Thanks for the information; it sounds as if we have had similar experience with the AZ Ayon rep. I think I will contact Ayon directly with the serial number to get a definitive answer. At the moment I have ripped my CDs to lossless FLAC files and am using a DAC to feed the amp. I am also slowly rebuilding a vinyl collection and feeding the amp with a vintage turntable and a Sony E2000ESD preamp.
BTW I'm in IT as well; started as a programmer, COBOL for health Insurance and moved my way to System Admin (mostly Unix/Linux these days and a good deal of data processing through native shell script)
BTW I'm in IT as well; started as a programmer, COBOL for health Insurance and moved my way to System Admin (mostly Unix/Linux these days and a good deal of data processing through native shell script)