anyone listen to the new Ayre V5 or V6


After listing to the new superamp Ayre v1x (the best i have heard) i bougth the Arye V6 (wich i 3 V5 in the same box) six channel without listing first(not i stock here in Scandinavia) I will use it for triamping Audio Artistry and hope its almost as god as V1X. Any opinions on V5 or V6? Anyone agrees that the v1x is on of the best amps around?
128x128ulf
Hi Ulf,

How is it sounding? Are the mids very airy and tubelike with good dimensionality?

Is the soundstage deep and very layered?

Just curious!

Thanks!
I noticed that they reduced idle power consumption by over 1/2 compared to the V3, & by over 1/3 compared to the V1. Does it still have the 'air' & staging of the V3?
I have using Ayre V3MKIII over 4 years.

I have listen V5 & V5x, I found that the audiophile sounding has been degraded when compare with V3 MKIII (Upgraded from MKII in yr 2000), V5 & V5x are thin in vocal & mid range, mid range not rich, and less detail in full range perfomance during compare V3MKIII, the vocal and instruments (eg. Violin, cello & piano) apart to real instruments very far, bass control inadequate.

Moreover, the internal component of V5 & V6 have been down graded, they use too much IC & EI transformer, I believe that these are the main reason why the new products (whatever V5,V5x, V6 & other preamp) are poor than V3, V1, K3x & K1x).

I think they discountinue the famous V3 to develop new series products, the reason is very obviously, since V3 with very best components and design, so the production & maintenance cost may be too large.

On the other hand, Before, between V3 & V1 are no another choice, and the different between V3 & V1 are not too big during compare with their prices. So most of people like V3 than V1, since V3 is lower prices with same grade or very close to the performance of V1 / V1x.
the V3 was discontinued due to high production costs. even after two price increases they were getting too expensive to build them anymore - this info comes directly from Ayre personnel during a conversation I had with them. Ayre is a great company & they support their customers & products very well even for discontinued items