RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty

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Posted by dbphd (A) on September 3, 2017 at 11:24:28

In Reply to: RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty posted by bjh on September 3, 2017 at 07:49:57:

The sound of the HAP-Z1ES is pretty damn good, especially playing DSD files downloaded from Acoustic Sounds. My Sony connects via balanced analog to an Ayre KX-5 Twenty preamp and VX-5 Twenty amp driving KEF LS50s supplemented below 100 Hz by a pair of Velodyne HGS-10s with SMS-1 acoustic room correction. The Sony doesn't quite have the magic, that sense of music just flowing unimpeded, that a disc played on the Ayre C-5xeMP can have.

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Topic - John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty - dbphd 16:54:10 09/01/17 (10)

RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty - bjh 07:49:57 09/03/17 (2)

RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty - dbphd 11:24:28 09/03/17 (1)

I love my Z1. What Audio Settings do you use? The Balanced-outs on Sonys - oldmkvi 07:56:31 09/09/17 (0)

The issue is memory retention - jeromelang 21:47:08 09/02/17 (0)

RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty - John Atkinson 04:13:53 09/02/17 (5)

RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty - Charles Hansen 22:27:53 09/02/17 (4)

RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty - John Atkinson 12:43:08 09/03/17 (3)

I love using Roon as my playback app. - Rod M 18:31:37 09/03/17 (2)

RE: I love using Roon as my playback app. - Charles Hansen 22:54:49 09/03/17 (0)

RE: I love using Roon as my playback app. - bigshow 18:41:53 09/03/17 (0)

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RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty - dbphd 11:24:28 09/03/17 (1)

I love my Z1. What Audio Settings do you use? The Balanced-outs on Sonys - oldmkvi 07:56:31 09/09/17 (0)

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