Ayon, are there too many ads out there?

The best? Better hurry up and buy!

All that inventory is taking up too much space.

At $4.00 per ad instead of thousands for a magazine ad (Stereophile, Absolute Sound) they have been flooding Audiogon and saving a ton of $$

I hope, Rowland, Gryphon, Pass, Lamm etc. have nothing to do with Chinese manufacturing. I don't mean that Chinese can't possibly understand this level of quality, I simply have no way to find out in advance or even maybe later too.
On the other hand, some people here have Allnick that is made in South Korea, as I understand, and seem to really enjoy them. And some of those people appear to be able to buy just about anything.

I think you need to separate Ayon - the manufacturer, from AyonUSA - the US distributor located in Arizona, from USAtubes - the retailer, also located (surprise, surprise) next door to AyonUSA. The retailer is running these ads, hyping the product.

The problem is, Ayon amps and CD players are getting really good reviews in Europe, so the product may very well warrant the hype. The US distributor / retailer appears to be shady, with a few documented problems, so they may be doing more harm than good. So eah, I'm willing to give the product some slack, but I don't trust the retail channel.