Ideon Audio: The Art and Technology of Restoring Music to Its Reality
Greetings to the What’s Best Forum Community
Hi everyone, we are Ideon Audio. You may have heard of us, our products, or seen reviews and mentions here on the forum. We’re genuinely excited to join this vibrant, knowledgeable, and welcoming community of music lovers, collectors, and audiophiles. For those curious to learn more, here is our story.
From Passion to Production
We didn’t set out to build a company. We were simply music lovers who realized that better sound reproduction brings us closer to the essence—the "truth of the music."
Over time, our love of music turned us into audiophiles. Music has always been a constant presence in our lives—from childhoods spent listening, playing, and collecting, to the libraries we built across both analog and digital formats.
Our story doesn’t begin in a boardroom, but in basements, living rooms, and music rooms—with acoustic guitars and upright pianos. Our challenge? Capturing emotional fidelity: the breath before a phrase, the shimmer of a cymbal, the silence that holds tension. These micro-details, often lost, are where the soul of music lives.
Initially, we were simply experimenting, trying to build a DAC for personal use. It wasn’t meant to be a product—just a tool to reveal what was truly in the recording—not to color or reinterpret it, but to restore it. Our goal was to experience music as recorded, with true emotion and detail, without compromises or a "manufacturer’s sound."
The result surprised us. That prototype exceeded expectations and sparked a realization: others might want this same level of connection with their music, especially in a digital landscape crowded with technologies and definitions of "good sound."
We committed to one approach: high fidelity in the literal sense—not high-end as a lifestyle symbol, but as an unfiltered, precise reflection of what was recorded.
This evolved into our mission: to create reference-class digital audio systems for listeners who crave emotional connection through sound.
Our Founding Team
The road wasn’t easy. We entered a world where "high-end" often meant technical fidelity, many times style over substance, or gear with a predetermined "house sound."
We wanted none of that.
We committed to researching, developing, and building gear that retrieves and restores the original musical message with absolute precision. A tall order—but everything has to start somewhere. For almost a decade now, we've been pushing the boundaries of what digital can do. Our founding team reflects that spirit:
- George Ligerakis, CEO and software architect, is a tech veteran and lifelong audiophile, bringing a strategic vision shaped by decades in software, innovation, and IT leadership. A pianist from childhood in a musical family, George has built a massive musical library. His vision is simple: "Make digital sound like real life."
- Vasilis Tounas, VP and Chief Designer, is an award-winning circuit designer with 30 years of DAC innovation. Vasilis built his first DAC in 1992 and has since implemented every major DAC topology, long before "signal purity" and "power integrity" became industry buzzwords.
What binds us together is not just experienced—it’s our shared obsession with music. Every prototype undergoes months of listening, testing, and refining. From analog masters to modern recordings, we listen to sound and soul, believing that great systems should serve all music equally.
