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Ayon Audio Spark III Review – Hi-Fi Choice – SET “Best Sound” Single-ended construction, triodes working in pure class A and 20 watts of power! Date: 2012-11-05 Author: Arkadiusz Ogrodnik Austrian Ayon has already gained a large crowd of fans on the home market, and the offer of the company belonging to…
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Review quotes: English TranslationAyon CD-07s “Stereoplay” – October 2012, Germany “As a top-loader the Ayon CD-07s likes to be placed on top of the rack. It also deserves this location. Its pleasing design together with top-class manufacturing makes it a real jewel that appears far more expensive than its retail…
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Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2012 By: James & Linda Darby, Dr. John Richardson, Brian Boehler, Mike Galusha AYON Designed and made in Austria and distributed by top importer Charlie Harrison, Ayon is one of the world’s premiere tube amp makers. They’ve been very busy, rolling out a whopping…
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Ayon Triton III – California 2012 Show Product Announcement Ayon Audio of Austria introduced several new products to these shores. Its new Triton III ($8995) tube stereo integrated amplifier offers 125 watts/channel of pure Class A power and uses BT SK KT-88 tubes made by Ayon. The Ayon Audio S-3…
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A new firmware (v8.0.6.8) for the S-3 is available as download. Updates: Extended 1st play view with codec data. Implemented 2nd and 3rd play view with full screen album art. Implemented album art placeholder with Ayon logo in 2nd and 3rd play view when no album art available. Changed backgrounds…
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The Show Newport 2012 – AVM Audio and USA Tube Audio – John Atkinson Stereophile Magazine AVM SA-8 – AVM PA-8 – AVM ML-8 – AVM MA-8 – AVM CD-8 The German AVM company has been around for a long time, but its products are new to the USA. AVM’s…
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May 3rd –May 6th, 2012 Location: MOC, 80939 MunichLilienthalallee 40 We exhibit: Hall 4, G03 / H06.
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May/June 2012, Germany TestzitatDer S-3 bot sogar eher noch mehr Tieftondruck und schien mir im Hinblick auf die tonale Balance eine Winzigkeit runder zu spielen. Das Ergebnis ist ein durchweg charmanter, entspannter, voller und dennoch leichtfüßiger Klang mit enorm viel Souveränität, der nach meinem Dafürhalten nur schwer zu toppen sein…
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The Ayon S-3 App for iPhone/iPod and iPad can be downloaded now in your iTunes (App Store).
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Stereoplay, review by Johannes Maier, February 2012, Germany Vulcan II – Testzitat “Fantastische Röhren-Monoblöcke mit bisher nicht dagewesenem lebensechtenergiereichem Klang. Wer sie gehört hat, versteht: Diese Single-Ended-Röhre lässt keine Prinzipalternative mehr zu”. “Die frisch gebackene Endstufen-Referenz schlug neue Erlebniskapitel auf”. Vulcan II – (translation) Stereoplay Reference Amplifer! “Fantastic tube-mono blocks…
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AYON CD-1s + ACCUPHASE E-250 WOJCIECH PACUŁA Translation: Krzysztof Kalinkowsk In general, testing devices is putting the tested device, cable, loudspeaker, in our reference system. This is a classic situation known from science, and means testing by comparison. Assuming that the reference devices are at least one class better…
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Ayon Audio CD-5s The Absolute Sound Editors Choice Award 2011 This is a new-category product that combines a linestage, a transport, and a multiple-input, high-res DAC in a beautiful case. The sound is the most “analog-like” digital you may ever hear. Its 192kHz/24-bit, upsampling-switchable DAC reproduces instruments with extraordinary realism…
READ MORE The Absolute Sound (USA) – The 2011 Editors’ Choice Award AYON Polaris III Preamplifier This full-function preamplifier’s highlights include outstanding three-dimensional imaging and endless layering coupled with no fatiguing, reference-quality transient delivery. Instruments seem to “pop up” from nowhere. The phonostage dazzles with liquidity and detail, plus it offers the…
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Stereo, review by Michael Lang, October 2011, Germany Spirit III – Testzitat “Federnd, elastisch, swingend sind die hervorstechendsten Attribute bei der Klangbeschreibung. Bezüglich seiner raumdarstellerischen Fähigkeiten erwies sich der Ayon als Ausnahmekünstler: Ein sehr schön nach vorne heraus aufgebautes Klangpanorama bei gleichzeitig schöner Staffelung in Breite, Tiefe und Höhe. Von…
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Stereoplay, review by Johannes Maier, August 2011, Germany Triton II – Testzitat „Prächtiger, super schwer und höchst ambitioniert aufgebauter Röhrenvollverstärker, der in vielerlei Hinsicht „State of the Art“ darstellt. Der Klang ist für Röhren ungewohnt satt (vor allem in „Pentode“), lebendig-mitreißend und herrlich offen, sonnig“. Triton II – (translation) “Gorgeous,…
READ MORE CD Player Ayon Audio CD-5s Manufacturer: Ayon Audio Kraj pochodzenia: Austria www.usatubeaudio.com Polish language www.ayonaudio.com Text: Wojciech Pacuła Photographs: Wojciech Pacuła | Eter Audio/Piksel Studio Translation: Krzysztof Kalinkowski CD-5s, here tested in the Special version, appeared for the first time in 2009 as CD-5. This was the top CD player from Ayon and…
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May 19th-22th, Location: M.O.C. Lillienthalallee 40 D-80939 Munich We exhibit: Hall 4, Booth H09 ( Audium )
READ MORE T.H.E Show 2011 – Ayon Audio “Best Sound” STEREOMOJO SPECIAL DUAL REPORT (CES 2011 & T.H.E. Show 2011) by James Darby – Publisher THE REPORTS As always, please note that, despite what other publications may say, it is nigh impossible to do critical and accurate sound evaluations at shows like…
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ayon CD-5s CD Player – How Sweet It Is! as reviewed by Marshall Nack This review took a slightly different path and as such, it took a while for me to gather my bearings. The AYON CD-5s CD player had arrived with 150 hours on it, to which I added…
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By Ronald Kraft (State of the Art) – May/June 2011, Germany https://www.ayonaudio.com/fileadmin/pdf4/spheris_II_phonostage.pdf
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The Absolute Sound (USA) – “The Editors’ Choice Awards” This full-function preamplifier’s highlights include outstanding three-dimensional imaging and endless layering coupled with no fatiguing, reference-quality transient delivery. Instruments seem to “pop up” from nowhere. Reviewed by PB The Polaris III is one of the finest tube preamplifier made, regardless of…
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