Ayon Audio has released a new vacuum-tube based CD player that claims to provide good audio quality.
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Boris Granovsky of Absolute Hi End, the Australian distributor for Ayon Audio said, “The CD-07 is a dramatic rethinking of conventional based tube CD-Player industrial designs and represents an absolutely new standard in its price category. It was created to embody in a more affordable CD-Player, all the know-how and expertise acquired developing reference products.”
“This CD-Player now incorporates many advanced technologies aspects and superior aesthetic from Ayon’s upper CD-Player line. The CD-07 provides exquisite musicality with transparency, dynamic, air, harmonics and resolution,” added Boris.
Ayon Ausio claims that the CD-07 offers ‘distinguished analogue and digital technologies with many new features and ideas, high quality parts, top sound performance, top build quality combine with an unbelievable price value for such a tube CD-player.’
This product is available for $3,999 at www.absolutehiend.com.
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Ayon CD-07 Features:
– Full-featured true balanced Top Loader CD-Player
– Real Class-A triode vacuum-tube output stage for single-ended & balanced
operation
– 2 x 5687 triode tubes
– High quality tube sockets
– Purist design and shortest possible analog signal paths
– Warm up function – extends tube life time
– Burr Brown D/A converter (2 x 1796)
– Upsampling 24bit/192kHz and on/off switchable
– Modified suspension system to isolate the CD-transport from mechanical vibrations
– Anti-vibration magnetic integral CD-clamp system combined with dark acrylic
CD-cover
– Fine quality passive components used in all applications
– Separate voltage regulators
– MOS-FET’s for tube anode-voltage regulation
– MKP capacitors
– Noiseless R-core power transformer
– Separate analog output stage for left and right channel
– AC Phase control indicator
– Digital input – USB
– Digital output – S/PDIF
– IPOD docking station
– 2 Analog output ( RCA & XLR )
– Fully hand assembled to insure the highest level of craftsmanship
– Beautifully crafted high grade aluminium-brushed and anodized chassis
– Display dimmer & mute function
– Heavy duty RCA gold-plated output jacks
– Absorber aluminium feet with superior damping characteristics
– Metal remote commander
