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Ayre and McCormack ... a good match?

I've got a pair of McCormack DNA-0.5 monoblocks, modified by SMC Audio. Any thoughts about how an Ayre preamp -- I'm thinking of the K-5xe -- might work with these babys? From what I can gather, the input/output impedances would be a match. And I might be interested in trying balanced interconnects, which this combo would allow. (I'm currently using a McCormack TLC-1 -- also heavily modded by SMC, (utilizing the buffered outputs) -- but I keep on getting the itch to go active. Might Ayre be the answer? Thanks for any, um, input any of you might have into this matter.
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entrope
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John-

As I see it no specific pitch was made in this forum. He addressed his comments as a "plug" which was a reasonable disclaimer.

Mitch2 has experience with the item and related his thoughts-the purpose of this forum-as well as noting a possible bias on his part.

Personally, I prefer the Atma-sphere also.
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jmcgrogan2
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Entrope,

Tim put a link to his own for sale ad in the public forums, how could you have missed that? That's a no no in a public forum, and Tim was man enough to see that, to his credit.
It's good to see that the Atma-Sphere club has his back though. I may buy the Atma-Sphere with that kind of product support. :)
entrope
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Jmc-I see your point about putting the link to his ad. A bit over the top. Take that out and my post verges on making sense.

As far as Atma-sphere, it is the best amp ever in my system including McCormack, Krell, & Manley among the more notable.
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