i am a fan of both Ayre and Aesthetix, i have heard both ( Ayre 1.0 ) at some length driving Vandersteen TREO-CT , both are excellent, well engineered and supported products. I wouldn’t as Erik pointed out well, be making a choice based on weight…. I own gear from both brands, so count me biased…
ayre ex-8 2.0 output transistors
Looking at the ex-8 2.0 and the Aesthetix Mimas. Noticed ex-8 weighed about half of the Mimas. Investigated and was told that the ex-8 uses twice the output transistors so they can be biased at a lower level resulting in lower power consumption. Because of this less heat is generated so heat sinks can be removed resulting in lower weight. Does anybody know about this architecture and its effect on the sound? Is it unique to ayer?
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