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AYON AUDIO is an Austrian company specializing in expensive and very expensive audio components: amplifiers, digital sources and speakers. In 2008, however, it unveiled an amplifier cos;ng just 7,500 zloty called Orion. The SCORPIO series of amplifiers is based on this design, adding better components to it. We are…
READ MOREAYON AUDIO is an Austrian audio manufacturer, founded over 30 years ago, whose boss and chief designer is GERHARD HIRT. The company’s lineup includes a number of tube devices – amplifiers, preamplifiers, CD and file players, DACs, but also high-end loudspeakers. Most of them are high-end components, some are more…
READ MOREHifistatement’s choice for the Statement in High Fidelity | German Edition 2023 is the Ayon Crossfire Evo, that Mr. Carsten Bussler reviewed: “The Crossfire Evo is a tube integrated amplifier that is technically mature to the last detail and is one of the best units on the world market in…
READ MOREAyon CD-35 II – Check out this review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppggMtL_k9Y
READ MOREEnjoy The Music Magazine Ayon Triton P/A Stereo Amp Legendary Performance Award Pure Class A – Pentode Triode Operation
READ MOREEnjoy The Music Magazine Ayon Triton EVO Legendary Performance Award Pure Class A – Pentode Triode Operation
READ MOREAyon Audio – The Absolute Sound “The Bugatti of Audio” Award
READ MOREAyon Warsaw High End Audio Show 2019 “Best Sound Cost No Object” Ayon Audio put on quite the show, a one of kind very special live event in this Huge Suite, remarkable live performance at the Warsaw High End Audio Show 2019
READ MOREEditors Choice Award 2018 – The Absolute Sound
READ MOREHigh Fidelity Bestows it’s Red Fingerprint Award to Ayon Audio’s Spirit V Amplifier!
READ MOREAyon Audio Spirit V Review by Wojciech Pacuta July 1, 2019 WORLD PREMIERE GERHARD HIRT knows the audio world like the back of his own hand. He works with many well-known technology companies, is the owner of a part of the former TESLA…
READ MOREAyon Audio & Lumenwhite – T.H.E. Show 2019 Neil Gader’s Highlights from Long Beach Show by Neil Gader | Jun 20th, 2019 Southern California has an audio show problem. It’s not new, and it’s not clear why. Perhaps it’s the slow-burn of internecine rivalries, sketchy venue selection and promotion (remember…
READ MORET.H.E. Show 2019: Ayon Audio, Lumenwhite and the (valve) Glass Menagerie Rafe Arnott | Jun 15, 2019 “Strange things are afoot at the Cirlce-K.” – Ted, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure A relatable quote if you’ve ever been to a hi-fi trade show and tried to make sense of hundreds of rooms full…
READ MORET.H.E. Show 2019 – Ayon Epsilon Gen 4, Auris and S-10, LumenWhite Kyara Speakers, and BBS Racks Jason Victor Serinus – June 12, 2019 I visited three large rooms on the second floor, and all of them suffered from soft, moveable air walls whose porous surfaces and interior…
READ MOREAyon Audio, LumenWhite HIGH END Munich 2019 Show Report By Steven R. Rochlin “Best Sound Cost No Object” Award! Just as during their debut at AXPONA 2019, Ayon Audio had their sweet looking pure Class A Epsilon Evo Mono vacuum tube amplifiers (€20,000) here at HIGH END 2019. A nice…
READ MOREAyon Lumenwhite “Best Sound” Axpona Show 2019
READ MOREAyon Audio & Lumen White – Show picture (retrospective) Demo System: Ayon – BlackCrane Ayon – Epsilon Ayon – Conquistador / Linestage Ayon – Spheris Phonostage Ayon – S10 Signature Ayon – CD35 HF Transrotor -Turntable Siltech – Cables Acoustic elements & room treatment by Sonitus
READ MOREPositive Feedback 2018 Writers’ Choice Award – Ayon Audio Ayon Titan EVO Monoblock Tube Amplifiers Price $57,000 per pair The 15th Annual Positive Feedback Writers’ Choice Awards for 2018 11-20-2018 | By Editors at Positive Feedback | Issue 100 Gary Lea Ayon Titan EVO Monoblock Tube Amplifiers Price $57,000 per pair During my…
READ MORERMAF 2018 Show Report – The Absolute Sound Ayon Audio Lumenwhite Electronics $15k and Up By Julie Mullins | Nov 01st, 2018 Most Significant New Products ! A pair of the Ayon Audio Epsilon Gen 4 monoblock amplifiers ($18,000/pr.), one of which is pictured below, were introduced in a system with an Ayon…
READ MORERMAF 2018: Must See Rooms of Friday – Ayon Audio Lumenwhite Posted on October 6, 2018 by Eric Franklin Shhok in RMAF, RMAF 2018 There are over 400 brands exhibiting here at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Making this event one of largest audio shows in North America. For some this can seem…
READ MOREAyon Audio Lumenwhite Awarded ” Best Sound” & Audio Oasis Award! Axpona High End Audio Show – Chicago, Illinois 2018 April 13 – 15, 2018 Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center – Schaumburg, IL World Class Ayon Audio Austria & Lumenwhite at the AXPONA High End Audio Show 2018 – Come…
READ MOREAxpona 2018 Audio Oasis Award to Ayon Audio Lumenwhite – Positive Feedback
READ MOREAXPONA 2018 Show Report – Ayon Audio Lumenwhite My Top Room for Sound Positive Feedback 04-20-2018 | By Robert S. Youman | Issue 97 AXPONA 2018 was an absolute delight. More head count. More smiling faces. More listening rooms. Friendly hosts. Friendly patrons. It wasn’t the shoulder to shoulder crush of…
READ MOREAyon Audio – Made in Austria Ayon Audio, world class manufacturer of high performance – vacuum tube audio products for over 30 years! “The Bugatti of Audio” Award – The Absolute Sound “Best Sound” Cost No Object Award Winner, year after year, High End Audio Show Winner RMAF Denver, The…
READ MOREAyon Audio CD-35 HF: BEST PRODUCT 2017 – High Fidelity.pl – Poland Ayon Audio CD-35 HF (HIGH FIDELITY EDITION) TEST: No. 164 | December 2017 Award: GOLD Fingerprint The point of reference for this player were analogue master tapes. Although every second manufacturer declares that they strive to find…
READ MOREBest of the Best Award 2017: Ayon Audio CD-35 LumenWhite – High Fidelity Ayon Audio CD-35 Best of the Best Award 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…
READ MOREThe 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…
READ MOREAyon Audio CD-35 HF (HIGH FIDELITY EDITION)TEST: No. 164 | December 2017Award: GOLD Fingerprint The point of reference for this player were analogue master tapes. Although every second manufacturer declares that they strive to find out the musical truth in this way, I happen to know that this is not…
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 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 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 done…
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 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 MOREMost Wanted 2016 Ayon Odin III „The Stereo Times“ – Most Wanted 2016 Award, USA
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 MOREPositive Feedback – Ayon Triton III
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 year. You can think of it as our equivalent…
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READ MORET.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…
READ MOREAyon 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, a…
READ MORESeptember 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 for…
READ MOREIrvine, California (June 3-5, 2016) “Best of Show” – Cost No Object – Robert Harley Robert Harley – The Absolute Sound – Lumenwhite White Light 25 Anniversary Loudspeaker – “Best of Show” Robert Harley’s Best of Show Best Sound (cost no object) The newly introduced Lumen White White Light speaker from Switzerland ($70k) not…
READ MOREAugust 2015 World Premiere! Ayon Audio Crossfire EVO Monoblock Power Amplifier Ayon Audio’s Crossfire Evo produces an amazingly rich, tuneful sound with tonal balance. Review By Wojciech Pacuła August 2015 When we carried Ayon Audio’s Crossfire Evo monoblock amplifier for review to my apartment on the fourth…
READ MOREGOLD FINGERPRINT Award AYON AUDIO SPHERIS III Development of current version of this preamplifier took 25 years – it is really hard to imagine – a quarter of a century! That also means 25 years of investing in a project – it took not only a lot of time but…
READ MOREAyon 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…
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