You ended up with Ayre, what are your speakers?

Bought Ayre k-5 se used for a while , the sound is airy and high sound is very strong. I am feeling good at first five minutes and I can not stand over 2 hours listening.

As you know, my standard is that you are listening continuously

8 hours and you still want to listen more,it becomes your selection.

In that point of view, I sold it later.

I have an Ayre  k1xe  pre  connected  to Mark levinson 33h  monoblocks drive harbeth shl5 speakers. Heaven! 

AYRE AX-5 (Twenty) with Thiel Audio. In comparison with a Luxman, the later will add a measure of warmth characteristic in Japanese electronics. Another way to describe the presentation and sound is Golden. One cannot go wrong either way.

Happy Listening!

I’ve deployed  Ayre AX-5 TWENTY, Ayre QB-9 TWENTY,

with Cerious loom.  Driving a pair of Paradigm Persona 3F’s.

Surprising synergy, presence.

Ayre VX5 Twenty amp and KX5 Twenty pre-amp with B&W 805D3 speakers.