Your Worst Audio Breakdown

I have had a few over the years but my most recent was with an ayon Spirit 2. I bought it used from the original owner who only had it for 3 months. About 3 weeks after I got it there was a flash in a tube and a dead channel. I contacted ayon in Arizona. They wouldn't even consider covering a repair under warranty because I wasn't the orignial purchaser. This is now a 4 month old amp and using their tubes! I shipped it to them and they said it was a catastrophic falure of a kt88 tube. Failed so fast the fuse didn't blow before the amp was damaged. Cost me about 500.00 to have it fixed. They would not budge on anything with the cost of repair even though it would have been covered if I was the original purchaser. Not a fan of Ayon, sold it as soon as I got it back.

Yes, ive had a similar experiences. But the main thing is to learn from them. in a previous post i mentioned an experience with a pass amp and a mj acoustics subwoofer. i still use a pass amp because my failing to understand the instructions was not their fault. however, producing manuals which are vague is not heplful. i certainly would never ever go near a mj acoutics sub again. a company that threatens legal action because an owner declines politly to have a product repaired is nonsense and unnaceptable. owners are entitled to have estimates and meet shipping costs both ways to establish repair bills. their excists some arrogance in high end audio which is very distasteful. in the end its all about the music. theses days im very cautious as to what i buy. its only when things go wrong is the true personality of the company revealed. one company ,in my experience, that really shines is Zingali speakers. perhaps thats because they really have a passion about their products? not really sure about alot of the others.

The answer to avoiding failures appears to be, go Lo-Fi.