Ayon Audio & Synergistic Research RMAF 2010

: Ayon Audio Triton Power Amplifier 125+125 Class A in Pentode and 80+80 Class A in Triode Mode and the Ayon Audio CD-5 Tube CD Player, Tube DAC, Tube Preamp. The PowerCell 4, TeslaPlex SE, G07 US and Schuko wall and IEC connectors (3), Galileo Element- Silver ultra performance interconnect, TESLA SE power cords (7), BIG MiG’s, Precision AC basik- a new high performance, high value power cord.

A pair of YG’s new two-way Carmel speakers ($18,000/pair) was being powered by an Ayon tube amp and Ayon CD player. The room was completely bare, other than the tiny devices that you can see on the wall above and to the side of each speaker, with other "bass” devices in front of the speakers and on the wall behind the CD player.

Both Jason and I have commented in our reports on the generally problematic acoustics of the small rooms in the Marriott’s Tower, and how other exhibitors had tried to deal with them with Tube Traps, absorbers, and diffusors. All I can say is that in this bare, untreated room—untreated in the conventional manner, that is—the sound of the Carmels was way better than when I first heard them at the 2010 CES. The balance was mellow and musically involving and it was almost as if the acoustics of the room were being sidestepped.

John Atkinson

: Synergistic Research Galileo Universal Speaker Cell

: Synergistic Research's lead designer Ted Denney takes a break from the action. Ayon Audio USA extends their Thank You to Synergistic Research, for making RMAF 2010 the Best Ever! A Great Team at Synergistic Research.