Ayon Orion 2 or Prima Luna Dialogue Premium Int.?

Mikirob,

Don't take this the wrong way, but pleasing you was not on my to do list today, or any other day, for that matter. Weather or not you find me credible means absolutely nothing to me.

Mikirob, good plan I think. We should all follow suit. Lets not support the jerks, life is too short for this nonsense.

Does anyone care to comment on the sound differences between these amps? Have any of you heard the Ayon Orion 2? I was just wondering, if you could put your differences aside, and answer my initial questions? Do you guys think that the Ayon sounds better? Does it have better build quality? What is the reason, for the $700.00 price difference between Ayon Orion, and the Prima Luna? Thank you.

"I like the fact that the Ayon is made in Europe, (as opposed to PL, which is assembled in China). Which model will have better build quality?"

My first post tries to give you some insight as to what you can expect regarding your above post. If the choice were mine, I would take anything made in the US over just about anything made in China. It doesn't matter how good the stuff looks, a good portion of it always seems to go bad somehow. That's my honest opinion. If people are offended by it, there's nothing I can do about it.

The $700 difference in price is most likely attributed to the country of assembly or manufacture. But there is no sense getting into a made in China/ made elsewhere discussion given that the PCs we are using to answer your thread are all made in China.

Eight years ago when I purchased my Prima Luna PL2, I wrote an audio review here .

I have never heard the Ayon, so I can not answer your question directly. I can tell you my impressions of the Prima Luna and in eight years, I have never felt the urge to upgrade.

Rich