Ayon Polaris - Discontinued


Features

  • 2 Chassis full-featured Class A - triode/pentode vacuum-tube stereo preamplifier
  • Unique new pure vacuum tube-circuit design with single gain stage and incorporates only one coupling capacitor at it's output stage
  • DHT
  • 0 dB negative feedback
  • Purist tube design (no any transistor) and shortest possible signal paths
  • Very low output impedance to drive any tube or solid state power amp
  • High selected, high quality passive components used in all applications
  • Central one-point earth grounding
  • Fully hand assembled to insure the highest level of craftsmanship
  • Central one-point earth grounding
  • Fully hand assembled to insure the highest level of craftsmanship
  • Elma/Swiss - 4 channel / precision 24 position stepped attenuator volume control with 192 Welwyn metal-film resistors 1%
  • Elma/Swiss - Input selector switches
  • Gold-plated industrial grade PCB
  • Audio circuit boards are anti- resonance-damped mounted
  • Special alloy solder used for the best electrical connection
  • Selector switch engages relays located near RCA jacks to switch all inputs
  • 2 Special tubes for stereo line-amplification ( tube life min. 10000 hrs )
  • 4 Special tubes for stereo phono-amplification ( tube life min. 10000 hrs )
  • Passive RIAA equalization with 0dB feedback
  • Very low noise enables full use of cartridges down to 0.1mV
  • Special vibration dampening system for all signal tubes
  • High-Current filament regulator for signal tubes and soft tube start automatic
  • Lundhal/Sweden - 2 MC phono transformer
  • Lundahl/Sweden - 2 Balanced step output transformer
  • Mundorf/Germany - MKP capacitors
  • Philips - capacitors
  • DC-Power filter
  • Ayon - Premium internal signal cable uses ultra pure, soft annealed copper and super low loss insulation
  • The beautifully crafted special grade aluminium-brushed, anodized and anti-vibration resonance, non-magnetic chassis shields effectively against RFI and EMI.
  • 3 Platinum knobs (selectors, volume)
  • RCA high quality teflon gold-plated input jacks
  • Neutrik/Swiss - XLR chassis connectors
  • Remote Control for Volume (optional)
  • All front & rear panel descriptions are engraved
  • The feet are resonance absorbing types
  • Chassis finish: Black

Power Supply

  • External tube-regulated & stabilized power supply (RCA 6AX5GT rectifier tube )
  • A large toroidal power transformer is encased, excellent damped and RFI/EMI ultra-shielded (custom-made for Ayon)
  • Lundhal/Sweden - Choke power supply
  • AC Phase polarity control indicator
  • Warm-up muting period for extending tube life time
  • Ayon - Powercord between power supply & preamp

* The Polaris is also available as a two chassis line preamplifier only.

 

 


Specifications

Tube Preamplifier

Ayon Polaris

Class of Operation

Pure Class A, Triode-Pentode

Tube Complement Line

2 x Siemens C3M

Tube Complement Phono

4 x Siemens C3M

Tube Complement Power Supply

1 x RCA 6AX5GT

Maximum Output (at 1 khz )

40V rms

S/N ratio

> 96 dB

Output Impedance

30 Ohm

Input Impedance

100 KOhm

Frequency Response / Line

0.5Hz - 400kHz

Harmonic Distortion (at 1V ) Line

< 0.01%

Harmonic Distortion (at 1V ) Phono

< 0.1%

Input

5 x Line RCA, 2 x Phono MC

Output

2x RCA, 1x XLR (optional)

Power consumption

40 Watts

Dimensions Pre (WxDxH) cm

48x43x14 cm

Dimension P.S.(WxDxH) cm

48x43x14 cm

Weight (Pre & Power Supply)

28 kg

 

Specifications subject to change without notice

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