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ISO Advise on choosing Ayre or Bat power amp

Looking at an Ayre V-5xe or a BAT VK-225se-both used, approx. same age and WPC power. Matching to Aerial Acoustics LR-5’s ( 4 ohms, 89 sensitivity) listening room is 22x24.
Which amp would you prefer and why! Thanks in advance for sage wisdom of this community...
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jjss49
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there are at least two maybe three recent threads on the value of a linestage in a high end system

just search
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jjss49
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the ayre is excellent, sorry i have not heard the bat

if any knock on ayre's is compared to other top ss amps the deep bass can be a touch light

on the other hand ayre's have tremendously low noise floor, notes come out of deep darkness, very beautiful...
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