Ayon AudioOrion II Integrated Tube Amp usedAyon Audio Orion II Integrated Tube Amp - New Low PriceWATCHERS, IT IS TIME TO BUY IT NOW, AS I INTEND TO TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET SOON AND KEEP IT.“Connoisseur-Level Audio for Those on a Budget” I think you will be hard pressed to find a better soundin...1425.00

Ayon Audio Orion II Integrated Tube Amp - New Low Price

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Ships fromSeattle, WA, 98101
Ships toUnited States
Package dimensions24.0" × 24.0" × 16.0" (80.0 lbs.)
Shipping carrierFedEx
Shipping cost$125.00
Original accessoriesRemote Control, Box, Manual
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WATCHERS, IT IS TIME TO BUY IT NOW, AS I INTEND TO TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET SOON AND KEEP IT.

“Connoisseur-Level Audio for Those on a Budget” 

I think you will be hard pressed to find a better sounding
used tube amp at anywhere near this low price. Excellent condition with
good testing tubes.  

Originally $4,000, a bargain at $1,425.  Provided great
sounding strong testing tubes include: 2 used NOS RCA Clear Top 12AU7 tubes, 2 JJ Tesla ECC802S (Euro equivalent 12AU7) 
tubes + 4 Gold Lion KT88 power tubes.  

[Additional spare RCA Clear top and Gold Lion tubes available for additional cost.]

Remote control, complete printed manual, and original
box provided.


Use it as an integrated amp (including a basic DAC),
or solely as an amp with your preamp

as I did with direct preamp section bypass connection.

Well built, handsome, flexible, and terrific sounding tube
integrated manufactured to EU standards in Austria.  Ayon gear is mostly VERY expensive.  This is
the bargain in their line.

Well described and excerpted below rom The Absolute Sound
review.

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/ayon-orion-ii-tube-integrated-amplifier/

“Unlike fully automatic biasing systems Ayon’s
auto-fixed-bias (AFB) does not operate during normal operation; rather, a
(recessed) push of a button at the back of the chassis mutes the amplifier then
sets in play an automated tube- test program, which adjusts bias and checks for
tube failure, noting which tube has failed via an LED at the back panel. The
system will also automatically “break-in” new tubes for the first ten hours,
reducing bias to 60% of normalduring that period. While Ayon’s system does not
completely eliminate owner involvement, it strikes an almost perfect balance
between optimal performance, carefree listening, and satisfying user
engagement.”

There are Line Inputs 1 through 3, plus USB, Direct, Mute,
and Triode. The small but nicely finished all-metal remote control works the
volume and mute functions.  Direct input lets you bypass the preamp

stage and hook directly to your preamp, which I what I did. A tour of the back
panel from left to right begins with an IEC AC receptacle. Next is what could
be called the bias-control center, consisting of the AFB initiation button,
four LEDs indicating which KT88 is being adjusted/analyzed or has failed, and a
“Bias-Ref” knob which is factory-set at 3 out of a range of 1 to 5. While this
control is easy to leave alone, it also almost begs to be played with. Three
sets of gold-plated speaker terminals optimize playback through speakers rated
at 4 or 8 ohms or thereabout.

Rounding out the back panel are Direct In/Pre-Out jacks and
switch, the USB input, and three line-level inputs which were top-notch-quality
gold-plated and chassis- mounted. That USB (and associated internal D/A
converter) accepts up to 48kHz/16-bit data streams.

Triode or pentode operation is available at the twist of a
knob located on the top plate—the amplifier delivers 60Wpc in pentode and 40Wpc
in triode.” 

It takes about a minute for the auto-biasing system to run
through its checklist, making sure that all is well. Until then the amp is
muted. The same is true for the shut-down procedure.  (I have noted that

the system seems to be quite sensitive to anything it considers potentially a
tube issue (which is good), as it did a few times with oxidized tube contacts
on NOS tubes.  It quietly shut down the amp requiring the restart
procedure per the Manual after I cleaned the NOS tube contacts.  Clean
contacts and all was well, sounding great.)

SPECS:

Output

power:
 60 Wpc  pentode, 40 Wpc
triode



Tube complement: Four Gold Lion KT88, four 12AU7 (NOS RCA at asking

price)



Frequency response: 27Hz–40kHz +/-0.5 dB



Transformer taps: 4 and 8 ohms



Bandwidth: 15Hz-50kHz



Nominal voltage gain: 40dB



Input sensitivity (full power): 1V



Input impedance: 100k Ohm



S/N ratio: 85dB (2mV)



Dimensions: 18" x 14" x 10"



Weight: 62 lbs. / 80 lbs shipping weight / Returns at buyer cost +
$100 disruption fee

Ayon Audio USA (U.S. Distributor) in Scottsdale

 

Sound:

“This is an amplifier that is dynamic, fast, pushy,
unapologetic, maybe even a bit rude sometimes—in

other words, alive. This is what I (TAS) believe Ayon has achieved with the Orion
II: getting the macro-dynamics and the micro-dynamics spot-on.  This is
exactly what I found – all the music is there.  Bass performance, which is
rarely high among a tube amplifier’s bragging points, was certainly adequate in

my (TAS) experience, and I never felt the need for a subwoofer.  I feel
the bass sounds like real stand-up

bass, not overly tight electronic bass.

I find it highly resolving, dynamic,  and sophisticated in sound, not your grandpa’s
old tube sound.  It ran dead quiet in my system.  You can explore
changes by playing with different brands of readily available new or new old
stock (NOS) tubes in the marketplace.  In
short, I see this as a terrific amp with free preamp stage and DAC, which I did
not use. I originally bought it for a second upstairs small system to use as an

integrated, but wanted to immediately test it in my main system for fun – I used
it in Direct mode and it never left the main system replacing 2 EL34 tube amps
– to me it is that great.

 

Local pickup of large 80 lb. box at my Seattle condo front
desk is possible, but not auditioning in my system.

 

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