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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…
READ MOREBest 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 done literally before…
READ MORE* 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…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MORE(Ayon Audio & Lumen White) November 04th & 05th, 2017 – Switzerland
READ MOREHi-End Show – Warsaw / Poland, November 17th – 19th, 2017 Ayon Audio & Lumen White – Show picture (retrospective) Demo System: Lumen White – Kyara Ayon – Vulcan Evo Ayon – Spheris III Ayon – Spheris Phonostage Ayon – S10 Signature Ayon – CD35 HF Transrotor -Turntable Siltech –…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREIt is not that Gerhard Hirt is able to prepare a system worth awarding the Best Sound Award for each exhibition, at least not in Munich. In Warsaw, however, he seems to have a patent for preparing one of the best exhibition systems. The problem with exhibitions in Munich is…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREThe 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.
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREAYON 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…
READ MORERMAF 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…
READ MOREJana’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…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREAyon CD-T II After more than 5 years’ production time of the CD-T and its unbroken success we have decided to essentially rework it and equip it with some special features. We have kept the legendary Philips Pro drive (to our opinion one of the best sounding CD-drive ever built…
READ MOREAyon CD-35 HF Best Product of 2017 Whipped up by the great success of the CD-35 we got more and more requests to launch a special and limited Version of the CD-35, quasi a “digital” machine that should as “analogue” as never before. All music lovers engaged in top analogue…
READ MOREReview summary: English Translation “Actually, this machine is completely crazy. Or absolutely ingenious?” “The Austrians, famous for sheer monumental solutions, indeed do not incorporate in their top-player one of the usual “me too..” valve assemblies but rather an absolutely cunning elaborate amplifier section equipped with noblest components, and moreover relies…
READ MORELos 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…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MORERobert Harley on Electronics By Robert Harley, Jun 06th, 2017 RH’s Best of Show Best Sound (cost no object) USA Tube Audio’s demonstration of the new Lumen White speakers driven by Ayon electronics was spectacularly great, with wall-to-wall soundstaging. Close your eyes and you’d never know that you were in…
READ MOREby Thanasis Moraitis (Greece) for HIEND NEWS – Ultimate Newspaper & Deals of HIEND Audio Equipment web magazine. From Austria to Greece: Ayon ‘Tmeless Design’ Setup by Audio Design Ayon ‘Timeless Design’ Setup in Greece Two evenings with Aurstian Ayon Audio Ayon System Check! by Thanasis Moraitis Oι επισκέψεις μας σε…
READ MOREAyon Conquistador “State of the Art & Cost – no – Object” Timeless beauty – elegant, pure and full of innovative technology This preamp is inimitable with a unique character. With the Conquistador everything started with a blank sheet of paper. Developing and designing a new project you must think…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREVisit us on our next exhibition: HIGH END 2017 – Ayon Audio 18.-21. MAY 2017 MUNICH HIGHEND2017.DE Booth D03, Hall 1 ( Living Sound GmbH : Ayon Audio & Lumen White ) 18 th – 21th May 2017 M.O.C. München Lilienthalallee 40 80939 München Germany
READ MORESome review quotes: English Translation Also in the HA-3 and practically unchanged you find again Ayon’s tonal philosophy already known from the big powerful triode amps. This includes a dry, acutely firm, and voluminous bass-fundament, that also here became unmistakably manifest with the rather slimly “predisposed” Sennheiser HD800. Impact and…
READ MOREAyon 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.…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREReview 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…
READ MORE03-01-2017 | 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…
READ MOREAyon 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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READ MOREAyon CD-35 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 an advanced technology…
READ MORESuper Audio CD Player: Ayon Audio CD-35 By Wojciech Pacula January 2017 …
READ MOREThe 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…
READ MOREMost Wanted 2016 Ayon Odin III „The Stereo Times“ – Most Wanted 2016 Award, USA
READ MOREDecember 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…
READ MORESpecial 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…
READ MOREAyon 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…
READ MOREOpinion 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,…
READ MOREBeginning 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…
READ MOREAyon 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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