Any advice on Ayon scorpio integrates?

tablejocky,

Exactly! the Ayon seems to be a reasonable price choice but with high end background, class A Pentode, Lundahl(from what I heard from US importer) opt, but the advertisements are sort of limited from few source and not much of reports or feedbacks available from users or audiophiles.

that makes me feel (honestly and no offense to Ayon) slightly skeptical but at the same time maybe that is because they originally focus on high end and limited infos may mean that’s a hidden gem still? I am in between those thoughts and trying to find out more clues..

I did a search on there manufacture, it seems that they once went to China for manufacture or assemble, but that changed and now made in Europe??? (not totally in Austria but some countries around Europe)? I admit I can’t be sure on this but after opening many many web page tabs on my pc, I think one of the page mentioned
 something like that. 

Wherever it's made, shouldn't deter you from buying.

If the dealer seems legit with a solid warranty, that's all that matters.
Some sort of 30 day return  with no, or minimal restock should be offered.

I've read a review years ago on that model, it's supposed to be a nice amp. 

yogiboy,

Thank you! Rogue magnum iii,  I will look into it. It seems a reachable choice vs my budget and a open chassis that I like. At a glance, it seems like a UL /Triode pushpull with KT120 providing 100wpc at 8ohms. Very powerful and noted that your friend has good experience of matching with P3esr, thank you for very valuable advice.

I knew,,, I knew that P3esr is best with juice, but my illusion of combining rich acoustic sound speakers with rich SET amp like 300bs to be a gorgeous match, I know it’s wrong but that was where my image started, and is still bothering me...

tablejockey,

You’re right. With confirming acceptable level of build and service, it may be how I can find a feature, specs, or design that I could tie my interest to.

Given the limitation of physically visiting shops, I am now too much on “paper evaluation“ which I enjoy learning and imaging many patterns, talking to audio experts here, but you’re right that I should do some listening more. 

Thanks for your advice!

Actually the Ayon Scorpio xs is their latest and operates in pure a Class A which power wise is more perceived control and is noticably cleaner ,and has Triode as well as pentode mode 
which makes it very versatile with el34 tubes40 wpc in pentode
and 25wpc in Triode ,add 5 watts if using kt88 .
also this is a big one it is micro processor controlled on the power tubes it allways monitors the tubes for optimum sonic level 
also if a tube goes bad the danger of overheating  is removed if it detects a fault it will go Inyo mute and disconnect ,it will tell you 
which power tube it is , then turn back on with new tube hold in rebias button for 20 seconds then it will blink untill ready then the red Ayon light stays on and ready to go ,also solid machined chassis ,not sheet metal like most = less vibration better focus 
as well as pure copper tube sockets ,most are lower quality grass zinc coated ,also the most important part World class Lundahl transformers ,and chokes from Sweden ,a true bargain nothing even at $4k has all this ,and you can get it for just over $3k.