Hi, I just broke-in my Ayon cd-2s!, I can tell you that I believe this player is the very best at its price point!, It takes 350 hours of burn in, I just did it!, This is my third player in a year!, this one beats the others hands down!, has a really good sound stage hooked direct to amp like I am useing it!,, cheers! |
@ Calvinj, How many hours do you have on your player?, I now have 428 hours!, The 2s has a good sound signature, you think?, I am currently still useing the stock power cord, I am going to put the Taralabs cobalt A/C power cord on my player!, I am running direct to power amp right now, thats subject to change, are you running your 2s direct?, what is your associated equipment you are useing?, cheers! |
@ Calvinj,, Man-0-man, get ready, The 2s goes thru some horrible changes when Its burning in!, you will notice a nice improvement at 300 hours, then 350 hours, I believe all the small improvements are done as well!I am useing the Taralabs zero gold i/c 1-meter,, the 2s will sound warmer at the end of the burn-in cycle, If its enough warmth for you, I do not know?, LOL!, The 2s does not even have a soundstage till 280 hours!, I know all this, I just broke my player in!, I notated on paper every thing!, To me, Taralabs sound good on the Ayon players, All of the Ayon players!, A much cheaper i/c that is warm is the Taralabs, The one, and the 0.8 cable,, post back, you are the only person I have talked to that got his player nearly the same time I did!, cheers! |
@ spectron, Thanks for the info!, I use my player as a cd/transport/dac only right now, I am glad of that bit of info you gave us,I will defiantly keep that in mind., cheers! |
@ Calvinj, you are not useing the Ayon 2s direct to your amp?, sounds pretty good running direct to amp!If I can be of some help with Taralabs cables, just ask, I know all their cables very well!, I helped 4 other members with their Tara cables, They love them!,Happy listening! |
@ Calvinj, yes!,interconnects straight from ayon player to amp,, caution!, You have toggel switches on the back of the unit, as a matter of fact, you are suppose to be useing your unit at all times on low gain setting!,2.5volts, this gives you less clipping, if eany at all for your output of the signal., first, diconnect your interconnects period!, depending if you are useing your player with rca or xlr, flip the toggle for use with rca or an xlr, then flip the toggel to direct to amp, flip another toggel to 0, not 180!, on your invertness toggle switch, plug the player up, connect the player with i/cs into the amp, caution, leave amp off!, turn on the ayon, turn volume all the way down!, turn power amp on, mash play on the unit, you will hear a ping sound when you do this!, Its normal!, its your caps engageing!, ajust desired volume to your likeing!, wala!, remember, your ayon will sound bad, very bad, untill it breaks-in!,cheers! |
@ calvinj, Are you there? I have not heard back from you since the last post. |
@ calvinj, I can tell you that player will not come into its own untill 450 hours forreal!, Thats really when you need to consider if you want different cables or tubes!, I would hate to see you do something and then the sound changes on you with the player breaking in and it did not work out!, cheers! |
@ calvinj, There is a couple of used Taralabs, The One with ism on board interconnects here on the gon, They are a little better than the Air 1EX, alot warmer sounding to, I own a pair of them as well as the zero gold,You can save alot of money!, I believe one seller here on the gon has $1,250.00 for one meter, then you have a couple more listed as well!, goodluck! |
