vicweast
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| AYON KT-SX Tube quality (failure rate?) @jond Ayon KT88-sx are called "treasure" tubes by the US distributer. I have a sneaking feeling I know what he means: First my treasure, then his booty as I buy replacements. But that is pure speculation on my part and not really what I intended i... | |
| AYON KT-SX Tube quality (failure rate?) @jond @ghosthouse The only tubes I have run in the Ayon so far are Ayon KT88-sx. I have NOT yet run the Gold Lions as they were my "backup plan" in case the rest of the Ayon KT88s fizzed or burped or otherwise committed suicide. | |
| AYON KT-SX Tube quality (failure rate?) I have no reason to believe the issue goes beyond the actual tubes. That's why I posted here to get others to give direct feedback with their Ayon tubes (or if it goes beyond that). | |
| AYON KT-SX Tube quality (failure rate?) Just to be clear: I am otherwise delighted with the AYON amp. | |
| Ayon Triton III a real upgrade considering the price? Update to my post above: I have been living with the Triton III for some time now, and it just sounds better and better. Yes, I moved things around in the room ...sticking patches of sorbothane on the back of artwork and inside metal light fixture... | |
| Ayon Triton III — KT88 BTSX Tubes? Tube sources? Update: I sourced 3 sets of matched quad KT88’s from Ebay "NewQuestInc", based in California (strategy: less shaking between CA and VA). They arrived very well packed (thank you if you see this in the next decade) but I have not yet yanked the Ayo... | |
| Second audio system in your house? @strateahed I should have asked what tubes you rolled in the amp? I have two tube amps: Rogue w/KT120s and Ayon w/KT88s. The 120’s are Tung Sol, the 88’s are either Ayon high-end (China) or Genalex Gold Lions (Russia). I got the Gold Lions (3 matc... | |
| Second audio system in your house? @strateahed That second system sounds like it's "tasty"! | |
| Can you smell your speakers when youre rockin out? Roy -- I have the perfect solution. You send me a pair of the same speakers in question here and I will report back to the forum every 3 months with an update... After, say 10 years we should all be done, eh?;-) | |
| Second audio system in your house? @mesch you said: "One thing about spending $1000 on a second system is that you might find out how good one can sound with such an expenditure."I could not agree with you more. A "reasonably priced" second system that sounds great can moderate you... | |
| Second audio system in your house? I have a beautiful-sounding main system in a generous living room space. It is a holographic mind travel machine (think: "musical Tardis"; Avalon, Ayon). I listen to that when ever I can... lately, I have been discovering Charles Mingus in detail ... | |
| Replacing the speakers link with silver wire @bpoletti That is NOT my experience. But, then I don’t know what wire/cables you used with which gear. I have experience with Homegrown Audio’s silver in Litz configuration on Parasound, Rogue and Ayon driving various speakers including Avalon: Th... | |
| First Hand Experience? Hi wcc10...I went through a similar glide path in gear mixology over the past few years. I looked at the Rotel line and in listening to various Rotel gear I appreciated the fit/finish/sheer heft of the gear, but I was never sold on the sound. I’ve... | |
| Sophia Electric tube quality If they won't let us tap an in-operation tube, can we at least "lick" them? I do not think it would have occurred to me to actually do either, and now that you bring it up ...I still won't.) | |
| Ayon Triton III a real upgrade considering the price? Oye, the Ayon ride... In 2015 I bought an Ayon CD-07 and have been absolutely delighted with it. So much so, that three weeks ago I introduced an Ayon Triton III into my system. Why did I write "Oye"? Because every time I add a really great elemen... |