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Ayre CX7e: Is the final mp upgrade worth the money

I finally landed an Ayre CX7e CD player, and it sounds great. I have read a review in Stereophile that the "mp" upgrade is not only worth it, but brings the sound closer to analog and to another level of performance.

Would like to hear from a few Ayre owners who own or owned a CX-7e player, and had the final "mp" upgrade done. Was there a noticeable or marked improvement in the sound quality to warrant the expense?? Thank you!!!
sunnyjim
hgeifman
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I agree with Ptmconsulting above. Absolutely, the MP upgrade is worth it. Great suggestion above on also having the factory install a new transport that includes a complete checkout of the CD player.

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theo
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Pt consulting, do you know if they are using the same Pioneer transport on the CX7e as they used on the C5xe?
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jafant
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Another positive vote for the"MP" update/upgrade. Go for it! Sounds wonderful and is worth having Ayre check your transport to boot. Keep me posted & Happy Listening!= JA
ptmconsulting
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I know the new transport is different from the original - different manufacturers. The original develops an intermittent problem with age where it just won't read some disks.
sunnyjim OP
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Thanks to all who have responded so far. PtC, thanks for the heads up about the transport.

After talking to MiKe at Ayre, I anticipated the cost to be about $250 plus shipping to Boulder Co. I am a little concerned about the install of a newer transport. However, I am not doing streaming, downloading, or ripping CD, just old fashion CD playback in the hope that it will sound excellent despite the half-ass recording of and re-mastering of many CD's
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