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Ideon Audio
Website:https://ideonaudio.com/
Est. year: 2015
Ideon Audio is a Greek company from Athens that builds only digital audio equipment, from DACs and streamers to master clocks and USB and network accessories. Its designs are in-house and avoid off-the-shelf modules, and the firm describes its approach as a fight against electrical noise and for stable voltage and current under load. The brand has grown into a full digital front-end range for high-end systems.
Range & what it's known for
DACs form the core of the range, from the Ayazi MK2 and Axiom through the EOS and IΩN to the Absolute ε at the top. Streamers include the EOS Stream and Absolute Stream, and clocks run from the EOS Time and Absolute Time to the 3R Master Time Black Star USB clock and the Absolute Time Signature V. Smaller items such as the Sigma Wave USB isolator, the Alpha Wave LAN to USB converter and the Siren USB and Electra Ethernet cables complete the lineup. Fully linear power supplies, signal re-clocking and isolated inputs recur across the products. The Axiom shows how far this goes, with a 16-channel hybrid conversion engine in a fully differential layout, three isolated inputs, PCM to 384kHz and native DSD, a quoted dynamic range of 147 dB, and three separate chassis named Engine, Chrono and Grid that weigh about 132 kg together.
Who owns it and where it's made
Ideon Audio is a privately held Greek company. Vassilis Tounas, who studied in Athens, is vice president and chief designer, and George Ligerakis is CEO. Products are designed in-house and assembled by hand under what the company calls a 360 manufacturing concept.
The lineup in this catalog
Digital components, including the Axiom DAC, which is made in strictly limited numbers and hand-built in Greece.
Who it's for
Ideon lets an owner source the DAC, streamer and clock of a digital front end from one specialist. The Ayazi MK2 or Axiom is a natural first step, a 3R Master Time or Sigma Wave can be added to clean up a USB feed, and the EOS and Absolute series form the upgrade path.
Range & what it's known for
DACs form the core of the range, from the Ayazi MK2 and Axiom through the EOS and IΩN to the Absolute ε at the top. Streamers include the EOS Stream and Absolute Stream, and clocks run from the EOS Time and Absolute Time to the 3R Master Time Black Star USB clock and the Absolute Time Signature V. Smaller items such as the Sigma Wave USB isolator, the Alpha Wave LAN to USB converter and the Siren USB and Electra Ethernet cables complete the lineup. Fully linear power supplies, signal re-clocking and isolated inputs recur across the products. The Axiom shows how far this goes, with a 16-channel hybrid conversion engine in a fully differential layout, three isolated inputs, PCM to 384kHz and native DSD, a quoted dynamic range of 147 dB, and three separate chassis named Engine, Chrono and Grid that weigh about 132 kg together.
Who owns it and where it's made
Ideon Audio is a privately held Greek company. Vassilis Tounas, who studied in Athens, is vice president and chief designer, and George Ligerakis is CEO. Products are designed in-house and assembled by hand under what the company calls a 360 manufacturing concept.
The lineup in this catalog
Digital components, including the Axiom DAC, which is made in strictly limited numbers and hand-built in Greece.
Who it's for
Ideon lets an owner source the DAC, streamer and clock of a digital front end from one specialist. The Ayazi MK2 or Axiom is a natural first step, a 3R Master Time or Sigma Wave can be added to clean up a USB feed, and the EOS and Absolute series form the upgrade path.
