance and output voltage. Exclusive, renowned SH-uX core sealed in ultra-hard duralumin housing fortified by nickel plating.
Manufacturer Specs
- Type: Ultra Low Impedance MC phono cartridge
- Frequency range: 10-50,000Hz
- Internal impedance: 1.4 ohms (DCR)
- Output voltage: 0.45mV/1kHz
- Magnet: Neodymium#50
- Tracking force: 2.0-2.2g
- Dynamic Compliance: 8x10⁻⁶Cm/Dyne
- Cantilever: Boron Cantilever
- Stylus Tip Type: Semi-line contact (3μmm×30μmm)
- Channel balance: Less than 0.5dB/1kHz
- Cross talk: More than 30dB/1kHz
- Cartridge base: A7075(DLC plating)
- Housing: A5056(Rhodium plating)
- Terminal: Rhodium plating
- Weight: 12.5g
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Founded
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Air Tight is a Japanese hifi brand founded by former Luxman engineer Atsushi Miura that maintains traditional tube sound technology, delivering the warm, natural sound of vacuum tubes through PCB-free point-to-point wiring. Their products are handcrafted with meticulous attention to detail, featuring a design philosophy rooted in Japanese simplicity and precision, and are particularly noted for their ability to deliver dynamic realism and rich soundstage even at lower volumes.
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How useful are hifi reviews? We consider them useful for three things: (1) Surfacing new products you should demo in person at a dealer. (2) Learning which products reviewers unanimously praise as the best they've ever heard (this means they probably are legitimately great). (3) Identifying a product's unique attributes that satisfy your idiosyncratic needs and tastes. Beyond that, we discount what reviewers say because they heap praise on everything—rarely being negative for fear of souring relationships with manufacturers. Further, they seldom have more than a couple products on-hand at once, relying on their imperfect memories to compare to past products.
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