Has anyone tried the ayon Orion with zu?

I have spoke to them,and they unfortunately haven't. They recommended the Melody amps 2a3 and 300 b so I am thinking of selling my Orion and trying one of those or a Otl type amp. Thanks for the suggestion

Mastersound Compact 845 in your price range.

I highly recommend the Mastersound Compact 845 as well. Another contender that never gets the credibility it deserves is the new Unison Research S6. Both superb choices.

I agree about the Mastersound, but the S6, I had one for a while, whilst my main amp was going through a long repair, I thought it was frankly poor. I found it soft, lacking in detail and tonality. Maybe it was just my system.

Now Ayon make wonderful amps and I don't know why they don't get more recognition. I compared the Orion to the similarly priced Spark and if you can manage on 20 watts, which you should do with Zu, it is clearly a better amp. Lovely rich, but detailed tone, good frequency extremes for a tube amp. I prefered it to the much repected Viva Solista, I used for 4 years.

The Mastersound Compact 845 is a hard act to follow, this is for sure! If you have already had an S6, and thought it was out of context with the system, this is entirely possible regarding the older S6. The new S6 is completely different from the ground up. Mastersound also makes the new Piccolo, which is 8 watts. I have always feared flea powered amplifiers, yet some folks say the first watt is the best watt. Don't really know where I sit on that panel as I have never owned one. Another suggestion that seems to get exceptional praise are the Shindo products. I am building my own OTL's presently which for the money, pretty much embarrass everything I have heard to date at any audio-aushow I have ever been in attendance at. Pass the solder and paste please ! LOL.