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Ayon Audio CD-3sx Review – The Absolute Sound

February 19, 2016
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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 a mainstream format (in the…

Ayon Audio CD-2s: High Fidelity Review

October 29, 2015
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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 best device Ayon produced” echoed…

Ayon Audio S-3 Review – HiFi Review

July 27, 2015
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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 quiet, peaceful revolution – a…

Ayon Audio CD-1sx Review SoundRebels

March 12, 2015
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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 has launched your association mechanisms…

Ayon Audio Stealth Review – The Absolute Sound

December 4, 2014
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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 strikes me as perfectly befitting…

Ayon CD-3sx : Fidelity – September/October 2014, Germany

October 7, 2014
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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 of listening that always expands…

Ayon Audio CD 3sx Review – Audiophile Magazine

September 23, 2014
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  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 its accessibility. Its rich…

Ayon Audio Sigma DAC Review – Enjoy the Music

August 25, 2014
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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 DAC with preamplifier in for…

Ayon S-5 — Stereoplay Review

April 14, 2014
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April 2014  —  Germany Review summary: English TranslationStreamer 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: outstandingDecorated with the Stereoplay Reference logo Test Fazit: German originalStreamer am Limit ! Hier wurde mit…

Ayon CD-1sx : Haute Fidelite – BEST BUY awarded

March 1, 2014
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March 2014  —  France Read all about it . . .