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Gold Fingerprint Award 2017- Ayon Audio CD-35 High Fidelity

December 15, 2017

The SPECIAL AWARD category is some kind of “Best of the Best”, but, apart from sound, we also take into account the given idea, people engaged in the project and the influence of the product on the audio world. This year, we have awarded two companies: Ayon Audio and Verictum…

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Ayon Audio Triton III Review – HiFi Review

December 10, 2017

AMPLIFIER AYON TRITON III This heavy integrated amplifier created, it seems, in defiance of the skeptics who believe that tube amplifiers without environmental protection are not compatible with a complex load. “Triton” third generation, like its predecessor, is also able to control the most obstinate acoustics. In addition, 100 W…

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Ayon Audio Triton III KT150 Review – Stereo Mojo

December 1, 2017

* POSITIVE FEEDBACK WRITERS CHOICE AWARD 2016 “THE SHOW ” –  NEWPORT WINNER * TAS EDITORS’ CHOICE AWARD * AYON AUDIO “BEST OF SHOW” WINNER AT RMAF – CES LAS VEGAS & SALON SON IMAGE SHOW MONTREAL CANADA!! NEWPORT SHOW CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK AUDIO SHOW! SF AUDIO SHOW! Because of…

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Ayon Audio Show Awards 2017

December 1, 2017

Ayon Audio Awards (some of 2017)   Steven R. Rochlin of Enjoy The Music – ” Best Sound” Ayon Lumenwhite – RMAF High End Audio Show 2017 Denver, CO. Ayon Audio and Lumenwhite keep getting Best Of Sound at shows from not just us, but from other mags too and so…

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Best of Sound of the Show – Warsaw 2017 Award to Ayon Audio – High Fidelity

November 21, 2017

Ayon Audio: Best Sound of the Show – Warsaw, Nov. 2017   “The setups made by Gerhard Hirt, Ayon Audio founder, surprise us each year. This time we were sitting under the artificial ceiling made of dozens acoustic modules. And another ones placed at the sides. (…) Last tweaks were…

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Ayon Audio CD-35 Audio Reference Posting

November 4, 2017

Ayon CD-35 State-Of-Art tube CD/SACD Player / DAC – fully balanced CD-35 CD/SACD PLAYER(w optional PREAMP & Signature modules avaibale extra) The Ayon CD-35 establishes a new benchmark in SE-Triode vacuum-tube CD/SACDPlayer performance by combining a fully balanced PCM-DSD DAC. The CD-35 is also prepared for computer playback and general…

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RMAF 2017 Show Report – Ayon Audio’s Lumen White -The Absolute Sound

October 24, 2017

The Absolute Sound – Dick Olsher’s Best of Show – RMAF 2017 Most Coveted Product: For me it was the new Lumen White Kyara Studio Reference Monitors. Excellent transient precision and bass line definition even under difficult show conditions.

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RMAF 2017 Show Report: Ayon Audio Lumenwhite – Enjoy The Music

October 18, 2017

                                 Ayon Audio and Lumenwhite at the RMAF 2017   Ayon Audio and Lumenwhite keep getting Best Of Sound at shows from not just us, but from other mags too and so once again they…

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Ayon Audio CD-10 SoundRebels Review

October 16, 2017

AYON CD-10 ENGLISH VER. Opinion 1 Like Mark Twain used to say, the rumors that the CD is dead are vastly exaggerated. After first hype about the files, and the return of the vinyl, it turned out, that there is also place for the silver disc. But to draw such…

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Audio Bacon RMAF 2017 Grand Show Report – Ayon Audio Lumen White

October 16, 2017

RMAF 2017 – Ayon Lumenwhite “Best Sound” of Show   The Lumen White Kyara ($49,900/pair) and Ayon Audio Orthos XS Gen 4 mono blocks ($29,000/pair) were one of the best sounds from the show. The soundstage was unbelievably wide, stretching way beyond the boundaries of the small hotel room. There’s…

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RMAF 2017 Show- Ayon Audio Review – Stereophile

October 13, 2017

Jana’s RMAF Weekend Continues . . . Jana Dagdagan           |              Oct 13, 2017 Have you heard of xiao long bao (aka “soup dumplings”)? Not to be confused with any other type of dumpling, this semi-recent foodie sensation in the West hails…

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Ayon Audio CD-10 Hi-Fi Choice Test and Review

October 5, 2017

Ayon CD-10  CD/SACD              TEST The new Ayon CD-10 CD / SACD player replaces the previously produced CD-1x and CD-07s constructions in the catalog, becoming the most powerful middle-class model that the Austrian manufacturer has released to date Date: 2017-10-05 Author: Arkadiusz Ogrodnik The Austrian Ayon regularly visits…

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Ayon Audio CD-07 Review – Hi-Fi Choice

September 29, 2017

Ayon CD-07 CD player A touch of glass Can this substantial valve output CD player mix it with the hardcore contenders? Jason Kennedy finds out Ayon is an Austrian company that produces sources, amplifi ers and loudspeakers, as well as glass audio components. It makes its own power valves at…

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LAAS Show 2017 Ayon Audio – Enjoy the Music

June 19, 2017

Los Angeles Audio Show 2017 Report LAAS 2017 Show Report “Best Sound” Cost No Object – Ayon Audio, Lumen White LAAS 2017 High-End Audio Show Report Wait what the??? Ayon Audio is a normal room? After many years of attending shows you simply get kinda sorta useta who’s room is…

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Ayon Audio CD-10 Hi Fi Review

June 9, 2017

Ayon CD-10 Player By Greg Borrowman | Friday, 09 June 2017 06:31 Ayon Audio has released its CD-10 SACD/CD player, which is a re-design of the company’s CD-1sx. It has a new DAC, a switchable PCM-DSD converter, a magnetic disc clamp and a 6H30 single-ended triode output stage. ‘Ayon’s new…

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Ayon Audio Vulcan Evo – Positive Feedback Review

May 6, 2017

Ayon Audio Vulcan Evo Amplifiers 05-06-2017                 |           By Brad Morrical               | Issue 9 Ayon Audio has over the last 15 years become one of the best known high end tube amplifier manufacturers, at…

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Ayon Audio CD-35 HiFi Critic Review

April 21, 2017

Ayon CD-35 CD/SACD Player Reviewer: JULIAN MUSGRAVE “ The Ayon is a masterpiece of High End design and execution. ….Anne-Sophie Mutter’s violin sounds richer on the CD-35 than on the other players, and has impressive fluidity and texture”.    SUMMARY: The Ayon is a masterpiece of High End design and execution.…

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Ayon Audio Crossfire Evo Review – SoundRebels

April 10, 2017

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…

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Ayon Audio S-10 Network Player Review: HIFI Statement

March 27, 2017

  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…

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Ayon Audio CD-35 SoundRebels Review

January 29, 2017

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 Audio CD-35 Review by High Fidelity

January 14, 2017

Super Audio CD Player: Ayon Audio CD-35 By Wojciech Pacula                                      January 2017                                         …

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Ayon Audio CD-35 Positive Feedback’s Review

January 1, 2017

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…

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Ayon Audio Triton III – Positive Feedback Writer’s Choice 2016 Award and Review

November 18, 2016

                            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…

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Ayon Audio Sigma Review – hi-fi advice.com

November 16, 2016

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…

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Ayon Audio Triton III Review – Positive Feedback

November 14, 2016

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…

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Ayon Audio Scorpio Mono – High Fidelity Review

November 2, 2016

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…

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2016 Review/ Award for Ayon Audio – Enjoy the Music

September 26, 2016

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…

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2016 Editors’ Choice Award: Ayon Audio CD-3sx — The Absolute Sound

September 2, 2016

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,…

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2016 Blue Note Award: Ayon Audio Crossfire EVO – Enjoy The Music

September 1, 2016

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…

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Ayon Audio S-3 Junior Review – SoundRebels

June 22, 2016

  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…

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Ayon Audio Scorpio Integrated and CD-07s Review – Positive Feedback

June 20, 2016

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…

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Ayon Audio Auris II Review – Audio Reference

June 15, 2016

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…

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Ayon Audio – Blog Review from Audio-Philia

March 26, 2016

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,…

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Ayon Audio Spitfire Review – SoundRebels

March 21, 2016

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…

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Ayon Audio CD-3sx Review – The Absolute Sound

February 19, 2016

Ayon Audio CD-3sx CD Player/DAC/Preamplifier Class A Tube Satisfaction Equipment report by Andre Jennings | Feb 19th, 2016 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…

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Ayon Audio CD-2s: High Fidelity Review

October 29, 2015

Ayon CD-2s   It is not so long ago that I tested the cheapest, at least to date, player from the Austrian company Ayon Audio, the model CD-07. It does not take much cunning, to deduce from the test, that I liked it, and the conclusion of that article, “the…

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Ayon Audio S-3 Review – HiFi Review

July 27, 2015

NETWORK PLAYER AYON S-3 All the traditional formats – vinyl records, cassettes, CDs, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. – created at the initiative of the electronics industry. The public could only humbly show interest in them, getting the carriers themselves and reproducing apparatus. However, in the 90-ies of the last century a…

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2015 Newport Audio Show Report- Ayon Audio – The Absolute Sound

June 4, 2015

2015 Newport Audio Show Report Show Report by Paul Seydon       |           Jun 04th, 2015 Categories: Solid-state power amplifiers, Tubed power amplifiers, Solid-state preamplifiers, Tubed preamplifiers, Integrated amplifiers. Are there now too many audio shows? I ask because, coming hard on the heels of the…

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Ayon Audio CD-1sx Review SoundRebels

February 12, 2015

Ayon Audio CD-1sx Review SoundRebels – “Vacuum Tube CDP Bliss” Ayon CD-1sx The introduction to this review took me longer than expected. On one hand this was due to the unification of the product line of this manufacturer, on the other a highly recognizable design of the products. Probably this…

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Ayon Audio Spheris Phonostage Review – SoundRebels

February 8, 2015

AYON SPHERIS PHONOSTAGE ENGLISH VER. The current trend of growing interest in vinyl resulted in more and more companies having a phonostage in their catalog. The bigger players in the branch have even more than one model, covering all price levels they operate on. Of course to be able to…

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Ayon Audio Spheris III Review and Award – High Fidelity

January 27, 2015

Ayon Spheris III Linestage By Wojciech Pacula                               January 2015                                No. 128 My memories from (I think) the first edition of High…

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Ayon Audio Stealth Review – The Absolute Sound

December 4, 2014

Ayon Stealth DAC/Preamplifier Long-Term Satisfaction by Dick Olsher     December 4, 2014 What’s in a model name? Well, sometimes not much at all when it’s merely an arbitrary numerical designation and a potential source of confusion for my slightly dyslexic mind. On the other hand, Ayon’s choice of model name…

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Ayon Audio Spheris III Test and Review – HIFI Statement

October 13, 2014

Ayon Spheris III 13.10.2014 // JÜRGEN SAILE What happens when a company like Ayon Audio once pulls out all stops and leaves the technicians off the leash? Sends the controller together with red pencil on vacation? This is what happened with the new Spheris III precursor. At least it seems. But I will do…

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Ayon Audio CD 3sx Review – Audiophile Magazine

September 23, 2014

Ayon Audio CD-3sx This is the conclusion of a three page review of the CD-3sx (English translation of German article from September/October 2014 issue of Audiophile Magazine) Conclusion The CD-3sx turntable seems to me to be a successful product, as much for the CD part as for the DAC and…

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Ayon Audio Sigma DAC Review – Enjoy the Music

August 25, 2014

August 2014 World Premiere! Ayon Audio Sigma 32/192 PCM And 2.3/5.6 MHz DSD DAC With Preamplifier A warm and engaging DAC. Review By Wotjek Pacuła   Life’s easier for the big guys. Starting from kindergarten, through primary school and into the business world. And here we have the Ayon Audio Sigma…

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Ayon Audio Polaris III and Orthos XS Review – haute fidelite

August 10, 2014

AYON POLARIS III & ORTHOS XS These particularly accomplished and innovative new electronics feature stunning technical specifications. Rather than figures with very relative meaning, it is through listening that we have discovered animals as ferocious as they are subtle.   The electronic tubes really different, radical but musically haunting are quite rare…

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Ayon Audio Crossfire III Review – High Fidelity

July 5, 2014

Ayon Audio Crossfire III Review by: Marek Dyba                                                       Published: 5 July No. 122 To find out which version of Ayon Crossfire one is facing,…

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Ayon Audio at T.H.E. Show Newport 2014 – Stereophile

June 5, 2014

T.H.E Show 2014: Day 2 Continued Jason Victor Serinus    |  Jun 5, 2014 Ayon at T.H.E. Newport Show 2014 There were lots of systems in the Ayon Audio room, including this one that included, courtesy of Charles Harrison, the very first pair of new, made in the USA Tube Audio…

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Ayon Audio Orthos XS Review – High Fidelity

March 6, 2014

Ayon Orthos XS Power Amplifier By: Marek Dyba                                    March 6, 2014     No. 118 Manufacturers of different products have, in general, two main choices – they can adjust to the trends that drive…

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Ayon Audio Epsilon Review – Audio Reference

December 24, 2013

Ayon Epsilon Monoblock AYON EPSILON – “HXOS” (Greece) 5-star award The Epsilon Monoblock immediately makes clear its wider power bandwidth with more speed, top-end air, detailed resolution and more articulate combined with an impactful bass. It has also a wonderful ability to unravel complex musical threads with grain less purity…

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