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OWNERS MANUAL
To include Line, Line/Phono & Plus models
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on purchasing the highly appraised "Silver Night Premier" pre-
amplifier from "AUDION". Before we discuss circuit topology and design we
would like to introduce you to our company.
Audion was originally conceived by D.G.Chessell following his love of music,
and a long time hobbyist always delving into the depths of various components
and amplifiers. The concept in those early days was to allow people to get an
insight into audiophile high end without sacrificing their home or bank balance.
This overall picture still holds good for most of the current production, with just
a few bespoke built and designed products entering the upper echelons.
In 1986, David was given the position of Technical Director for "Audio
Innovations" at a time when the company had an enviable reputation for sound
quality. During this period and the next few preceding years a friendship
flourished between David, and the initiator of "Audio innovations", Mr. Erik
Andersson, one of Europe's top audio designers. Erik had recently returned to
live in his homeland of Sweden and was in the process of launching the
"EDISON Original" as a market leader in Scandinavia.
Audion was established in 1987 and caught the imagination of reviewers for
their top-flight performance and high build quality.
Following on from this, subsequent years saw Audion’s pre-amplifiers continue
to improve evolving into a two box state of the art design, with multiple on
board regulation quality hand built to military specifications. Our Quattro
preamp was also launched and set a standard becoming the ultimate in high-
end audio pre-amplification.
Erik in these years flooded the Scandinavian market with affordable Edison
Kit's, and a range of top-flight yet affordable triode amplifiers under the banner
of "Andersson".
In 1992 after a few depressed trading years in Europe and the saturation of the
Scandinavian market, a re-launched copy of the "Western Electric" 300B by
Golden Dragon enabled two friends to join together with a base in the UK. To
enable a superior amplifier to be designed and distributed around the world the
first joint product saw the "Silver Night 300B” mono-blocks, with a front-page
debut at the beginning of 1993 in the British press.
The Silver Night’s provided, and still provides, affordable high-end true triode
amplifiers with no-feedback to be available to a large number of fortunate
audiophiles wanting outstanding sonic virtues.
The 300B amplifiers enable affordable true triode no feedback amplifiers to be
available to a large number of fortunate audiophiles and follow the concept of
affordable high end with their outstanding sonic virtues and thus carrying the
original philosophy well into the 90's.
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