Ayon CD Players: CD-1 and CD-3

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.....

The latest issue of Hi-Fi+ confirms that the Ayon CD player is manufactured in China.

This China connection, what nonsense. I read on a UK hifi blog, that the UK Ayon distributor declined a request to freebie the unit to the reviewer. Hence the reviewer prints incorrect data? Is it an error or other? Now they will be posting a correction, and an apology.
MLK