joc3021
Responses from joc3021
| "Diminishing Returns" I have an Ayre qx 5 twenty and and Ax5 twenty amp. Done for life with this core set up, as good as anything I've owned over the years (a lot) or heard at shows and suits my sonic preferences best. Just added a new streamer and may diddle around ... | |
| Integrated brand choice -- Simaudio, Hegel or Mark Levinson? Ayre, best I have found for my preferences after lots of gear. US made, great support, build quality and technology. | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house I had an M3 for a few years. Very good dac. Moved on to an Ayre QX5, a better dac to my ears. I mostly used roon straight iinto the Ethernet cards on both dacs. These are two of the very best made in usa high performance audio companies. Can't go ... | |
| Bricasti Model 1 Series II DAC Had an M3 for a few years, very good DAC. Have not heard the M1. Moved to an Ayre QX5, to my ears, a significant jump up from the M3. I try to buy American as much as possible. Bricasti and Ayre are two of the best, quality, build, sonics, support... | |
| Ethernet streaming I have an Aurender A15. Like it, dac is good but not exceptional. Looking at a new dac. A15 has usb out, but no other output. Also want roon flexibility, maybe Aurender n200 for conductor use and new dac with roon endpoint for Ethernet streaming? | |
| Joseph Audio Perspective next steps I have perspective 2's in a large room, 15 x 30, and they work, but yes, scale and bass impact is reduced and not going to match a larger speaker with more/bigger drivers moving more air. I do miss this sometimes. I will be adding spatial audio ... | |
| Pass Labs Int 25 vs Int 60 We all have our favorites. I found Pass gear too warm and soft sounding. Also not a fan of the heat and weight of their amps. Clearly, very well engineered and built components, just not for me. After a ton of gear over the years, I landed on ... | |
| You ended up with Ayre, what are your speakers? Currently, AX 5 twenty with Joseph Perspective 2. Haven't found a speaker it can't drive, great sounding unit with somewhat dated ergonomics. | |
| Joseph Audio Perspective2 vs Harbeth SHL5+ Prof, tks. Guess I won't know until I try. Concern is losing sense of scale with big music in such a large room. On subs, I've tried many over the years, has never worked for me. Much prefer a single, full range design. | |
| Joseph Audio Perspective2 vs Harbeth SHL5+ I have perspective 2's and enjoy them a lot. Using an Ayre AX 5 20 amp, drives them beautifully. I'm a big fan of Ayre gear. I had a sub, but sold it. Preferred the sound of the speakers alone, more coherent and seamless, even though the lowest... | |
| Disappointment with Pass Labs - I'm looking for something else I found my sound with Ayre. If you haven't heard, suggest you check out. You will know if it's right for you. IMO, sonics that incorporate the best of tube/solid state sound in an innovative and beautiffuly made (in the USA) package. | |
| Looking for a ‘’No braine’r Integrated amplifier under 7500 or so Amazing deal on the Ayre. I recently got a new one for more than twice the cost. More than worth it still.... | |
| Looking for a ‘’No braine’r Integrated amplifier under 7500 or so Ayre AX5 Twenty. End game integrated IMO. | |
| Aesthetix MIMAS Looks like a great piece. I wanted to hear it when I was looking for a new integrated amp recently. Wasn't able to. Ended up with an Ayre AX5 Twenty, which I am thrilled with. Look at both if you can. | |
| looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range Second the recommendation on the Ayre AX 5. I just got a new one. Phenomenal amp IMO. |