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Ayon S-3 Test 7-27-2015 // Roland Dietl Digital-to-analog converters have experienced rapid development in recent years, and the days when music was hard-coded by high-end supporters are long gone. In order to transport the music as lossless as possible from a mass storage device (NAS or USB hard disk)…
“ Timeless design, modern elegance and state-of-the-art technology “ A loudspeaker masterpiece with breathtaking musicality, transparency and extraordinary dynamics. With this flagship the Austrian master craftsmanship made a totally outstanding and a unique three-part cabinet design. A distinctive cabinet with highest level of difficulties (perhaps one of the most difficult…
By Jason Victor Serinus – “Stereophile” – USA Virtually every system on the lobby level of the Hotel Irvine qualified as cost-no-object, with some being more stratospherically priced than others. What immediately seized the attention of everyone who entered this extremely large room was the marvelously full range, convincingly colorful…
Meanwhile many professional UPnP-control apps are established, available partially for free or for a small fee. A control-app is like a visual remote control and the customer requirements regarding the surface design etc. have become so manifold that customers use several depending upon their requirements and preferences. Therefore Ayon Audio…
Demo Equipment: Loudspeaker: Lumen White – White Light “Anniversary”Analog Turntable: Lumen White – MysterePower amplifier: Ayon – Crossfire Evolution & AlphaPre amp: Ayon – Spheris III – LinestagePhonostage: Ayon – SpherisCD-Transport: Ayon CD-TNetwork-Transport: Ayon NW-TDAC: Ayon Sigma & Stealth
A new firmware ( v8.0.24.42 ) for the S-3, S-5, NW-T and NW-T-DSD is available as download. NOTE: Do not interrupt the power supply, internet connection or switching the input selector while the update download is active! Changes since Ayon_v8.0.24.41: • Workaround for JRiver sending incorrect AIFF mime type. •…
Hall 1 S03 14th May 2015 – 17th May 2015 M,O,C, MünchenLilienthalallee 4080939 MünchenGermany
We are proud to introduce a new generation of fully balanced designed KT150 stereo power amplifier, the Spirit PA. It took years of development and refinement resulting in unique minimalist true balanced circuit topology to produce an accurate and seductive holographic soundstage.Musical finesse with fine details and powerful performance has…
“One of the most superb sounding and powerful single-ended triode amplifier”. The new driver stage for the Vulcan Evo amplifier has been completely new re-designed and is operating now by our own new AA20B driver tube as well to provide for the shortest signal path and the most direct signal…
A new firmware ( v8.0.24.41 ) for the S-3, S-5 and NW-T is available as download. NOTE: Do not interrupt the power supply, internet connection or switching the input selector while the update download is active! Changes: Deactivated external clock mode in CnE. Fixed PLAY COMMAND incorrect implementation. added termination…
March 2015, Germany Some review quotes: English Translation Ultimate big soundThe Vulcan Evo of course obeys the well known Ayon principles, i.e. features an automatic bias control system including tube test program. Additionally there are protective circuits making the giant amplifier extremely operationally safe. Consequently it is not a big…
“One of the most superb sounding single-ended triode amplifier”. The Ayon Crossfire Evo is the little brother of our famous “Vulcan Evo” amplifier.The new driver stage for the Crossfire Evo amplifier has been completely new re-designed and is operating now by our own new AA20B driver tube as well to…
Ayon Spheris III High Fidelity’s BEST PRODUCT 2014 Award, Poland A preamplifier is a heart of a classic, analogue audio system. The final sonic effect relies a lot on how well this “heart” works. Many manufacturers don’t understand that, treating this element of the system lightly, often not realizing how different it…
December 2014, Germany Some review quotes: English Translation A real stunner; also the sound of the strict single-ended amp is typical Ayon and triodes: earthy, three-dimensionally large, colorful, well defined, much more powerful than you would assume looking at the data and not without the smooth natural sound of good…
November 6-8, 2014 Ayon equipment in Demo there: Crossfire Evolution – Monoblock Spheris III – Linestage Spheris – Phonostage CD-T – CD-Transport NW-T – Network-Transport Sigma – D/A Converter
STEREOPHILE – John Atkinson My final room Sunday afternoon was the Ayon and USA Tube Audio Labs. Not only did the last company’s Tineo J horn speakers, with their powered stereo subwoofers operating below 70Hz($35,000/system) catch my eye, their sound, driven by Ayon’s Titan mono amplifiers ($68,000/pair) and Spheris III…
Review summary: English TranslationThe fundamental sound signature of the CD-3sx really – independent from the source – is in the very best sense “ayonic”, i.e. bursting with energy, enormously rich in content, and , let’s call it this way, “juicy”, in the sense of sappy. Delicious: a strong stirring joy…
August 2014, Germany Review summary: English TranslationAlan Parson’s “I Robot” flashed and grooved around the listeners’ ears, seemed more lively and warmer than ever. Surprising, however, that the often claimed disadvantages of tubes i.e. a restrained fundamental tone or a smooth bass never ever appeared.On the contrary: with her rather…
A new firmware ( v8.0.21.38 ) for the S-3, S-5 and NW-T is available as download. NOTE: Do not interrupt the power supply, internet connection or switching the input selector while the update download is active.
Playback of DoP (DSD over PCM) and native DSD is supported by e.g. JRiver Media Center. Existing NW-T’s can be upgraded to the DSD version too.
A new firmware ( v8.0.21.38 ) for the NW-T/DSD is available as download. NOTE: Do not interrupt the power supply, internet connection or switching the input selector while the update download is active. Changes Added the DSF Support key (for enabling native DSD playback). Fixed DSD and PCM playback: no…
Acustic Arts 1 MK3 $5530 & Amp 1 MK2 $6490 By – James L. Darby April, 2014 If it’s one thing I’ve learned in this life, it is that we have to control our expectations. If our expectations are too low, we can set ourselves up for failure. If…
April 2014 — Germany Review summary: English Translation Streamer at the edge! Ayon invested with love and understanding in a tonally superior tube preamp-DAC. Now there is no longer an excuse for the classical high-ender: the new network-heaven begins here. Price-performance: outstanding Decorated with the Stereoplay Reference logo Test…
A new controller app under the app name “Ayon Audio” for iPhone/iPod/iPad (Apple – iTunes) and Android (Google Play) are available and online. 20th February 2014
AYON SPIRIT 3 – KT150 ENGLISH VER. Opinion 1 As I already mentioned on Facebook, this is my third meeting with the model Spirit 3 from the Austrian manufacturer Ayon. This situation may be seen as a joke, because you might think, that the distributor is sending the device as…
Audio Magazine Cover! January 2014 — Germany Read more . . .
A new firmware ( v8.0.17.28 ) for the S-3, S-5 and NW-T is available as download. NOTE: Do not interrupt the power supply, internet connection or switching the input selector while the update download is active ! Changes mute line is active while startup and while audio in pause mode fixed…
December 2013, Germany Some review quotes: English Translation “This integrated amplifier is not only powerful, consistently precise, and definitely tonally extremely well balanced, it also delivers so much colour and fine differences, that one could get enthusiastic about it. The massive power of the bass unexpectedly appears when needed. However,…
