Ayon CD Players: CD-1 and CD-3

Sorry, 6 moons granted the Ayon CD-1 an award (not reward). Typo.

I've had a bit of time to listen to my Ayon CD-1 and I have been delighted. Just to add that I took the CD-1 to a friends last week and compared it to his heavily modded Sony SACD. He has a nice set up with Wilson Watt Puppy 7's and Pass amp/preamp. On his system, I really enjoyed the CD-1 and prefered it to the SOny. Of course, I was not unbiased, but given the return option for the Ayon I was listening quite critically. I found the Ayon more engaging: Highs were crystal clear without being bright, bass tight and deep, very musical throughout the range (blah, blah, blah -- the reviews say it better, but I was happy to be keeping the Ayon). My friend liked the Ayon, but was not won over in the session. He thought the Sony had more weight, but was impressed with the detail of the detail and musicality of the CD-1. He enjoyed the Ayon, but did not feel moved to give up the Sony for the Ayon.

Anyway, I'm a happy customer.

Has anyone in the threads above compared the Ayon to other similar tube-based CDP's in the same general price range? Such as -- Opera Audio Droplet, a used Audio Aero Capitole MKIIse?

Also, based on the dramatic extremely positive effect I have had with having tubes cryogenically treated, I would HIGHLY recommend this as a cost effective 'tweak'for the tubes in the Ayon (or ANY other tube CDP).

Cheers!

I thought Raysonic made the players for Ayon.And have stopped becuase Ayon was not suppose to sell in the US.

Hi talk2me,

Raysonic positivley does not manufacture the Ayon Audio products from Austria. In fact if you compare them side by side, they are indeed different and when you open them and compare them, they are completely different. Listen to a Raysonic and then listen to an Ayon, a Tone Deaf person can hear the differance. There is no substitute. Take a minute and read the 6moons review on the Ayon CD-1, it's all there in black & white and some color too! The Ayon is really hard to beat.....