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Ayon Crossfire Evo Monoblock Power Amplifier Opinion 1 I think, that most of you will agree with me, that the Austrian brand Ayon is part of the demanding world of audiophiles and High End for at least some years. And at that it is very recognizable. I know, that a…
Ayon Audio S-10 27.03.2017 // ROLAND DIETL At last year’s High End, Gerhard Hirt, owner and CEO of Ayon, introduced me to his new development in the area of network players in detail and afterwards it was clear that we wanted to have this device tested as soon as…
Review summary: English Translation All functions available by the S3-junior user’s interface are easy to use by everyone while the 3,5-inch display is clear and keeps you always informed. The first impression you get by listening to the S-3 junior is a big 3D soundstage which is always pleasant and friendly…
03-01-2017 | By Gary Lea Issue 90 The Ayon CD-3sx CD Player is a companion piece to the Ayon Triton III integrated amplifier that I reviewed. This is a full-featured Tube Top Loader CD-Player Class-A triode vacuum-tube output stage for single-ended & balanced operation, All the superlatives that apply to…
Ayon CD-35 Despite rumors about the death of the CD format dwelling around for some time, the silver disc does not care about them and still holds its position. Although sales are going down slowly and new issues are selling better on vinyl and as files, or in streaming, but…
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Ayon CD-35 CD Player The Ayon CD-35 establishes a new benchmark in SE-Triode vacuum-tube CD/SACD-Player performance by combining a fully balanced PCM-DSD DAC. The CD-35 is also prepared for computer playback and general DSD professional audio use. The CD-35 is in many respects a new ground-breaking CD/SACD-Player design with…
Super Audio CD Player: Ayon Audio CD-35 By Wojciech Pacula January 2017 …
The Odin, a 50 watt per channel direct heated triode stereo amp, is a state-of-the-art tube amp made in Austria and is among the best I’ve heard. Its ability to throw an open soundstage filled with images of high density and energy while being highly resolving yet neutral in tonal…
December 2016, Poland Text & Images: Wojciech Pacula / December 2016 / No.151 It is very difficult to understand why companies specializing in devices based on electron tubes did not rush to the new market segment, which suddenly opened up to them – the headphone amplifiers’ one. Very…
Special Award 2016 by High Fidelity – Poland Ayon Audio CD-35 The audio world is dangerously heading towards price absurdities. The more expensive a product is, the more people write about it. Some of these devices are really worth paying attention to and truly make us understand sound better, but…
Ayon Audio CD-35 Super Audio CD Player Review + Krakow Sonic Society Vol 1, KTS Meeting # 105 01-01-2017 | By Wojciech Pacula | Issue 89 The Super Audio CD Player, Ayon Audio CD-35 turned out to…
Opinion 1 After two weeks of very tiring reportage marathon, during which our day easily reached eighteen-nineteen working hours, finally we can sit down for a while, take a deep breath and tackle some things we did not manage before the AVS. Well, it seemed that we had things photographed,…
Beginning at the end of 2003, PF established its first annual awards for fine audio. The Brutus Award was established for the best that David Robinson and Dave Clark had heard in their own listening rooms during that…
Ayon Sigma DAC CHRISTIAAN PUNTER 16 November 2016 Tube Seduction with technical precision I’ve never been very tube oriented, but I have to admit that the glowing bottles are starting to grow on me since the Avant Gardes occupied my listening space along with a range of tube amps. I always…
Hi-Fi Show/Klangbilder – Vienna / Austria, November 10th – 13th, 2016Location: Arctotel Kaiserwasser, Wagramer Str. 8, 1220 WienAyon Audio & Lumen White
Ayon Audio Triton III Integrated Amplifier 11-14-2016 | By Gary Lea | Issue 88 I have always been a fan of Ayon products. While many of their offerings are not for the faint of heart from a cost perspective you can generally count on the company to produce some of the…
Ayon Audio & Lumen White Show Photos November 4th – 6th, 2016Ayon Audio & Lumen White
Ayon S-10 In 2011 Ayon Audio has set a milestone with the S-3: the first network-player with top-class vacuum-tube technology worldwide, separate DAC section and an analogue preamp section. 6 years later we present the successor S-10 and it was created to embody, in more advanced technologies and very flexible…
By Wojciech Pacula November 2016 No.150 I know Gerhard Hirt pretty well, I think I can call him my friend. He runs his company, Ayon Audio as a top class manager should but at the…
Hi-End Show – Tokyo, Japan September 30th – October 2nd, 2016Ayon Audio & Lumen White
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016 Report The Home Entertainment Show 2016 Ayon Audio / USA Tube Audio Labs Featuring Lumin White, Mastersound, Torus Power, Mark Levinson and Revel. The Ayon Audio and USA Tube Audio room at T.H.E. Show Newport 2016 filled the large Ballroom Salon E with multiple high-end audio…
Ayon Pearl series Cables – Almost daily we are confronted by our worldwide customers with the question which cable would be most appropriate or best sounding for their Ayon installation. Unfortunately, there is no “best” cable and will never be! Every cable has different effects on the sound produced by…
Ayon-Audio-CD-3sx-Review_TAS-2016 Ayon CD-3sx 2016 Editors’ Choice Award 2016 Editors’ Choice Awards: Disc Players $2,000 – $10,000 by TAS Staff September 2, 2016 Categories: Disc players, Multi-format disc players Ayon Audio CD-3sx CD-player/DAC/Preamplifier The Class A vacuum-tube-based CD-3sx has the capability to serve as a CD player,…
September 2016 & Magazine Best Audiophile Product of 2016 Blue Note Award Best Of 2016 Blue Note Equipment Awards Ayon Audio Crossfire EVO Monoblock Power Amplifier Price: €22,500 / pair with AA62B, €25,000 / pair with AA82B Ayon Audio Crossfire EVO Monoblock Power Amplifier “I have been using Ayon’s preamplifiers…
Ayon Scorpio Mono “The entrance into real high-end mono vacuum tube amplification”. The Scorpio represents a dramatic rethinking of economic vacuum tube basedmonoblock amplifier. The Scorpio monoblock combines neutrality, realistic dynamics andpower projection, true musicality with high resolution.Perfect finish, elegant discrete design and outstanding sonic performancemake the “Scorpio” unique, setting a…
AYON S-3 JUNIOR ENGLISH VER. Opinion 1 We did write already about unification, where some brands reach levels nearing perfection, so many times, that we cannot count it anymore, but today’s example confused me a bit. This because remembering the previous unit, despite rumors about my senility and old…
The Neoteric Listener – The Ayon Scorpio Integrated and CD-07s Compact Disc Player 06-20-2016 | By Dean Seislove | Issue 85 The Ayon Audio Scorpio is a heavy, Class A integrated amplifier made of high grade aluminum and powered by gleaming KT88 and 12AU7 tubes. One look and listen, and you know…
Ayon Auris II Preamplifier AYON AUDIO AWARDED “BEST SOUND” MUNICH HIGH END AUDIO SHOW 2015 ! REVIEW SUMMARY: “Auris gave some body to this image. It put the whole sound more “stable onto the ground”. It filled the air with lively tissue and loaded some serious mass wherever needed. It…
Irvine, California Jonathan Valin – The Absolute Sound Lumen White intro’d its $70k White Light 25th Anniversary three-way with ceramic drivers driven by Ayon XS monos, and the sound was so good I gave it a double exclamation point in my notes. With an extremely wide soundstage with virtually no…
Irvine, California (June 3-5, 2016) “Best of Show” – Cost No Object – Robert Harley Robert Harley – The Absolute Sound – Lumenwhite White Light 25 Anniversary Loudspeaker – “Best of Show” Robert Harley’s Best of Show Best Sound (cost no object) The newly introduced Lumen White White Light speaker from Switzerland ($70k) not…
Ayon HA-3 “STATE – OF – THE ART” The HA-3 was developed for headphone lovers searching exclusively the very special music experience. It impresses with it’s Single-Ended-Triode technology taken to its respective extremes by Ayon in all their products. Selected in-house AA45 Mesh super triodes, the perhaps most perfect and…
Booth C 03, Hall 1 ( Living Sound GmbH – Ayon Audio – Lumen White ) 05th – 08th May 2016 M,O,C, MünchenLilienthalallee 4080939 MünchenGermany
Herewith we announce that the Axiss Corporation has taken over the Ayon rights of distribution for Japan and will immediately commence introducing Ayon Audio into the market. Axiss Corporation 2 Chrome 34-27 Jingumae,Shibuya,150-0001 Tokyo Japan Phone: +81 3 5410-0071Email: post@axiss.co.jpHomepage: www.axiss.co.jp
An updated USB-XMOS driver (PCM24-192 & DSD ) for WIN7 – WIN10 is available. Version v3.20.0 This driver is suitable for following models: CD-1sc, CD-3s, CD-5s, CD-07s, CD-1sx, CD-3sx, Sigma, Stealth and Stratos.
Ayon Blog Review from Audio-Philia March 26, 2016 – Linda Gray Introducing Ayon Audio – New to Audio-philia Timeless Design. Magic Sound. Ayon Audio is an award-winning Austrian company offering one of the most extensive and highly regarded ranges of vacuum tube components in the world,…
Ayon Spitfire – March 2016 Click Here To Open (English) Click Here to Open (Deutsche)
AYON SPITFIRE ENGLISH VER. Opinion 1 During telephone calls on the occasion of the test of the third version of the Crossfire, as well as during face to face meetings in the Krakow location of Nautilus, I heard from Gerhard Hirt, that there is no room for improvement in an…
Ayon Audio CD-3sx CD Player/DAC/Preamplifier Class A Tube Satisfaction Equipment report by Andre Jennings | January, 2015 Ayon Audio CD-3sx CD Player/DAC/Preamplifier Class A Tube Satisfaction Categories: Tubed preamplifiers, Disc players, Digital-to-analog converters | Products: Ayon Audio CS-3sx Ayon Audio CD-3sx CD Player/DAC/Preamplifier From the time digital music became a…