Juan Ayllon

Oct 21, 2024 | positive-feedback.com | Juan Ayllon

My eyes welled with tears staring at a glorious reproduction of Edgar Degas' painting, The Orchestra at the Opera, in a massive book in the reference section of the University of California, Riverside Library. As an art student in 1990, I was overwhelmed by the virtuosity, draftsmanship, rhythmic composition, and sheer beauty of a bassoonist—captured in vivid detail performing with orchestra members in a packed pit, with spotlighted ballerinas dancing above.

Oct 4, 2024 | positive-feedback.com | Juan Ayllon

Photo by Bryant LarsenThe Quadratic Audio MC-1 was influenced by a triumphant tradition that rose from the Great War's ashes to avant-garde and worldwide influence that continues today. It was 1919 in post-World War I Germany when, under Berlin architect Walter Gropius' leadership, the Weimar School of Applied Arts merged with the Academy of Fine Arts to form the Bauhaus State School.

Aug 18, 2024 | positive-feedback.com | Juan Ayllon

All components in BOLD are loaned; all components in plain font are owned by me. LOUDSPEAKERSUsher ML-802 Loudspeakers atop IsoAcoustics OREA Bordeaux Isolators.

Jun 11, 2024 | positive-feedback.com | Juan Ayllon

Bicycle photo courtesy of Bossibicycles.com and SR-71 Blackbird photo by USAF Judson Brohmer and Wikimedia CommonsReplacing my turntable's stock tonearm with the Titanium-tubed Audio Creative GrooveMaster 3 conjures a 50-mile bicycle touring experience in the 90s. I wasn't a regular cyclist, and pedaling my heavy fat-tired steel Trek mountain bike on surface streets for distance was arduous.

May 14, 2024 | pollux.positive-feedback.com | Juan Ayllon

SCHAUMBURG, IL—Twenty-six years ago, aspiring studio tech and entrepreneur, David Malekpour, launched his Pro Audio Design, Inc.