Ayon Orion 2 or Prima Luna Dialogue Premium Int.?

"I like the fact that the Ayon is made in Europe, (as opposed to PL, which is assembled in China). Which model will have better build quality?"

My first post tries to give you some insight as to what you can expect regarding your above post. If the choice were mine, I would take anything made in the US over just about anything made in China. It doesn't matter how good the stuff looks, a good portion of it always seems to go bad somehow. That's my honest opinion. If people are offended by it, there's nothing I can do about it.

I know a lot of people have reliability issues with Prima Luna. I haven't heard it so I can't comment on SQ.

I didn't say that every person that ever bought one broke, just that it can be an issue. I can remember 4 people that told me to stay away from the brand because they had issues with it. I don't remember what the exact problems were. Also, I've read about problems with PL gear on this website more times than I can remember. If you do a search, you can probably find some of the comments is you want more details.

Mikirob,

Don't take this the wrong way, but pleasing you was not on my to do list today, or any other day, for that matter. Weather or not you find me credible means absolutely nothing to me.

"But there is no sense getting into a made in China/ made elsewhere discussion given that the PCs we are using to answer your thread are all made in China."

Why would our PC's being made in China have anything to do with a tube preamp?

You guys are right. I don't know what I was thinking. I tried to pull a fast one on you. Everything I said was made up.