What Does Ayre Sound Like?

freediver

Another +vote for Neutral. Build quality excellent as well as customer service. The EX-8 integrated amp has a newer 2.0 version.
Keep me posted when you audition this amp.

Happy Listening!

Talk to Hugh at Music Lovers in Berkley. 
They carry Ayre, Boulder, Spectral. 

And another vote for neutral. I just bought a KX-5 Twenty Pre-amp and it is breaking in nicely. I will add to the neutral that it does offer a warmth not usually associated with solid state. I have had a C5xe-mp CD player for years and I found it to be very analog and still enjoy it. 
I must add that I traded a Audio Research Ref5se in on the Ayre and was hesitant but knew this was the direction I wanted to take my system and I am not looking back. One other thing I have noticed is the Sound stage is much deeper than I would have expected. A few issues that I didn’t see coming was the lack of a trigger due to the AyreLink and although not Ayre’s doing, the darned remote codes are the same as my Marantz AV8505 PreAmp processor, which has created some inconvenience. 

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ayre, and its sound, has been often and extensively discussed here

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