Ayon Orthos-XS 300w tube monoblock amps
Special Price: SOLD
Price guide: RRP $45,995/pr incl GST
For those who want the ultimate amps - I am selling on behalf, the mighty cost no object design - Ayon Orthos-XS 300w KT150 tube monoblock amps in very good condition
(Note - original boxes missing but can arrange for suitable shipping boxes made if required).
AXPONA 2018 Show Winner – Positive Feedback Editors Choice
“Audio Oasis” Award!
“Best Sound” Cost No Object - LA Audio Show 2017
“Best Sound” Cost No Object - The Show Newport 2016
The Absolute Sound Magazine Award
6MOONS “Blue Moon Award”
The Orthos XS KT150 tube monoblocks provide true balanced or single-ended operation combined with the ability to deliver 300w per channel.
Full-featured true balanced vacuum tube mono power amplifier
Switchable between pentode and triode mode
Ideal as well for difficult loudspeaker loads
All the gain stages and power stage have been re-designed and optimised to provide for the shortest signal path and the most direct signal flow. The result is a significant advance in sonic performance, wider and deeper holographic soundstage. It also has more fine details and greatly improved powerful bass punch, dynamics and outstanding life-like performance–free of compression effects or dynamic limitations. One of the absolutely best sounding KT150 power amplifier in the world.
6MOOONS review conclusion:
”The Orthos XS monoblocks put an end to the guesswork formerly inherent in large tube amplifiers whilst crossing new thresholds of sonic performance. The sheer quantity of detail, drive, space and emotion revealed in familiar recordings was nothing short of outstanding. Thanks to their huge precision-regulated power supplies these monaural amplifiers handle the most demanding loads with ease, ensuring consistency of performance under seemingly any condition. 300 watts of class A power result in impressive dynamic headroom and tight deep resounding bass. Ultra-short circuits and audiophile-grade components convey a bold vivid freshness. Like other previously mentioned Germanic heroes of legend, the Orthos XS come close to truly vanishing with an effortless naturalness commonly reserved to low-powered single ended triodes. Conceived as a cost-no-object tour de force, this final iteration of the circuit still seems affordable in absolute terms once we contemplate its actual competitors in the market place. That’s why a reasonable price for this kind of beast allied to top design quality, apparent reliability and fabulous sonics call for a Blue Moon award bestowed by a solid-state lover who could very easily live with Ayon's very big tube amps” ....... Joel Crevasses
Read full review: https://6moons.com/audioreviews/ayon8/1.html
Haute Fidelity mag Verdict
”This Austrian set with Ayon tubes goes off the beaten track. The Polaris III preamplifier adopts a pure and simple audio scheme framed by an extremely sophisticated power supply. In audio, power still plays a major role in the sound results of electronics, and we understand why the Polaris III sounds so good. The Orthos XS blocks show and demonstrate that the tubes are always capable of the best. With a phenomenal power output and a high fashion rendering that also knows how to do in lace, they rise without problems at the top of the current hierarchy of tube amplification. And what we have heard is enough to say that these electronics have serious sound assets to seduce the most convinced “transistorists”. Listening to these Ayon is necessary and recommended for all those who plan to invest in separate elements of very high-end all technologies”.
Read full review:
https://www.ayonaudiousadirect.com/ayon-audio-polaris-iii-and-orthos-xs-review-haute-fidelite/
Specs:
Class of Operation Triode* or Pentode mode, Class-A*
Tube Complement KT150 / 6SJ7 / 12AU7 / 12Ax7
Load Impedance 4 & 8 Ohms
Bandwidth 8Hz-70kHz
Output Power - Pentode mode KT150 = 300W
Output Power - Triode mode KT150 = 200W
Frequency Response 15 Hz – 50 kHz
Input Impedance at 1 kHz 47 KΩ
Input sensitivity ( full power ) 1000mV
S/N ratio at full power 98 dB
NFB 0dB
Inputs RCA & XLR
Dimensions 350W x 610D x 250H mm
Weight 50 kg each
■Please ensure you are familiar with our Terms & Conditions before making a purchase, thank you.