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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 12:59:52 GMT
I now have an Ayon CD-3S CD player which is stuffed full of valves: www.ayonaudio.com/products/digital/cd-player/cd-3s.html. There is nothing about the sound of this machine to suggest that it relies on valves. NOTHING. Great dynamic range, vast soundstage, super detailed and accurate, great tonality, etc, etc. It's me again! Well, that quoted description sounds to me to be exactly what well-implemented valves bring to the party. I think my 1st valve CD player was a Musical Fidelity FCD. I'd been looking for literally months for a CDP in the several £k bracket, heard a dozen probably two, none of which lighted my fire. Then I had a demo of the FCD - and bought it on the spot. It did everything you say above, plus the magic ingredient that I call pizzaz. Not that I'm against solid state amps / output stages - I've owned them and loved them. But valves can work really well, too, and can bring that little bit of extra magic. Hmm - maybe valves in a CDP or DAC are a sneaky way to make them sound a lot like much more expensive solid state components! I blame the duck, Jerry. It does look like s "she"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 13:03:56 GMT
That can only be a good thing! Surprisingly he has changed his mind in the last 3 months about many ideals after visiting a show he was some what taken aback by how much has changed from LS3's and Harbeths. Still adheres to first principles now is more open to what he can achieve by actually listening
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 15:21:21 GMT
That can only be a good thing! Surprisingly he has changed his mind in the last 3 months about many ideals after visiting a show he was some what taken aback by how much has changed from LS3's and Harbeths. Still adheres to first principles now is more open to what he can achieve by actually listening Oh I assure you I do plenty of listening in my design work! Rumours of my being an objectivist are highly exaggerated. I draw the line at bits of wire and fuses having a sound of course
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Post by accudazed on Dec 29, 2015 23:32:32 GMT
I'm inclined to agree with 'Jandl'' when he/she said this: Give me a kiss, Steve, and you'll find out about my gender. I'll thump you one. It's Jerry, actually. I'm a he, definitely a he. I'll change my profile to give myself a visible name. Ooo, hang on, you can tell I'm a bloke by that arrow/circle thingy in my profile, to the left of where you are now looking. Oops! Sorry old chap, I should have looked closer!!
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Post by accudazed on Dec 29, 2015 23:37:48 GMT
Steve, just be aware that Ayon are not known for their reliability just make sure your warranty is up to date. Oh no, what have you heard? Anything on their CD players, especially mine? Cheers Steve PS my warranty has ended... Oh shit
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Post by jnk on Jan 1, 2016 10:20:09 GMT
Steve, just be aware that Ayon are not known for their reliability just make sure your warranty is up to date. This is news to me; I know quite a few people with Ayon equipment and none of them have reported any reliability issues so far. If I may ask, how do you know this?
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