• 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
• All line inputs - impedance > 1MOhm
• 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
• VTC – “volume transformer control”, 2 channels / 24 position stepped attenuator
• This stepped volume control system has gold plated contacts and a channel balance within +/- 0.05dB
• 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
  MC phono step transformer
• Balanced output step transformer
• DC-Power filter
• 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 level & Mute
• All front & rear panel descriptions are engraved
• The feet are resonance absorbing types
• Chassis finish: Black

Power Supply

• External tube-regulated and rectified & stabilized power supply
• A large toroidal power transformer is encased, excellent damped and RFI/EMI ultra-shielded (custom-made for Ayon)
• Separate power transformer for RC motor
• Tube-regulated & stabilized
• Ouad tube rectification
• Choke power supply
• AC Phase polarity control indicator
• Warm-up muting period for extending tube life time

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