You ended up with Ayre, what are your speakers?

Ayre is an outstanding brand! To answer your question, any speakers would work with Ayre, enough “juice”. I no longer have Ayre, but when I did, my speakers were Revel (F208 first, then F228Be). Great combination.

My two cents (subjective opinion, personal preference): Ayre tends to be very “airy” with lots of soundstage, and excellent tonality, but, some may consider that “bright”. If that’s the case, then some “polite” speakers (think Sonus Faber or Dynaudio) would do best

Vandy Treo's for me.

Ayre tends to be very “airy” with lots of soundstage, and excellent tonality, but, some may consider that “bright”.

Non-Twenty iterations were often not so much 'bright' but bass shy. The Diamond circuit really changed everything for the better.

Bob

I have had all-Ayre electronics at times (mostly early on in my audiophile journey), and systems mixing components, including an Aesthetix Janus Signature preamp now in my primary system, with an Ayre disc player fronting it (along with an SME turntable) and a VX-5 amp. I really like the Aesthetix/Ayre mix in my system, particularly with the preamp re-tubed with VTS offerings, and with more revealing speakers like Thiels and Vivids.

I've used Thiel 2.3s in the past (took a long time to tame its high end when I had an Ayre preamp in the mix as well as amp); Monitor Audio speakers in my secondary system in recent years; Vivid B1s currently in my primary system; and the likelihood of getting Vandersteens in a CT iteration for my (hopefully final) primary system speakers. .

Harbeth's work very well with Ayre. I used Ayre amplifiers with Harbeth Monitor 40's and the SHL5+ with great success for many years.

@aubullience ,

Once you get the Vandy's with carbon Tweeters, I doubt you'll want to move on to anything else.

B