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Ayre K1x/e owners - your listening levels are...?

What volume levels are you usually leaving your Ayre K1 pre on? I am talking about a good level of enjoyment (maybe for auditioning or something of that sort)

Mine is usually left at the 11 to 12 o'clock range for its best?
What about you guys?
I found many other preamps I had needed less elbow grease than my Ayre K1 when it comes to gain. Nothing wrong with it but just curious.
thx

Ravi
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stringreen
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..it depends.... mine is at about 7 or 8 using the Ayre C5xemp when its playing most CD's. When it plays SACD's the volume knob is on 12 or 1. When on phono...1 or even 2
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stringreen
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Rapogee...if you are questioning me, the only gain changing I did was to the phono pre section. I'm using the lowest usable gain that I can - Ayre told me that the phono stage is increasingly better as you ask it for less. I'm using balanced (as everyone should do with Ayre). Preamp is at factory setting for all the other inputs. The preamp/whole system is absolutely dead quiet - even with the ear against the speaker grill cloth.
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